Mothers of the Believers is a ground breaking series exploring the lives of the wives of Prophet Muhammad (s). It seeks to enlighten the hearts, minds and souls of the Muslim youth in the West. It is through the wonderful examples of the Mothers of the Believers that we can achieve a correct and balanced understanding when approaching issues such as building the Islamic family, social life, working, parenting and raising children.
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The Mothers of the Believers Contents
Cd 1: Introduction
Why this series?
Objectives
Lamps through the ages (Women Scholars in Islamic history)
Cd 2: Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Birth and early life
Early marriages
A great business women
Marriage to the Beloved (sa)
Cd 3: Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Behind every good man is?
The first to accept Islam
Early days in Mecca
Dawah Challenges
The death of our mother (ra)
Virtues and impact
Cd 4: Sawda bint Zam’a
Background and early life
Migration for Allah
A new Muslimah with no husband
A community responds
Life with the Prophet
The death of our mother
Cd 5: A’isha bint Abu Bakr
Background and early life
The making of a noble daughter
Marriage to the Prophet (sa)
Responses to the critics of this marriage
The model of the Muslim home
Cd 6: A’isha bint Abu Bakr
The great fabrication Al-Ifk
The death of the Prophet
Life under the Caliphs
The great trial
Her virtues
The death of our mother
Cd 7: Hafsa bint ‘Umar
Background and early life
First marriage
Umar (sa) seeks a good man
Hafsa with the Prophet
The guardian of the Qur’an
The death of our mother
Cd 8: Hind bint Abi Umayya (Um Salamah)
Background and early life
What saves a young couple?
Tests are inevitable
Alas duaa and only duaa
Marriage to the beloved
Life after the Prophet
The death of our mother
Cd 9: Zainab bint Jahsh
Background and early life
Older siblings have huge a responsibility
First marriage
Marriage to the Prophet
Life with the Prophet
The death of our mother
Cd 10: Juwayriya bint al-Haarith & Um Habiba bint Abi Sufyaan
Juwayriya
Background and early life
First marriage
Marriage to the Prophet
Life with the Prophet
Life under the Caliphs
The death of our mother
Um Habiba
Background and early life
First marriage
Tested through a disobedient husband
The reward of sabar
Life with the Prophet
The death or our mother
CD 11: Safiyah bint Huyy & Maimoonah bint al-Haarith and conclusion
Safiyah
Background and early life
A strange incident
Marriage to the Prophet
Life after the Prophet
A great test for the Ummah
Maimoonah
Background and early life
Marriage to the Prophet
Our mother’s gift to the Ummah
The death of our mother
Conclusion
From darkness to light