![]() ![]() Īmong the influences which have played an important role in defining the social, legal, spiritual, and cosmological status of women in the course of Islamic history are the sacred scriptures of Islam: the Quran the ḥadīth, which are traditions relating to the deeds and aphorisms attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions ijmā', which is a scholarly consensus, expressed or tacit, on a question of law qiyās, the principle by which the laws of the Quran and the sunnah or prophetic custom are applied to situations not explicitly covered by these two sources of legislation and fatwā, non-binding published opinions or decisions regarding religious doctrine or points of law. At the same time, their adherence to Islam is a shared factor that affects their lives to a varying degree and gives them a common identity that may serve to bridge the wide cultural, social, and economic differences between them. The experiences of Muslim women ( Arabic: مسلمات Muslimāt, singular مسلمة Muslimah) vary widely between and within different societies. ![]()
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