Builders of a Nation

Dr.  Haifaa Younis is an American Board Certified Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with roots in Iraq. She is the founder, Chairman, and resident scholar at Jannah Institute. She is a Resident Scholar at the Islamic Center of Irvine, California. Dr. Younis graduated from the Mecca Institute of Islamic Studies (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and Al-Huda Qur’an Memorization School (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) where she completed the memorization of the Qur’an. Currently, she lives and works in the United States, and teaches various Islamic studies courses focusing on purification of the heart (Tazkiyah).

Preface


Part One: The Women of the Prophet Muhammad's (SAW) Household

Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA)

Sawdah bint Zam'ah (RA)

Aishah bint Abi Bakr (RA)

Hafsah bint 'Umar (RA)

Zaynab bint Kuzaymah (RA)

Umm Salamah (RA)

Zaynab bint Jahsh (RA)

Juwayriyyah bint al Harith (RA)

Safiyyah bint Huyayy (RA)

Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan (RA)

Maymunah bint al Harith (RA)

Mariyyah bint Sham'un (RA)

Zaynab bint Muhammad (RA)

Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (RA)

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (RA)

Fatimah bint Muhammad (RA)




Part Two: Female Companions

Asma bint Abi Bakr

Umm Sulaym bint Milhan

Al Fari ah bint Malik

Nusaybah bint Ka'b

Umm Sharik

Al-Rubayyi' bint Mu'awwidh

Sumayyah bint Khayyat

Rufaydah al-Aslamiyyah




Part Three: Female Pioneers of Islamic History

Hafsah bint Sirin

The Mother of Imam al-Bukhari

Fatimah bint Abdullah al-Azdiyyah

Safiyyah bint Maymunah bint 'Abd al-Malik al-Shaybaniyyah

Fatimah bint 'Abbas al-Baghdadiyyah

Fatimah al-Batayahiyyah

Fatimah al-Fihriyyah

Fatimah bint Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Samarqandiyyah

Fatimah bint Hamad al-Fudayliyyah

'Aishah Muhammad 'Ali 'Abd-al Rahman

Fatimah bint 'Abd al-Malik

Salma bint al-Jazari

Maryam Jameelah




Notes