Mother is one female whom Islam gave immense importance. Islam has put the Jannah under the feet of a mother. Islam also puts a lot of emphasis on treating your wife in the best manner. It also teaches us to raise our daughters with love and care. The status of women has been raised by Islam tremendously. Let us talk about the five most prominent women in the history of Islam and how they made the difference in the world.

Muslim women were not left behind when it came to leaving a legacy of intellectual and academic feats.

Fathima bint al-Hasan ibn Ali

Fathima bint al-Hasan ibn Ali was a hadith scholar in the 5^th century. Who had a great knowledge of ahadith? Her most distinguished work was Karimah al-Marwaziyyah Many scholars advised their students to read her version of Sahi Bukhari, the most prominent book of Hadith.

Aisha bint Sa’ad bin Abi Waqqa

Aisha was a well know female scholar and also the founder of Maliki school of fiqh.

Sayyida Nafisa,

Sayyida Nafisa, was the great-granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad, she was the most well-known Islamic teacher in the history. Students from all around the globe used to travel far aways to learn from her. She also sponsored the education of Imam Shafi, the great Islamic scholar who was her student.

Fatima of Cordoba

Fatima of Cordoba was the greatest woman in the history of Islam who loved spreading knowledge.She oversaw 70 public librarires which contained 400,000 books

Zaynab bint Sulayman

The princess Zaynab bint Sulayman was a well-educated female and a master of ahadith who became the most successful scholars of Islam and taught many pupils who turned out to be famous people.

Amina

In a province of Nigeria, Amina was the queen I 16^th century. She learned military skills in her teenage and became a leading warrior of her province. She gave expansion to her territory and-and established a military camp. She builds many walls for the defense of her military camps and those walls are still called Amina walls.

Rufayda bint Sa’ad

Rufayda bint Sa’ad was the first nurse in Islamic history. She lived in the time when Prophet Muhammad was alive. She wen travel into the battlefields and provided the water to the wounded and thirsty soldiers after seeking permission from the Prophet Muhammad.

Zainab al-Ghazali

Zainab al-Ghazal was born in 1917 in the Egypt. She was associated with Muslim brotherhood and she was a great Muslim activist who became a great Islamic leader upon her father’s encouragement. She made (Muslim Women’s Association) when she was 19 years old and grew its members to three million quickly. She constantly helped the poor families and solved their family disputes. She played s solid role in regrouping the brotherhood in the 1960s. She went through hardships of jail as she was always brave at times when she had no food, shelter, and strength.