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Aḥmad Zaki Yamani All praise is due to God who has created us all from one male and one female. He says in the Qur͗an: “Mankind! We have created you all out of a male and a female” (Q 49: 13) God has also established a c...
Ahmed Zaki Yamani Article contents:Her Lineage and Upbringing before IslamHer Marriage to the Prophet ﷺHer role in Supporting the Prophet ﷺHer Excellence as Attested by the Prophetic SunnahKey Events that Occurred at the...
Aḥmad Zaki Yamani In the pre-Islamic period, women were in a very lowly status in Arabia. An Arab man would look at a woman as a source of shame and humiliation. If a father was given the news of the birth of a girl, he ...
Makkah was first divided into neighbourhoods during the time of Qušayy ibn Kilāb. When he became the leader of Makkah, following the rule of Khuzā‘ah, he gathered Quraysh together and divided Makkah into neighbourhoods, ...
