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#1. She contributed to the spread of Muhammad’s message and served the Muslim community for 44 years after his death.
#2. In the Moroccan city of Fez, she founded a mosque which developed into the famous al-Qarawiyyin university.
#3. She was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Her motto in life was always service for Islam. In the battles she was at the front nursing the wound the sick.
#4. She was the first follower of Islam, so she is often called the First Believer or the Mother of Believers. She was a successful business manager when she met Muhammad about 595 ce.
#5. She was one of the first to accept Islam, being listed fifteenth on Ibn Ishaq’s list of those who accepted Islam at the invitation of Abu Bakr. When Muhammad and Abu Bakr sought refuge in the cave of Thawr outside Mecca on their migration to Medina in 622, she used to carry food to them under cover of dark.
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