Barbara Stowasser, while introducing Safūra (a.s.)—the wife of Mūsā (a.s.)—in her book Women in the Qur’an, Traditions and Interpretations has created doubts in the mind of the reader by mentioning that Safūra (a.s.) was standing away from the shepherds as she had no strength to push them aside and no one except Mūsā (a.s.) could move the heavy stone which covered the well. Further doubt is raised by the claim that women can work in Islam only if there is a “need,” and while mentioning her “bashful gait” she comes to the conclusion that this demeanour separated her from a slave in the past and at present from her modernist sister who tries to behave like a man. These doubts have been cleared in this paper by stating that Safūra (a.s.) stood away from the men because of her modesty, and the stone that Mūsā moved single handedly used to be moved by ten men. Further, the present work argues that a woman can work in Islam as long as she abides by the rules laid down by Islam, and that Stowasser’s conclusion on Safūra’s bashful walk was an error as it was based on invalid comparison; rather, the Qurʾānic verse had mentioned it to emphasise and appreciate her modesty.