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ENLIGHTENED FACE OF ISLAM: FEMALE MUSLIM SUFIS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION
Authors:
Maryuam Tahira, Prof. Dr. Rizwan Ullah KokabKeywords
Female Sufis, Islamic value system, Enlightened face, Pious women, spiritual practices ,Abstract
The current study explores the contribution of female Sufis for preaching of Islam as well as set the society according to the Islamic values and norms in Medieval India. There were huge number of the females contributed significantly for preaching of Islam which presented an enlightened face of Islam but all these is ignored and hidden beneath the stones. These pious women orated and guided the Indian females about Ideology of Islam, its value system as well as practices. They worked within the values domain of Islam and played their role for wellbeing of society. They guided the women about Islamic value system and religious teachings as well as cultural and spiritual practices. The study is done by using the historical method as well as qualitative content analysis technique. It concludes that Muslim female Sufis significantly played their role to convey the ladies in Indian society about their rights and responsibilities as well as ideology and practices of Islam.