Today when we think of a muslim women, what is the first image that comes into our mind: An oppressed, powerless women, locked behind the “chaar diwaar”, been beaten up every day and also facing the concept of “glass ceiling” in every aspect of their lives. However, this is not the image which was portrayed by the first few Muslim women way back in 14th century Arabia. Sure, in that time, they didn't come suited and booted ready to take on the world. But they did come fully clad in the attire the Quran instructed for them, and were ready to take on the Arabian Peninsula, in their own gentle but lively way.
Many of us know what Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA), Umar(RA), Bilal(RA) and many others Sahabis (male companions of Muhammad (SAW) )did for Islam and how they put their lives at stakes for this ‘deen’ in their own dynamic ways (subanAllah); However, how many of us are aware of what Mother of believers Aisha (RA), Umme Salim, Umme Salit, and many other early muslim women reverts (aka Sahabiyat i.e. women companions) did for islam and our beloved Prophet(SAW).
Through this book, we are introduced to a different viewpoint. This book shows us that there was no sphere of activity that did not benefited from the intellect and wisdom of the pious sahabiyat of Muhammad (SAW). They were as active in religion as in politics, courageous at battlefield, dynamic in the field of education, in the courts of Islamic jurisprudence, in the court of shariah, in trade and commerce in agriculture, in medicine, in nursing.
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