Fatimah al-Zahra: Ummu Abiha - Mother to her Father

During times in which the role of women is increasingly, if grudgingly, acknowledge in male-dominated societies – it is high time that the eminence of the Lady Fatimah (A.S) and her articulate intellectual contribution to Islam be acknowledged and celebrated!Previously obscured by Qurayshi ideas of male superiority and the chicanery of sectarianism, this carefully researched and well-documented text provides insight into the life and times of the first and foremost female personage of Islam, whose doughty character and teachings have not, heretofore, been presented to the English reader.This is a most welcome uncovering of one woman’s contribution to Islam. A hidden gem – ‘mother to her father’, wife of the ‘Commander of the Faithful’, progenitor of 11 Imams, a fearless defender of justice, challenger of ignorance and arrogance and a keystone in the perpetuation of the spiritual purity and honour of the Islamic faith.