Encyclopedia of Muhammad's Women Companions and the Traditions They Related

By Shaykh Muhammad, Laleh Bakhtiar, Muhammad Hisham Kabbani

This work is divided into two books: Book I contains all of the Traditions (ahadith) related by 150 women Companions of Prophet Muhammad (/) according to the six canonical books of Sahih al-Bukhari,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1871031427
• ISBN13: 9781871031423
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Defenders Publications
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A GEM!

What a beautiful gem of a book! Any book by Shaykh Hisham Kabbani may Allah be pleased with him is a gem. I especially love this book because finally we can read about the women Companions of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings upon him) from a trustworthy source! The first part of the book contains all the traditions related by the Prophet's women Companions and the second part contains the biographies of over 600 women Companions of the Prophet pbuh! This book is packed with gems of wisdom!

Women who knew Muhammad

This book most likely gives a "Sufi" perspective in the selected quotations from the women who knew the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) of Islam fame. "Shaykh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani" is the author of "The Naqshbandi Sufi Way", "Encyclopedia of Islamic Doctrine," and has an Islamic law degree from Damascus. "Leleh Bahtiar" wrote "Encyclopedia of Islamic Law" and "Sufi Expressions of the Mystic Quest." Women who knew Mohammad provide quotations on the following topics: "Behavior:" the Prophet, household chores, laughing, sitting; "Companions": Zubayr, Qahafa, Rahman, Yasir, Malek, Bakr, Umays, Qaqqas, etcs., "Wrongdoing": don't abuse the dead, anger, boasting, cursing, jealousy, prohibitions, etc.; "Good": good deeds, blessing a new born child, animal sacrifice, hot baths, toothpick; "Supplication": Shaban, Allah's names, night, morning, sleeping, leaving the toilet, storms, etc.; "Monotheism": jinn, prophethood, Abraham, Resurrection, Gog, Last Hour, Paradise; "Economic Issues": charity, the dead, blessings, inheritance, war spoils, borrowing money, pawning, wages, income from a slave; "Ablution" (20 pages), childbirth, female circumscion ("do not cut severely" according to the Prophet -- but a weak tradition), menstruation, remainders of a cat, sexual defilement, experiencing organism without moisture, henna on hands, modesty, etc.; "Fasting": Ramadan, seclusion, moon; "Prayer": freeing of slaves at the time of an eclipse, "Suitable Dress": against wearing silk, Sunan prayers, supplication, times, animal sacrifice, "Pilgrimage" to Mecca (10 pages), "Government": women, lashes, oaths, military battles, witnesses, alcohol, dates, vinegar, divorce, dress and hair, slaves, food, funeral, hunting, "Marriage" (15 pages); "Medicine and spells", "Modesty", intercourse with a nursing mother; "Mosques", "Music and Singing"..and much, much, much more. That was Section One (260 pages). Section Two has 230 pages of biographies of women who knew Muhammad and had something to say about either him or his beliefs. [I confess, I don't know if this book favors a Sunni or a Shiite perspective.]