Islam Prohibited the Hijab for Slave Women and Kept Their Breasts Uncovered
In classical Islamic law and practice, the hijab was not treated as a universal requirement of modesty for all women. It functioned primarily as a marker of free status. Free Muslim women were ordered to cover themselves so they could be distinguished from slave women. Slave women were not required—and in many rulings were actively […]
Prophetic Science: Women Experience Wet Dreams and Their Discharge Is Yellow
A well-known Hadith records a conversation between the Prophet Muhammad and Umm Sulaim regarding women and nocturnal emissions. In Sahih Muslim 311 and Sahih al-Bukhari 130, Anas ibn Malik reports that Umm Sulaim asked the Messenger of Allah about a woman who sees in a dream what a man sees (i.e., a sexual dream). The […]
Allah Was in the Clouds and His Throne Was on Water Before Creation
In Surah Hud, verse 7, the Quran states that before the creation of the heavens and the earth, Allah’s Throne was upon the water: “And it is He who created the heavens and the earth in six days, and His Throne was upon the water before that.” (Quran 11:7) This understanding is reinforced by several […]