1/ Who were the earliest women converts to Islam and what was their experience of conversion?
In our new sourcebook, Sean Anthony (@shahanSean) and Keren Abbou Hershkovitz profile several women who were alive at the Prophet's time #ConversionToIslam
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Khadīja then consulted with her cousin Waraqa, a Christian, who verified that Muḥammad's experience was true.
In other words, for Arwā, conversion was about building strategic social ties; family loyalty was everything.
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