Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Added on 2020-04-21
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Surname 1NameInstitutionCourseDateReligion is a subject that is taken with much weight in the society as it represents people’s believes concerning their ways of life and the way they relate to each other. Islam is one of the world’s leading religion after Christianity that has many followers from different regions all overthe world and making significant impacts in the society (Al-Thani, & Moore 192). Islam has many theories that explain its evolution and growth across the globe including the important events, people, and items that were crucial for its evolution. Muhammad, Aisha, Fatima, Hadiths and many more names are relevant in explaining the growth and development of the Islamic culture (Aslan 501). Aisha was an essential figure in the spreading and adoption of the religion as she was the wife of the great prophet Muhammad and also a creative writer and translator. Throughout her life before and after the death of the prophet, she acted as a medium of spreadingIslam. Many authors have different approaches to explaining Aisha’s contribution to the society regarding the growth of the Muslim community. Her bibliography describes all the activities she has done towards the Islam community and their impacts towards her reputation and position. She represented the female figures in the society, and her different inputs defined the feminist view of the population in context (Khan, Farooq, &Hussain 22). Some books and journals focused on her skills in the creative literature that lead to the translation of the Hadiths for native to understand more. She was famous not because of her position as the wife of Muhammad but
Surname 2because of her skills in Islamic literature (Jaschok, &Shui nd). Other books focus on the impact she made as a Muslim leader. Her position of leadership impacted differently on people as the society did not recognize women leadership. She therefore portrayed the strength of women and greed for power to others. Regardless of the people’s take on her contributions, the truth is she was excellent influence towards Islam growth. According to the analysis by Roded (231), Aisha concentrated on fictional work that explained the experience of Islamic women. She used her personal experiences in her stories including the influence of French Colonials in Algeria and the types of activities that women went through during these times. In her writing, she revealed the chaining attitudes of women regarding Islam and the events facing them at the time. She used the bibliographies of Prophet Muhammad and his daughter Fatima and related them to the evolution of Islam especially on the situation of women. The deaths of the prophet and his daughter defined women’s role in the society including. One of her writings, ‘Far from Medina’ explains that women were once strong and more aware of their rights. Feminism was, therefore, a major point that influenced the way Aishamade her efforts towards the evolution of Islam. Roded (229) describes her writing and interpretation skills as the main method that Aisha can be remembered when it comes to the growth of Islam as she made a lot of changes to the society with her skills. (Keddie,& Baron nd) On the other hand, focus on the aspect of power and the way Aisha used her position to influence the society either positively or negatively. People recognized her as the wife to the great Muhammad, and due to this, she experienced privileges of her marriage even after her husband’s death. These authors feel like more of her impact on the Islamic nature is because of her marriage to the great prophet. After his death, she began to portray her power by political succession and participation that was received differently. The young widow became
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