Methodology for Women Following Prophet Muhammad’s (saws) Uswah Uswah Conference 2013 Sis. LaToya T Abdullah, Harrisburg, PA

Muhammad (saws); From سوى to اسو سوى Equality, sameness, balance, indiscrimination اسو Example Root: to nurse, treat, make peace Balanced his own life, recognized the equal potential in others, treated their sickness/nursed them back to health

Qualified/Certified

لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ لِّمَن كَانَ يَرْجُو اللَّهَ وَالْيَوْمَ الْآخِرَ وَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا ) 21:33( Certainly, there is to you – in the Messenger of Allah – an excellent example to whomever hopes in Allah and the Last Day, and reflects on Allah often.

أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ The evolved and approved life which has journeyed and mastered the guided logical progression towards manifesting the destiny – Ummah.

For Muslim men and women, for believing men and women, for devout men and women, for true men and women, for men and women who are patient and constant, for men and women who humble themselves, for men and women who give in Charity, for men and women who fast (and deny themselves), for men and women who guard their chastity, and for men and women who engage much in Allah's praise,- for them has Allah prepared forgiveness and great reward. إِنَّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالْمُسْلِمَاتِ وَالْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَالْقَانِتِينَ وَالْقَانِتَاتِ وَالصَّادِقِينَ وَالصَّادِقَاتِ وَالصَّابِرِينَ وَالصَّابِرَاتِ وَالْخَاشِعِينَ وَالْخَاشِعَاتِ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقِينَ وَالْمُتَصَدِّقَاتِ وَالصَّائِمِينَ وَالصَّائِمَاتِ وَالْحَافِظِينَ فُرُوجَهُمْ وَالْحَافِظَاتِ وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ أَعَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةً وَأَجْرًا عَظِيمًا ) 35:33(

…additional ayat… 39:70 39:41 33:73 71:28 48:5 31:28 4:111 2:286 74:38 36:54 16:111 81:14 46:41

Difference: Technique Woman & Women in Al Qur’an Focus on liberating women Maryam, Umm ‘Isa Mother of Musa Queen of Sheba

Hindrances وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلَّا أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ ) 78:2( And from them are illiterates - not knowing The Book, but follow what supports their own desires, and surely they but conjecture. 92:16, 53:23, 6:116

Astrology/Stardome

Technique: Application وَلَيْسَ الذَّكَرُ كَالْأُنثَىٰ ) 36:3( …And never is the male/reflector like the female/sentimental one….. Know Al Qur’an, Al Kitabun Maintenance and Preservation of sentiments, skills, ethic leading towards Ummah “…sun in my right hand, and the moon in my left hand…” End