Like any other Muslim, I have
read time and again about the women of Islam in religious context. Every time I
would read how these women helped the other gender attain their strength and
glory or how the fair sex was condemned being a female. All true. But has
anyone ever tried to narrate their lives in perspective of their character? How
many times we have read about the character and gallant nature of these women
who stood for themselves and in turn helped people around them? Some chose to
be house-wives while others chose to shape the society and imparted whatever
knowledge they had to the public. They fought on grounds or did their home
chores. Either they swayed their swords in precise strokes or wiped away the
floors with cloth. These women may not be the prophets but their identities
were not any less than that of significant people in our history. These women
had their own character, personalities, opinions and lives. Once you will think
about them as humans and not as Muslim associates, you shall see how
wonderfully accomplished life they led and how our pious men helped them in same
manner as they facilitated our men.
