This paper has been presented at The 1st International Conference on Islam and Contemporary Issues in the Muslim World: Challenges and Way Forward, which was held on December 5-6, 2016 at University of Malaya.

1. Building a Strong Ummah: Muslim
Women in the Twenty-first Century
Belayet Hossen
Department of Quran and Sunnah Studies
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human
Sciences
Interantional Islamic University Malaysia

2. Introduction
1. The Duties of a Mother 8. To Be a Best Researcher and an Author
2. The Duties of a Wife to Her Husband 9. To Be a Best Economist and Duties
3. To Be a Best Educator 10. To Be a Best businesswoman and Duties
4. To Be a Best Social Worker and Duties 11. To Be a Best Islamic scholar and Da’yee
5. To Be a Best Leader of Community and Duties 12. To Be a Best Scientist and Engineer
6. To Be a Best Doctor and Duties 13. . Some Outstanding Women of this 21st Century as Role Model
7. To Be a Dynamic Warrior or army and Duties 14. Conclusion

3. 1. The Duties of a Mother
A mother is required to become endowed with
moral education.
She must have basic Islamic knowledge which
will guide her and her progeny to the right
pathway.
Fostering her children in the dynamic way so
that all sorts of challenges can face vigorously.

4. 2. The Duties of a Wife to Her Husband
Trying to remove indecent behaviors from his
life that represent him in unfair way.
Trying best to bring in the fold of Islam if he
violets its fundamental rules in his daily life.
To become obedient to him in legal cases.

5. 3. To Be a Best Educator
 Lack of skilled women educators
 Indication of the Quran and Hadith regarding
having knowledge
Pride of western world in case of their development
in education and other sectors.

6. 4. To Be a Best Social Worker and
Duties
• Trainer for women and children in order to
make them educated and skilled manpower.
• Launching Da’wah campaign among the
women so that they can be perfect and
practicing Muslimah.
• Teaching the Quran and daily necessary
mas’la, and giving charity among the poor
women collecting it from the rich.

7. 5. To Be a Best Leader of Community and
Duties
Khadija (R.A) was a successful runner of her business.
In the one hand, Aisha (R.A) was the greatest woman scholar
among the women companions of Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.),
on the other hand, she was a commander in the battle field like
battle of camel.
They can be appointed in some sectors such as head of any
institution, Business Company, and so on according to their skill.

8. 6. To Be a Best Doctor and Duties
 Lack of Muslim women medical doctors in the
Muslim countries.
Violation of Islamic rules in medical centers.
Muslim women feel better women doctors in
their treatment.

9. 7. To Be a Dynamic Warrior or army and
Duties
Not to attack others rather to save
themselves.
Inserting huge bravery in their mindset in
accordance with Islamic spirit.
To make them fit to face any kind of greater
challenge coming in their lives.

10. 8.To Be a Best Researcher and an
Author
In the Muslim world, the number of Muslim women
researchers and authors are very few compared to the
Western world.
Western world educated their women equally along
with their men that helped them to bring progress in
every sector of their society and state.
Muslim women can contribute to education writing
more poems, noble, Islamic song and texbooks so that
existing gaps can be filled up.

11. 9. To Be a Best Economist and Duties
Crisis of Muslim women economists among the
Muslim world compared to men.
For the rapid advancement of Ummah in every
field, best economists from Muslim women are
significantly required.
In case of teaching Islamic economics,
involvement of women is very poor.

12. 10. To Be a Best businesswoman and
Duties
• Lack of businesswoman in the Muslim society. When woman involves
in business and starts earning money, it will benefit not only herself but
also entire family.
• Muslim women should have complete idea about trading in case of
halal and haram products.
• It is well known to all that Prophet’s first wife Khadija (r.a.) was also
one of the most successful women in Mecca where Prophet (s.a.w.)
himself has been appointed as a business runner.

13. 11. To Be a Best Islamic scholar and
Da’yee
According to the ration of men scholars, the
number of women scholar is very few.
To build a strong Ummah, women scholar is very
much more needed.
Muslim women are the first teacher of their
children from where Muslim children’s basement
is grown up! Muslim Ummah lacks women
scholar like Aisha (r.a.) Zaynab Al-Ghazzali,
Mariam Jameela and so on.

