Islamic Books for Women
This category brings together Islamic books for women that address faith, identity, family life and personal development from an Islamic perspective. These titles speak to the experiences of Muslim women in different roles—daughters, students, professionals, wives and mothers—offering guidance rooted in the Qur’an and Sunnah.
In this section you’ll find books on women’s rights and responsibilities, marriage and motherhood, modesty, spirituality, mental wellbeing and navigating contemporary challenges. Many of these Islamic books for women relate closely to works in our Marriage, Family and Personal Development categories, allowing you to build a collection that supports all aspects of life.
Supporting Women’s Learning & Growth
These books can be read individually or used in study circles, book clubs and community classes. They are suitable for teens through to older readers, with some titles written specifically for mothers or young women starting out in adult life. You might also explore relevant works in the General Islam and Tasawwuf sections to deepen your understanding of faith and spirituality.
If you need recommendations for particular life stages or topics, please reach out via the Contact page or visit Iqra Islamic Bookshop in Laudium, where our team will be happy to assist.
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Volume 8, the final volume, covers an area which most Muslims normally feel shy to talk about. However, the author shows that the Prophet’s guidance provides an open approach to a natural desire that needs to be satisfied so that life goes on easily and smoothly. Islam disapproves of ignoring sexual desires or suppressing them…
his book consists of real inspiring stories that encourage every Muslim woman to guard her religion against all odds. It began with a recent event of a lady who discovered Islam and how she firmly held on to her deen. The Author then continues with anecdotes from the great women of the pasts whom took…
This book seeks to guide and make ease to the grieving and despondent souls who are in a quagmire of vexation in a manner that varies from other typical motivational books that discusses on worry, sadness and grief; and from those which discuss fortune (or success). It addresses to the endogenous core of the heart…
The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) established complete equality between men and women as he said, “Women are full sisters of men”. Yet both have their respective special functions. This volume draws out the features of the Muslim woman’s character as outlined in the Qur’an and Sunnah. It shows that much of what we imagine to be…
This book deals with: the precautions a mother should take in pregnancy, the principles governing the spiritual nurturing of a child. A number of formulas for reforming the child and forging his mind upon Islamic principles, how this child can become a perfect Mu’min, how to determine the disposition of the child and accordingly kindle…
One of the most important characteristics which form a perfect and concrete example of the Prophet Muhammad (saw) is the way he lived his family life. He established a superior, most virtuous and happiest home with his wives who had different ages, cultures, abilities and characters. That home that he established was so full of…
The Muslim mum is the most fertile political symbol of our times – heralded as both the solution and cause to many of the issues that erroneously come to define Muslim communities in our now globalised world. Muslim mums who are continuously spoken down to, at, or for, and very rarely conversed with in a…
This is a vivid description of the lives and achievements of eight of the Sahabiyat (female companions) during the time of the Prophet (SAAS). Their unwavering faith, courage, sacrifice and steadfastness should be an inspiration to us all especially for young Muslimahs. Recommended for ages 11 and over.
Embark on a journey through the various stages of life, from marriage to divorce and widowhood, to witness how women living within the Islamic tradition are endowed with the right to safeguard their financial independence. This comprehensive exploration confronts an ongoing disconnect between Islamic law and Muslim family dynamics to equip men and women alike…
The basic thesis of Moosa’s intriguing monograph entails the belief that equality is an ideal anchored in the primary sources of Islam (see eg 24-26 and 101-106). However, Islamic law historically developed in a contrary direction through interpretation by an elite group of jurists in the preservation of male interests (see eg 8-10, 138 and…
Farah Nosipho Garda is a twenty-seven-year-old professional student: no job, no real plans, and with a talent for self-sabotage. When she’s pulled from Cape Town’s comfort to care for her ailing mother in a Joburg retirement village, Farah thinks this is just another way to buy time. But when her mother begins to slip away…
An anthology of the Qur’an, prepared by English Orientalist Edward William Lane (1801-1876), was published in 1843. It carried a foreword by way of introduction to Islamic teaching, which, inter-alia, stated that” the fatal point in Islam is the degradation of woman.”1 This ill-considered observation gained such currency that it was commonly repeated as if…
This work is an attempt at dispelling any misconception by bringing into focus biographies of the first generation of Muslim women and the important role they played in the overall development of their society, right from the beginning.
The status of women in Islam is the same as that of men. Injunctions of honor and respect are the same for both genders. Yet Islam sees man as man and woman as woman, and considering the natural differences, it advocates the principle of the division of labor between the two sexes as opposed to…
A challenge to the liberal, cultural and traditional teachings about women in Islam. A compilation of quotations from the Qur’an and Hadith collections that address women specifically. Beautifully presented in a papercase.
Within every woman there lives a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. She is the Wild Woman, who represents the instinctual nature of women. But she is an endangered species. For though the gifts of wildish nature belong to us at birth, society’s attempt to “civilize” us into rigid roles…
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