In volume 3, the author showcases women's participation in politics and professions in the early Muslim society established by the Prophet.

Many of us imagine that in the early periods of Islam, women were largely confined to the home. They are surprised when they learn that some of the female companions were professional women, took part in the political life of the early Muslim state, implementing the teachings of the Qur'an and Sunnah.

This Eight volume series is the author’s abridged version of his longer work with the same Arabic title, Tahrir al-Mar’ah fi ‘Asr al-Risalah spanning a twenty-five year study comprising fourteen great anthologies of ahadith, but in this book he only rarely includes hadiths from any anthology other than the two most authentic ones of al-Bukhari and Muslim.