https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/books/review/history-of-islam-21-women-hossein-kamaly.html
The story of Nur Jehan, who was born to migrant parents and rose to a position where she unofficially ruled jointly with her husband, is just one of the intriguing tales that make up Hossein Kamaly’s eminently readable collection “A History of Islam in 21 Women.” Besides Nur Jehan, we hear of the Prophet Muhammad’s wife Khadija, who saw the promise of an orphaned young man and was the first to accept Islam, and the Sufi ascetic Rabia Al-Adawiyya, who insisted that women were the spiritual equals of men.
There is the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima, who chastised his feuding followers after his death: “You have left the body of the Apostle of God with us and you have decided among yourselves, without consulting us, without respecting our rights.” It turned out to be a consequential sidelining; the schism between those who believed the Prophet’s male heirs should inherit leadership of the faith (Shia) and those who believed that Fatima should (Sunni) remains pivotal to this day.
Similarly, the Prophet’s wife Aisha, nicknamed the “ruddy-cheeked one,” was instrumental in questioning patriarchal sayings attributed to the Prophet.
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