Maryam Amir – Struggling womens issues in Islam

04 April 2021

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Speaker 1 discusses the importance of understanding the prophetic narratives and verses of the Quran in helping women understand their roles as companion of the Prophet Muhammad. They also touch on the idea of being a woman and the role of women in the Prophet's teachings, including the idea of a woman as a companion of the Prophet's relationship with God.

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My name is Mary Mir, and I'm incredibly honored and excited to

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be teaching a course inshallah with Swiss Institute on woman and

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power through knowing God so many questions that I receive have to

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do with the prophetic narrations and the verses of the Quran that

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women and men struggle with understanding as it relates to

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what it means to be a woman. What is the role of being a woman? We

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are going to cover in the lens of what it looked like to be a

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companion of the Prophet Muhammad. Peace be upon him who was a woman.

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What did the woman in the time of the Prophet Muhammad? Peace be

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upon him, do? How did they understand these teachings? How

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did they live as they battled with him? Peace be upon him, as they

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were in part of the masjid space with him. Peace be upon him, as

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they were in their own homes or in society. How did the companions of

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the Prophet? Peace be upon him who were women, understand their

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relationship with God?

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