In volume 2, the author shows that mixed social life was the pattern in the early Muslim society established by the Prophet. 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. Women's emancipation during the Prophet's lifetime.