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 | | Umm Waraqa bint Abdallah, an Ansari woman, was well versed in the Qur'an and was instructed by Prophet Muhammad (SAW) to lead the people of her home, which consisted of both women and men in prayer, narrated by Abu-Dawood, also by Ibn Khuzaimah, who rated it as "sound" or "authentic". |
 | | Aminah Wadud (who wrote _Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective_, is one of the founders of _Sisters in Islam_ and is Professor of Islamic Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University) recently gave a talk on this very topic from a Progressive point of view. |
 | | When she showed a greater mastery by throwing her prayer mat into the air and then consoling Hasan by saying these were merely tricks but it was more important to attend to the Real, I don't think anyone gave two hoots about whether her prayer mat was before or behind Hasan. |
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