Summary Article: The Role of Women in the Rise of Imam Al-Mahdi
Sheikh Muhammad-Rida Al-Saedi
Women had impressive roles in the formulation of history. This, on the one hand, reveals the potential power a woman possesses, and on the other, the unlimited chances she may get to express her power in supporting justice.
In the history of Ahlulbait and the preceding prophets, women occupied significant positions in supporting their reformations. One of these movements shall be the rise of Imam Al-Mahdi. There are plenty of narrations that confirm the important role of women in the reformative movement of Imam Al-Mahdi. Those narrations, moreover, mention the names of those women and their role in the expected utopia.
Thus, this research displays the importance of the role of women and a perusal of the status of women and their number, which is ٥٠ out of ٣١٣, the leaders of the movement of the Imam. This research finally concludes its investigation with the mentioning of the biography of some of those women.
