Women in Islam: What the Quran and Sunnah Say

A compilation of quotations from the Qur'an and Hadith collections that address women specifically.

Women in Islam is a simple compilation of quotations from the Qur’an and Hadith collections that refer to or address women specifically. It engages the reader in a moment of reflection on the Islamic view of womanhood: her existence as a creation of Allah, her role as a positive stakeholder in building a God-conscious society and her capacity for attaining proximity with Allah.

Contents

Section I

Qur’anic verses and Hadith addressing and referring to women

Section II

Women specifically mentioned in the Qur’an

- Believing women in the Qur’an

Maryam (Mary)

Queen of Sheba

Pharaoh’s believing wife

Prophet Moses’s mother

Prophet Shuayb’s daughters

Allah’s response to some women’s pleas

- Disbelieving women in the Qur’an

Potiphar’s wife

Abu Lahab’s wife

Section III

Women Hadith narrators and teachers