Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
5. Muslim women
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store then. At that time ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab was
with them. ‘Umar said, if they liked, he could put
this matter to the Prophet. Everyone agreed, so
‘Umar went to the Prophet and said, “The
Companions are saying, ‘Could we but learn which
kind of wealth is better, we would store that and no
other.’ The Prophet said: ‘Everyone should possess
a tongue which remembers God, a heart that thanks
God and a wife that helps him in his faith.”‘
86
Another version has used the word “Hereafter” for
faith.
85. Qur’an, 9:34.
86. Ibn Kathir,
Tafsir,
II/352.
WOMEN IN EVERY FIELD
Once Umm Salmah was having her hair combed
when she heard the sermon starting in the mosque.
The Prophet began with the words, “O people ...”
On hearing this she told the woman who was
combing her hair to braid it just as it was. The
woman asked her why she was in such a hurry.
Umm Salmah replied, “Are we not counted among
‘people’?” And so saying, she promptly braided her
