Women in Islam

نساء في الإسلام

A trail through women who changed history.

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  1. The first believer

    Khadija: first to believe, stood by him till death.

    Khadija bint Khuwaylid

  2. The scholar

    Aisha: narration and law from the deepest school.

    Aisha bint Abi Bakr

  3. The daughter

    Fatima al-Zahra: mother of the Prophet's house.

    Fatima bint Muhammad

  4. The fighter

    Nusayba: twelve wounds shielding him at Uhud.

    Nusayba bint Ka'b (Umm Umara)

  5. The poet

    Al-Khansa: mistress of elegy, mother of Qadisiyya's martyrs.

    al-Khansa' (Tumadir bint Amr)

  6. The sultana

    Shajar al-Durr: eighty days on Egypt's throne.

    شجر الدر سلطانة مصر

  7. The founder

    Fatima al-Fihri endowed al-Qarawiyyin for a millennium.

    Fatima al-Fihri · Fez

Overview

A path through women who changed history: the Mothers of the Believers, the warrior, the poet, the sultana and the founder.

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Women in Islam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-women-of-islam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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