Woman in Islamic Shari‘ah
5. Muslim women
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perspired and became covered in dust: the Prophet
had, therefore, told them to take a bath before
attending prayers.
88
When the Prophet was preparing to set off for
Khaybar to engage in
jihad,
some women of the
Banu Ghifar tribe approached him and said, “O
Prophet of God, we want to accompany you on this
journey, so that we may tend the injured and help
Muslims in every possible way.” The Prophet
replied, “May God bless you. You are welcome to
come.”
89
Umm ‘Atiyah, a Medinan woman, said
that she had been present on seven expeditions: “I
looked after the emigrants, cooked their food,
bound up the wounds of the injured and cared for
those who were in distress.”
87. Ibn Hajar al-’Athqalani,
Fath al-Bari fi Sharh al-
Bukhari,
2/284-288.
88. Bukhari,
Sahih, Kitab al-Jumu’a,
2/307.
89. Ibn Sa’d,
Tabaqat al-Kubra,
8/292.
During the battle with the Jews in Medina, the
Muslim women and children were gathered on the
