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The experiences of Muslim women ( Arabic: مسلمات Muslimāt, singular مسلمة Muslimah) vary widely between and within different societies. [2] [3] At the same time, their adherence to Islam is a shared factor that affects their lives to a varying degree and gives them a common identity that may serve to bridge the wide cultural, social ...
Ummah ( / ˈʊmə /; [1] Arabic: أُمَّة [ˈʊm.mæ]) is an Arabic word meaning "nation". [citation needed] It is distinguished from shaʻb ( شَعْب [ˈʃæʕb], "people"), which means a nation with common ancestry or geography. Thus, it can be said to be a supra-national nation with a common history.
Islam ( / ˈɪzlɑːm, ˈɪzlæm / IZ-la (h)m; [7] Arabic: ٱلْإِسْلَام, romanized :al-Islām, IPA: [alʔɪsˈlaːm], lit.'submission [to the will of God]') is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
A female adherent is a muslima (Arabic: مسلمة) (also transliterated as "Muslimah"). The plural form in Arabic is muslimūn (مسلمون) or muslimīn (مسلمين), and its feminine equivalent is muslimāt (مسلمات). The ordinary word in English is "Muslim".
Rufaida Al-Aslamia. Rufayda Al-Aslamia (also transliterated Rufaida Al-Aslamiya or Rufaydah bint Sa`ad) ( Arabic: رفيدة الأسلمية) (born approx. 620 AD; 2 BH ), was an Arab medical and social worker recognized as the first female Muslim nurse and the first female surgeon in Islam. [1] She is known as the first nurse in the world.
Fi sabilillah. The phrase fi sabilillah ( فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّٰهِ, fī sabīli llāh) is an Arabic expression meaning "in the cause of God ", or more befittingly, "for the sake of God". [1] Alternative spellings for fi sabilillah include fisabilillah and fisabillillah.
Mukhannath ( مُخَنَّث; plural mukhannathun ( مُخَنَّثون ); "effeminate ones", "ones who resemble women") was a term used in Classical Arabic and Islamic literature to describe gender-variant people, and it has typically referred to effeminate men or people with ambiguous sexual characteristics, who appeared feminine and ...
Islamic female dress. The intimate parts ( Arabic: عورة 'awrah, ستر, satr) of the human body must, according to Islam, be covered by clothing. Most of modern Islamic scholars agree that the 'awrah of a man is the area between the navel and the knees, and the 'awrah of a woman is the entire body except the face, hand; exposing the 'awrah ...