Editing Ruby Muhammad (section)

==Mother of Islam ==
Muhammad spent her early years working in the fields and joined the [[Nation of Islam]] in 1946 and was named "Mother of the Nation of Islam" in 1986 by Minister [[Louis Farrakhan]].<ref name=ruby>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=69975|title=The life of a matriarch|publisher=Sacramento News|date=July 13, 2006|accessdate=April 11, 2007|last=Saini|first=Sonia K.}}</ref> This is an [[Title of Honour|honorary title]]; Muhammad, who was married twice, was not the widow of [[Elijah Muhammad]], who founded the Nation of Islam.

In 2006, Muhammad moved into a senior center in [[Rancho Cordova]], [[Sacramento, California]].<ref name=ruby/> In 2008, Muhammad, then known as Ruby Pittman (the name of her first husband), received a motorized wheelchair as a donation from a scooter store.<ref name=ruby3>{{cite web|url=http://medical.presslib.com/family-medicine/660074.htm|title=Disabled Sacramento Woman, 110, Receives Power Wheelchair Donation from The SCOOTER Store|publisher=Medical News|accessdate=February 16, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sacobserver.com/news/020508/ruby_muhammad_scooter.shtml|title=Mother Muhammad Goes Mobile|publisher=Sacramento Observer|date=February 5, 2008|accessdate=May 25, 2008|last=Barrow|first=Genoa}}</ref>