The document discusses the status and roles of women in Islamic society, both historically and today. It notes that women played an active role in the early Islamic community during the Prophetic period, but that their status and involvement in public life deteriorated over time, especially due to the influences of feminism and colonialism. The document then lists several prominent women from early Islamic history, including wives and female companions of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as early women scholars and builders in Islamic civilization.

1. Famous Women in Islam

2. What is the importance of discussing gender issues in Islam? Introduction

3. “ Women are the twin halves of men ”

5. What is the status of the Muslim woman today? Has it deteriorated or become better over the years? Why?

7. What is feminism? What impact did it have on the Muslim world?

10. Status of women in the Prophetic Society What was it like? Was the society patriarchal?

13. Some Prominent Women in the Prophetic Society Ume-Aiman Um-al-Fadl Urwa Asma bint-e-Abibakr Ash-Shifa bint-e-Abdullah Asma bint-e-Umais Fatima bint-e-Qais

14. Ummaiyah bint-e-Qais Nusaibah bin Ka’ab Juwairiyah bin Abu Sufiyan Ume-Habib bint Al Aas Azda bint al Haris Khwala bint al Azwar Female Warrior Companions of The Prophet (saaw)

15. Hazrat Ayesha Fatima Bint-e-Muhammad Asma Bint-Abi Bakr Zainab bint-e-Abdullah Asma bint-e-Umais Hafsah bint-e-Umar Amrah bint-e-Abdurahman Women Scholars of Early Islam

16. Amat-ul Wahid Karima bint Ahmad Shuhda Fairoz bint Muzaffar Aisha Bint Ali Bint Muhammad Annas Khatoon Zainab bint Yahya as Sulaimi Ayisha bint Muhammad al Maqsidiyah Fatima bint Muhammad as Samarqandi

17. The Prophet’s Wives and Companions as Benefactors Zainab bint-e-Jash Zainab bint-e-Khuzaima Fatiha ummal Banin Shuja umal Mtawakil

18. Female Muslim builders Al Udar al Kareema Banfsha bint Abdullah Mariam bin Shams Safiyah