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Our movements on this earth are for Allah, and He leads those who choose His path. I wrote: 'I have many friends, in many countries, who have known me through Islamic da'wah. They then left the cell, closing the door behind them. Write down the names of all your Ikhwan acquaintances and everything about your relationship with them. If you don't, we will shoot you where you stand. 'Write down the names of all your acquaintances on the face of this earth. You can imagine, dear reader, how a person can live in such circumstances.' I was given neither food, drink, allowed to go to the toilet nor any contact with the outside world, except my warder who, now and then, peeped through the small hole in my cell door.

My cell door, during these six days was never opened. 'I remained in my cell for six consecutive days: from Friday 20th August to Thursday 26th August 1965. 'Silence has no safeguard with the Prophet, who replied: 'Zaynab! You are following in the footsteps of Muhammad, Allah's Servant and Messenger.''` I wondered silently: 'Could this man be the Prophet (peace be upon him)?'' This man was holding a halter, which passed through the neck of each camel. I found myself behind this huge train of camels in that vast, endless desert, and standing behind a great, reverent man. On each hawdah were four men, all with luminous faces. There in front of me, praise be to Allah, was a vast desert and camels with hawdahs as if made of light. 'I do not know how but I fell asleep while invoking Allah, and it was then that I experienced the first of four visions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) that I was to see during my stay in prison. But, incredulously, there was not a single bloodstain on my clothes, as if the dogs had been in my imagination only.' I expected that my clothes would be thoroughly stained with blood, for I was sure the dogs had bitten every part of my body. Clenching my hands tight into my armpits, I began to recount the Names of Allah, beginning with 'O Allah! O Allah!'…. Within second the snarling dogs were all over me and I could feel their teeth tearing into every part of my body. Scared, I closed my eyes and put my hands to my chest.

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Now their purpose was revealed the room was full of dogs! I could not count how many! 'The next moment the door was locked and a bright light switched on. If only I could live to see the establishment of an Islamic state and the Ikhwan's goal achieved! If only I was still in my youth to work with you!'ĭescription of the persecution on her in prison: Carry on your work with Allah's blessing. The response of her husband was: 'Forgive me. Besides, we are living in a dangerous phase of Da'wah.' 'I accept that ordering me to listen to you is amongst your rights, but Allah is greater than ourselves. In the event of any clash between the marriage contract's interest and that of Da'wah, our marriage will end, but Da'wah will always remain rooted in me.' A full trust between a man and a woman, a woman who, at the age of 18, gave her full life to Allah and Da'wah. Moreover, you should not ask me about my activities with other Mujahideen, and let trust be full between us.

'I cannot ask you today to share with me this struggle, but it is my right on you not to stop me from jihad in the way of Allah. If that day comes, and because of it, a clash is apparent between your personal interests and economic activities on the one hand, and my Islamic work on the other, and that I find my married life is standing in the way of Da'wah and the establishment of an Islamic state, then, each of us should go our own way.' 'However, I believe one day I will take this step that I wish and dream of. The condition that she made to her husband prior to their marital bond is as follows: Some excerpts from 'Return of The Pharaoh' ('Ayyaam min Hayatee'):

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The full PDF of this book can be accessed and downloaded from here (please be patient as the book loads). This autobiographical work can be considered a historic document in that its author was an active witness to one of the most volatile periods of Egypt's contemporary history. Instead of dampening her enthusiasm for Islaam and the Islamic movement, the afflictions and savageries in Nasir's prisons increased her commitment and dedication to the cause of Islaam. This book describes in a captivating manner the ordeal which this Muslim activist went through in the notorious Egyptian prisons.

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While awaiting trial she was subjected to the most terrible and inhumane torture. Return of the Pharoah relates how, falsely accused of conspiring to kill Jamal 'Abd an-Nasr, the author was arrested and imprisoned.