14. 12. To Be a Best Scientist and Engineer
Islam is a scientific and pragmatic religion where
it covers all spheres of human life from cradle to
the grave.
For the infrastructure development of Muslim
countries, the role of Muslim women is not
sufficient.
For the betterment of Ummah and for the
creation of dynamic nation in every sector,
women scientists and engineers are also

15. 13. Some Outstanding Women of this 21st
Century as Role Model
(1) Professor Samira Ibrahim Islam made substantial contributions to medicine and agriculture
through her study of indigenous plant materials.
(2) Professor Bina Shaheen Siddiqui, who has been nominated by UNESCO as a distinguished
scientist of the world for the Year 2000, for the significant contributions she made in drug safety
through her work on the Saudi profile for drug metabolism .
(3) Professor Farkhonda Hassan now 80 years old but quite active (at least until very recently), is an
Egyptian professor of Geology .
(4) Noble laureate Tawakkol Karaman from Yemen.

16. 14. Conclusion
In order to bring back the lost golden
civilization of Islam; Muslim women should
come forward making themselves perfect
and challenging the modern obstacles and
joining the building of Ummah otherwise,
pertinent result will never come into
existence!

17. References
1. (1). The Noble Qur‟an English Translation of the meanings and commentary by Dr. Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali and Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan, published by King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur‟an Madinah, K.S.A.
2. (2) Sunan Abi Dawud .
3. (3) Sahih Al-Bukhari.
4. (4) Mahmood Ahmad Ghandanfar, Great Women of Islam who were given the good news of Paradise, translated by Jamila Ahmad Qawi, Edited by Muhammad Ayub Sapra, Darussalam Publishers and Distributors, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
5. (5) Dr. Sharif Kaf Al-Ghazal, the Origin of Bimaristans (Hospitals) in Islamic Medical History, Foundation for Science, Technology and Civilization, @FSTC Limited, 2007.
6. (6) Shamsudden Umar Ilyas, The Challenges Faced by Muslim Female Education and the Way Forward, Department of Religious Studies, Gombe State University, Nigeria, DOI: 10.7763/IPEDR. 2014. V73. 18.
7. (7) Ilhaamie Abdul Ghani Azmi, The Implementation of Islamic Business Practices of Women
8. Traders: A Study in an Islamic State in a Developing Country, Department of Syariah and Management, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
9. (8) Hassan Abu Hanieh, Women & Politics From the Perspective of Islamic Movements in Jordan, Hassan M. Abu Haniyeh; translated by Mona Abu Rayyan .- Amman: Friedrich , 2008.
10. (9) Rokeya Sultana, Women Empowerment in Bangladesh from Islamic Perspective, IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS) Volume 20, Issue 12, Ver. I (Dec. 2015).
11. (10) Dr. Syed Mussawar Hussain Bukhari, Women Empowerment in a Muslim Society: A Practical Observation, INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS, MAY 2013 VOL 5, NO 1.
12. (11) DAVID COOK, Women Fighting in Jihad? Department of Religious Studies Rice University Houston, Texas, USA.
13. (12) Jamal A. Badawi, THE STATUS OF WOMAN IN ISLAM.
14. (13) Dr. (Mrs.) Nasrin, EDUCATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN – A JOURNEY FROM PAST TO PRESENT, International Journal of Management and Social Sciences Research (IJMSSR), Volume 2, No. 1, January 2013.
15. (14) MUHAMMAD AZAM ROOMI, THE ROLE OF SOCIAL CAPITAL AND HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE GROWTH OF WOMEN-OWNED ENTERPRISES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, 2013.
16. (15) Srilekha Goveas, A Role and Contributions of Women in the Sultanate of Oman. International Journal of Business and Management, Vol. 6, No. 3; March 2011.
17. (16) Nidhal Guessoum, Muslim Women Scientists Today. Irtiqa. (n.d.). Retrieved August 23, 2016, from www.irtiqa-blog.com/2011/05/muslim-women-scientists-today.html.
18. (17) Suleman, Mehrunisha; Rajbee, Afaaf. "The Lost Female Scholars of Islam". Emel magazine. Emel magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
19. (18) Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad. (2016). Economic Role of Women the Islamic Approach. Retrieved August 23, 2016, from http://www.ips.org.pk/islamic-thoughts/999-economic-role-of-women-the-islamic-approach .

18. The End
Thanks all for watching and
listening with patience