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Walk this pathway
7steps · 30min · newcomer · student
The first believer
Khadija: first to believe, stood by him till death.
The scholar
Aisha: narration and law from the deepest school.
The daughter
Fatima al-Zahra: mother of the Prophet's house.
The fighter
Nusayba: twelve wounds shielding him at Uhud.
The poet
Al-Khansa: mistress of elegy, mother of Qadisiyya's martyrs.
The sultana
Shajar al-Durr: eighty days on Egypt's throne.
The founder
Fatima al-Fihri endowed al-Qarawiyyin for a millennium.
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Overview
A path through women who changed history: the Mothers of the Believers, the warrior, the poet, the sultana and the founder.
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islam.museum contributors. “Women in Islam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-women-of-islam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.