The female entourage of the prophet of ' Abd Allâh Penot

Beyond the debates on the place of women in Islam and the controversies that animate it, this book is for those who wish to get an idea of what was the life of the women who surrounded the Prophet. From historical sources often unknown to the general public, 'Abd Allâh Penot recreates here the atmosphere that was that of this time and gives life to a gallery of astonishing figures and animated by an ardent faith.

More eloquent than the arguments of "for" and "against", it invites us to discover some of the most brilliant female personalities of nascent Islam. In the form of brief stories taken from testimonies from the period, the reader will thus be able to get an idea of the relationships between women and men in the early days of Revelation.

He will see that, if the supremacy of the husband is unquestionably affirmed there, the woman decides on the most serious subjects with a boldness which obviously contradicts the image of a servile and discredited woman which can be assigned.

Biography of the author ' Abd Allâh Penot

'Abd Allâh Penot, co-founder and publisher of Alif editions, is the translator of collections of hadiths and the Koran as well as numerous works by Sufi authors including Les Révélations de La Mecque d'Ibn 'Arabî chez Entrelacs and Le Livre des haltes de Emir Abd el-Kader published by Dervy editions.