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THE  IDEAL  MUSLIMAH
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Islam's  Women  :  Jewels  of  Islam 
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The Muslim Woman and Her Rabb

1. She Workships Allah
2. She Regularly Prays Five Times a Day
3. She May Attend the Jama’ah(Congregational) Prayer in the Mosque
4. She Attend ‘Eid Prayers
5. She Prays Sunnah and Nafil Prayers
6. She Performs Her Prayers Properly
7. She Pays Zakath on Her Wealth
8. She Fasts During the Day and Prays at Night in Ramadan
9. She Observes Nafil Fasts
10. She Goes on Hajj to the Sacred House of Allah
11. She Goes for ‘Umrah
12. She is Obedient to the Commands of Allah
13. She Does Not Sit Alone With a “Stranger”
14. She Wears Correct Hijaab
15. She Avoids Mixing Freely With Men
16. She Does Not Shake Hands With a non-Mahram Man
17. She Does Not Travel Except With a Mahram
18. She Accepts the Will and Decree of Allah
19. She Turns to Allah in Repentance
20. She Feels a Sense of Responsibility for the Members of Her Family
21. Her Main Concern is the Pleasure of Allah
22. She Understands the True Meaning of Being a Servant of Allah
23. She Works to Support the Religion of Allah
24. She is Distinguished by Her Islamic Character and True Religion
25. Her Loyalty is to Allah Alone
26. She Enjoins What is Good and Forbids What is Evil
27. She Often Reads the Qur’an

The Muslim Woman and Her Own Self

1. She Exercises Regularly
2. Her Body and Clothes are Clean
3. She Takes Care of her Mouth and Teeth
4. She Takes Care of Her Hair
5. She Does Not Go to Extremes of Beautification or Make a Wanton Display of Herself
6. She Takes Care of Her Mind by Pursuing Knowledge
7. She is not Superstitious
8. She Never Stops Reading and Studying
9. She Performs Acts of Workship Regularly and Purifies her Soul
10. She Keeps Company with Righteous People and Joins Religious Gatherings
11. She Frequently Repeats duas and Supplications Described in Hadith

The Muslim Woman and Her Parents

1. She Treats Them with Kindness and Respect
2. She Recognizes Their Status and Knows her Duties Towards Them
3. She is Kind and Respectful Towards Her Parents Even if They Are Not Muslim
4. She is Extremely Reluctant to Disobey Them
5. Her Mother Comes First, Then Her Father
6. She Treats Parents Kindly

The Muslim Woman and Her Husband

1. She Chooses a Good Husband
2. She is Obedient to her Husband and Shows him Respect
3. She Treats his Mother and Family with Kindness and Respect

The Muslim Woman and Her Children

1. She Understands the Great Responsibility That She Has Towards Her Children
2. She Uses the Best Methods in Bringing Them up
3. She Demonstrates her Love and Affection for Them
4. She Treats her Sons and Daughters Equally
5. She Does not Discriminate Between Sons and Daughters in her Affection and Care
6. She Does not Pray Against her Children
7. She is Alert to Everything that May Have an Influence on Them
8. She Instills Good Behavior and Attitudes in Them

The Muslim Woman and Her Sons and Daughters-In-Law

1. She Knows how to Make a Good Choice in Selecting a Daughter-In-Law
2. She Knows her Place
3. She Gives Advice but Does not Interfere in Their Private Life
4. She Respects her and Treats her Well
5. She is Wise and Fair in her Judgment of her Daughter-In-Law

The Muslim Woman and Her Daughters and Son-In-Law

1. She Knows how to Make a Good Choice in Selecting a Son-In-Law
2. She Respects and Honors him
3. She Helps her Daughter to be a Good Wife to her Husband
4. She is Fair, and is Never Biased in Favor of her Daughter
5. She Deals with Problems Wisely

The Muslim Woman and Her Relatives

1. The Muslim Woman Upholds the Ties of Kinship According to the Teachings of Islam
2. She Maintains the Ties of Kinship Even if her Relatives are not Muslims
3. She Fully Understands the Meaning of Upholding the Tie of Kinship
4. She Maintains the Ties of Kinship Even if Her Relatives Fail To Do So

The Muslim Woman and Her Neighbours

1. The Muslim Woman is Kind and Friendly Towards her Neighbours
2. She Adheres to the Islamic Teachings Regarding Good Treatment of Neighbours
3. She Likes for her Neighbour What she Likes for Herself
4. She Treats her Neighbour in the Best Way That She Can
5. She Treats Her Neighbours Well Even if They Are Not Muslim
6. She Starts With the Neighbour Whose Home is Closest to Her Own
7. The True Muslim Woman is the Best Neighbour
8. She Puts up With her Neighbour’s Mistakes and Bad Treatment

