The story of Hajar is one of the most famous of all the stories in history.

The story of Hajar is one of the most famous of all the stories in history. Thus, she became very famous in history when she took care of her son, Prophet Ismael (a.s.), in a valley unproductive of fruit near the Sacred House. Then Ismael (a.s.) became the grandfather of the greatest Prophet in the history of mankind, Muhammad (s.a.w.). The Qur'an has recorded these events when it says: "O Our Lord!

Verily I have housed a part of my offspring in a valley uncultivable, nigh unto Your Holy House..." Holy Qur'an (Abraham, 14:37) Moreover, the Qur'an talks about the mother of Moses (a.s.) when Allah inspired her to save Moses (a.s.) from Pharaoh. The Qur'an notes that Allah honored her when he returned Moses to her to raise for the wife of Pharoah. Later, Moses saved his people from oppression and destroyed the greatest tyrant in the history of mankind.

The Qur'an has mentioned this woman as a basic axle in creating these events. Then the Qur'an talks about Pharaoh's wife, Asiya, and the mother of Jesus (a.s.). The Qur'an has shown them as an example to generations to follow them. In this connection the Qur'an says: "And Allah sets forth an example to those who believe the wife of Pharaoh, when said she: `O My Lord!

Build for me a house with You in the Garden and deliver me from Pharaoh and his doing, and deliver me from the unjust people.' And Mary the daughter of Imran, who guarded her chastity; and breathed We into it (her body) of Our Spirit, and she testified the truth of the words of her Lord, and His Scriptures, and she was of the obedient ones." Holy Qur'an (Tahrim 66:11-12) Let us read these two verses and consider carefully their wonderful intellectual meaning that talks about the character of woman with honor and respect which no material civilization grants her.

The Qur'an has offered the righteous woman as a practical example to men and women to follow her. This has been mentioned in the verse: "And Allah sets forth an example to those who believe." The phrase ""And Allah sets forth an example." and the phrase "to those who believe" explain clearly for us a unique concept in the world of thought and civilization concerning the righteous woman.

The Qur'an has offered them as an ideal example to both men and women to follow them in thought and socio-political attitude. It has shown two examples to the high character of the believing woman and her position in Islamic thought.