Happy International Women's Day!

**strivingobserver98** · 03-08-2016

The real personalities to be taken as role models on Women's Day.

Study the lives of the following people:

- Khadijah
- Aisha
- Fatima
- Mary the mother of Jesus
- Aasiya the wife of Pharoah
- Nusaiba
- Asma
- Zainab
- Umm Salama
- Umm Kulsoom
- Umm Sulaim
- Haajar

May Allah be pleased with them.

**strivingobserver98** · 03-08-2016

"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation." - Brigham Young

"Treat women kindly." استوصوا بالنساء خيراً” ― Prophet Muhammad (SAW)

"Islam has raised the status of women from below the earth to so high that paradise lies at her feet." - Dr. Maulana Ansari.

.علّموا أولادكُم أنّ الأنثُى هِي الرّفيقة، هِي الوطَن، و هِي الحَيْاة
"Teach your sons that a woman is a friend, home, and life."— Samir Giad

**azc** · 03-08-2016

Modesty is the invaluable ornament of a woman. Once it's lost, is irretrievable

**hisnameiszzz** · 03-08-2016

I remember 5 years ago when I had to organise an event for Women's Day when I worked for a Domestic Violence team.

We had a lot of Muslim guest speakers empowering women. I didn't attend obviously but I had to do all the arranging.

**strivingobserver98** · 03-09-2016

Lubna of Cordoba (10th Century) was a skilled mathematician who also presided over the royal library, which consisted of over 500,000 books. It was said that "there were none in the Umayyad palace as noble as her.”

15 Important Muslim Women in History
Reference: http://www.loonwatch.com/2014/03/15-...en-in-history/