The Muslim Woman and Her Friends and Sisters inIslam

1. She Loves Her Friends and Sisters for the Sake of Allah
2. She Does not Forsake or Abandon her Sister
3. She is Tolerant and Forgiving
4. She Meets Them with a Smiling Face
5. She is Sincere Towards Them
6. She is Faithful and Kind
7. She is Kind to Them
8. She Does not Gossip About Them
9. She Avoids Arguing With Them, Making Hurtful Jokes and Breaking Promises
10. She is Generous and Honours her Sister
11. She Prays for Her Sister in Their Absence

The Muslim Woman and Her Community/society

1. She has a Good Attitude Towards Others and Treats Them Well
2. She is Truthful
3. She Avoids Giving False Statements
4. She Gives Sincere Advice
5. She Guides Others to Righteous Deeds
6. She Does not Cheat, Deceive or Stab in the Back
7. She Keeps her Promises
8. She is Not a Hypocrite
9. She is Characterized by Shyness
10. She is Proud and Does not Beg
11. She Does not Interfere in That Which Does not Concern Her
12. She Refains From Slandering the Honor of Others and Seekeing out Their Faults
13. She Does not Show off or Boast
14. She is Fair in Her Judgements
15. She Does not Oppress or Mistreat Others
16. She is Fair Even To Those Whom She Does Not Like
17. She Does not Rejoice in the Misfortunes of Others
18. She Avoids Suspicion
19. She Avoids Cursing and Foul Language
20. She Does not Make Fun of Anybody
21. She is Gentle and Kind Towards People
22. She is Compassionate and Merciful
23. She Strives for People’s Benefit and Seeks to Protect Them From Harm
24. She Helps to Alleviate the Burden of the Debtor
25. She is Generous
26. She Does not Remind the Beneficiaries of her Charity
27. She is Patient
28. She is Easy-Going and Does not Bear Grudges
29. She is Easy on People, Not Hard
30. She is Not Envious
31. She Avoids Boasting and Seeking Fame
32. Her Speech is Not Exaggerated or Affected
33. She Has a Likeable Personality
34. She is Friendly and Likeable
35. She Keeps Secrets
36. She is of Cheerful Countenance
37. She is Light-Hearted and Has a Sense of Humour
38. She Tries to Make People Happy
39. She is Not Over-Strict
40. She is Not Arrogant or Proud
41. She is Humble and Modest
42. She is Moderate With Regard to Her Clothing and Appearance
43. She Loves Noble Things and Always Aims High
44. She is Concerned About the Affairs of the Muslims
45. She Honours Her Guest
46. She Prefers Others over Herself
47. She Checks Her Customs and Habits Against Islamic Standards
48. She Follows Islamic Manners in the Way She Eats and Drinks
49. She Spreads the Greeting of Islam
50. She Does Not Enter a House Other Than Her Own Without Permission
51. She Sits Wherever She Finds Room in a Gathering
52. She Does Not Converse Privately With Another Woman When a Third is Present
53. She Respects Elders and Distinguished People
54. She Does Not Look into Other People’s Houses
55. She Avoids Yawning in a Gathering as Much as She Can
56. She Follows Islamic Etiquette When She Sneezes
57. She Does Not Seek the Divorce of Another Woman so That She May Take her Place
58. She Chooses the Work That Suits her Feminine Nature
59. She Does Not Imitate Men
60. She Calls People to the Truth
61. She Enjoins What is Good and Forbids What is Evil
62. She is Wise and Eloquent in her Da’wah
63. She Mixes With Righteous Women
64. She Strives to Reconcile Between Muslim Women
65. She Mixes With Other Women and Puts up With Their Insults
66. She Repays Favors and is Grateful for Them
67. She Visits the Sick
68. She Does Not Wail Over the Dead

(A brief note regarding the contents of the book “The Ideal Muslimah: The True Islâmic Personality of the Muslim as Defined in the Qur’ân and Sunnah”)  

The true Islamic personality of the Muslim woman as defined by the Quran and Sunnah offers the reader a comprehensive overview of the woman's place in the Islamic scheme of things, and many roles which a woman may play throughout her life - daughter, wife, mother and friends - are explored in details.

A pdf version of the book is available at -
http://www.kalamullah.com/Books/The%20Ideal%20Muslimah.pdf