Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume VIII: The Women of Madi

An abridged translation of Volume Eight of Ibn Sa'd's Kitab'at-Tabaqat al-Kabir which deals exclusively with the women who met the Prophet Muhammad, blessings and peace be on him and on his family and Companions, or who transmitted from him. The author is one of the greatest authorities on early Muslim biography, and his detailed work helps to make the Companions of the Prophet come alive for the reader