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“She was not just a wife to Ali. Ali looked upon her as a friend, a friend who was familiar with his pains and his great wishes. She was his endless refuge, the one who listened to his secrets. She was the only companion of his loneliness.”

— Ali Shariati, Fatima is Fatima

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“The intimate bond between man and wife is clearly defined in the frequently overlooked or more often than not falsely interpreted words of Sura 2:187: “[Women] are a rai­ment for you and ye are raiment for them.” In religious tradition all over the world, one's garment is one's alter ego, that object that is most closely connected with one's per­sonality.”

— Annemarie Schimmel, My Soul Is a Woman: The Feminine in Islam

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“Sunni scholar Ibn Athir writes the following about Imam Hasan: “Hasan was gentle and benevolent. He was also a God-conscious ascetic. He let go of the world for the love of that which is with God.”

— Nahla Gharavi Naeeni, The Nurturing Role of Lady Fatimah

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“She died in solitude and silence. She asked Ali to bury her in secret, at night. Here was a woman who even used her death and burial ceremony as a means for struggle in the way of truth. This is how it is to be a Muslim woman in the present age.”

— Ali Shariati, Our Expectations on the Muslim Woman

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“The Prophet of Islam has such an elevated personality. He is one before whom history is humiliated. When he entered his home he was kind, lenient and gentle. When his wives quarreled with him, he left his home and made a place for himself in the storage area without showing any harsh reaction against them.”

— Ali Shariati, Our Expectations on the Muslim Woman