Woman in Islamic Shariah

5. Muslim women ~ 91 ~ heaven.”80 Yasir and his wife Summaiyah were the first to succumb to persecution by the Quraysh. Yet, even after seeing the painful fate which his parents had suffered, ‘Ammar, their son, being strong of will, did not flinch from his faith. It is said that ‘Ammar ibn Yasir was the first Meccan Muslim to have built a mosque in his home. It is believed that it is he who is referred to in this verse of the Qur’an:81 Can he who passes his night in adoration, standing up or on his knees, who dreads the terrors of the life to come and hopes to earn the mercy of his Lord, be compared to the unbeliever? ... Truly, none will take heed but men of understanding.82 80. Ibn Kathir, As-Sirah an-Nabawiyah, 1/494. 81. Ibn Sa’d, At-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 3/250. 82. Qur’an, 39:9. IN THE FIELD OF ACTION The general lot of women in the early days of Islam was frequently a hard one, but they bore themselves