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It is said a Qurlanic verse was revealed regarding this:
110 ye who believel When there come to you believing women .
refugees, examine and test them. God knows best as to their
faith. " 1
Consequently, the -Prophet persuaded her brothers, that women
immigrants who have entered the faith and embraced Islam shall not
be returned to their people, as the male immigrants are. This incident
shows how Islam and the Prophet protect women.
"Umm Kultt7um was at this
point single, but she settled in al-Madinah and maried Zayed ibn
Harithah by whom she had a child.,
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She was one, of the strongest and most intelligent of Muslim women
of her day. These women were all inspired by the new hope held out
to them by Islam to be treated as equals regardless of their social
or economic status. It was largely this hope which lent them the
endurance to resist all efforts to make them revert to paganism,
and it was a validated hope.
The participation of women was not confined only to the -II
struggle on behalf of the call of Islam but extended into most other
fields. ý Muslim women contributed to medicine and nursing during the
early days of Islam. One such woman who was a leading figure in the
medical field was Rufaydah alAnýa-riyyah, who was an excellent nurse.
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The Prophet commissioned her to care for the sick and tend the wounded. 3
She had a tent set up which was well known to all who needed medical
treatment.
4_ Therefore, fourteen centuries ago. at the time of the
Prophet, women in Islamic society worked as doctors. Far from objecting
1. Q. 60.10
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2. Ibn al-AtkXr, op. cit., Vol. 7, P. 386 & Ibn Era d, op. cit.. P. 168
3. Ibn al-AttrJr, op. cit., Vol. 7, P. 110 & Ibn Hajar, op, cit., Vol-89 p. 80
4. Ibid a,
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