Females and Gender Relations Addressed in the Literature of Islam

Here, there is nothing peculiar in the fact of women’s voices in Islamic literature because it indeed gives Islamic Literature the hue of trust, culture, and society that remains relatively unseen in the literature of other religions. In this mile-post, it is imperative to point out that Muslims by gender and other attributes have written in all these areas in the past counting Hadiths, poetry, and modern literary works.

Classical Contributions:

Aisha bint Abi Bakr: Aisha the wife of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is also well-known because of her she was the highest right in Hadith; in recalling any Hadith in the Prophet’s tradition and knowledge transfer. Again, she is considered among the highly quoted Hadith authors.

Rabi’a al-Adawiyya: Rabi, is one of the major Sufism of the world and the majority of the Rabi’a’s poetry is devotional poetry on the divine. They are retained relevant not only to Sufi philosophy but Sufi writings too.

Modern Voices:

Fatema Mernissi: Mernissi is a sociologist and a writer from the country of Morocco; she specializes in gender situations as well as cultures in the Islamic world. Regarding the matters of gender in Islamic states, she turns her attention to her book “Beyond the Veil”.

Leila Ahmed: Born and raised in Egypt but is an American by naturalization, Ahmed’s famous work, Women and Gender in Islam also addresses the past and present topics relating to Muslim women.

Nawal El Saadawi: El Saadawi is an Egyptian writer and activist, her novels and essays focus on the sufferings of women in Patriarchal societies. Among her popular books are ‘Woman at Point Zero’ and the stories are excellent examples of Feminist stories.

Elif Shafak: Shafak was born in Ankara, Turkey, but she naturelized in England; her novels like The Bastard of Istanbul have a complicated plot and discuss the questions of identity, gender, and history within the Muslim community.

Leila Aboulela: The Sudanese author of novels Minaret and other works, Aboulela documents the Muslim females in the reunion of religion and secularization. These voices reveal the true spirit of women in the Islamic religion, dismiss some of the Western misconceptions, and enrich women’s literature.

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