Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar

محمود أحمد غضنفر

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Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar, author of a book on the women Companions given the good news of Paradise, published in English as Great Women of Islam by Darussalam, Riyadh, in Jamila Muhammad Qawi's translation.

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Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar is the author of Great Women of Islam, on the women Companions given the good news of Paradise, published by Darussalam, Riyadh, in Jamila Muhammad Qawi's English translation revised by Safiur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri. 1

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A writer who gathered the stories of women Companions of the Prophet ﷺ in a book.

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  • The book gives no biography of its author.

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Riyadh
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Great Women of Islam, Who Were Given the Good News of Paradise

People and things also explored

Battle of Naqra· Battle of Riyadh· The Pledge of the Tree (Bay'at al-Ridwan)· Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda· Abdul Aziz Al-Tarefe· Abdulrahman Mosad· Adel Al-Kalbani· al-A'sha Maymun b. Qays

Sources

  1. Great Women of Islam, Who Were Given the Good News of Paradise — Mahmood Ahmad Ghadanfar, tr. Jamila Muhammad Qawi (Darussalam, Riyadh) , p.1
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