be among Shi'ah "followers" or not? She"A" answered her saying: If you commit yourselves to our biddings and prohibitions, you will be verily among our followers, otherwise you won't be. 64 This scientific movement has created among women a change in culture of Arab Peninsula and Islamic States, in a society in which men were deprived of talent of knowledge and writing, causing to development of learned women and men. With blessing of this movement, the ground was paved for women to play the role required in fields of time knowledge. As a consequence of this, so many scientific works were brought out by women. Also women have played a special role in field of reporting and narration of hadeeth. This fact was unveiled by books like: Musnad Fatimah Musnad 'A'ishah, Mawsu'at Ummahaat AlMu'mineen and Jami' Masaanid AnNisa'. Dr. Salih Yousif Ma'tuq has demonstrated the efforts and endeavours exerted by women in relation of hadeeth during the eighth hijrah century, in a separate book. 65 As an example we can refer to the book of Dr. Najiyah Abdallah Ibraaheem, under the title: Al-Juhood Al-'Ilmiyyah Lil Mar'ah Khilal Al-Qarnayn Al-Khamis Was-Sadis Al-Hijriyyayn, in which she exhibited the scientific efforts exerted by Muslim women in Baghdad during the fifth and sixth centuries. 66 Likewise, Al-Ostaz Ahmad Mohammed Isa has revealed the scientific status of Muslim women during the medieval ages of Islamic history, in one short article. 67 It is stated that in Iran alone about 3847 books have been translated and compiled by women during the period from the year 1921 till
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64. Mustadrak Al-Wasa'il, p. 17. Hadeeth 22, ( al. Al-Bayt) 65. Tafseer Al-Imaam Al-Askari, p. 308. 66. Johood Al-Mar'ah Fi Riwayat Al-Hadeeth, by Dr, Salih Yousif Mu'tuq. 67. Journal of Ainah Pizhohish, issue, no. 45, pp. 45-46.