Female Scholars from the Salaf justaukhti: We frequently hear the word Salaf, our Salaf as-Saalih, ect. that we think they were only men, not women. Here is something to be proud of for the sisters and an example to take in shaa Allaah: The great Scholar and Imaam of the Salaf Ibn A’saakir (May Allah be merciful to him), among the teachers he studied under, it is mentioned in the books of biographies (Taraajim) that he studied Hadeeth under more than Eighty women. Kareemah Al Maroziyah (a woman) was one of the teachers of Imaam Al-Bukhari. Imaam Ibn Al-Qayyim studied under many women among them: Sittul Katabah Ni’mah Ali Attarrah / Kareemah Abd Al-Wahhab Al-Qurashiyah / Umm Abd Al-Karim Fatimah Sa’ad Al-Ansariyah / A’fifah Ahmad Al-Farfaniyah / Zaynab Abd Arrahman Annaysabouri / Fatima Hassan Al-Hamadhani. Imaam Ibn Al-Jawziy studied under some women too. His wife also and his daughters were scholars. Umrah Bintu Abdurrahman Al-Ansariyyah: One of the Women of the Tabi’een, she was a scholar and a Faqeehah, an ocean of knowledge, she was one of the students of our mother Aisha -Radia Allahu Anha- and she died around year 100 H.A. May Allaah be merciful to her. Hafsah Bintu Sireen: One of the Scholars of the Salaf, from the Tabi’een. She was very known of reciting the Qur’aan and studying Fiqh , she narrated many Ahadith from some companions of the prophet (Sall-Allaahu ‘Alayhi wa Sallam), she died after year 100 H.A. May Allah be merciful with her. Umm Ad-Dardaa (Junior) Hujayma Al-Awsaabiyyah: She was a great scholar of the Salaf, May Allaah merciful with her. She narrated a large number of Ahaadeeth from her husband, Abu Ad-Dardaa, and Salmaan Al-Farisi and Abu Hurayrah and others. She died in year 81 H.A. And a lot more women of our righteous Salaf may Allaah be pleased with all of them. And last but not least, something that will make you love those people a lot: They said when the bride would get ready to go to the house of her husband, she never left the house of her father except with a dozen of books, in different fields of Knowledge, Fiqh, Language, Poetry and Literature. etc. (May Allah make us like these great women, aameen.) Some Female Islamic Scholars Umm ‘Abdillaah ‘Aaishah Bint Abee Bakr As Siddiq (رصي الله عنهما). It is well known in the affair of hadeeth that if we look into the books of hadeeth terminology, you will find the different stances. And from that which they mention in the book of the Sahaabah or the ‘ilm of the Sahaabah (رصي الله عنهم), and the mentioning of the sciences that deal with the Sahaabah, it mentions Al Mukthiiroon ‘Alaan Nabiyyi. They mention that the people who have the most narrations on the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه و سلم), and from those who had the most narrations from the Mukthireen ‘Alaan Nabiyyi was ‘Aaishah Faatimah Bint Al Mundhir (رضي الله عنها). This particular story should be an encouragement for the women. Her husband was Hishaam Ibn ‘Urwah (رصي الله عنهم) who was also a scholar of hadeeth and a narrator. If you look in the biography of Hishaam Ibn ‘Urwah you will find that from his teachers and from those whom he took knowledge from was actually his wife Faatimah Bint Al Mundhir. If you look into the biography of Hishaam, if you look at those whom he narrated from, those who were from his shuyook (shaykh pl.), you will find his wife, Faatimah Bint Al Mundhir. ‘Amatul ‘Azeez Al Baghdaadiyyah Thumma Dimashqiyyah (رحمة الله عليها) – Adh Dhahabee said about her, “Aalimatun Fadheelatun,” (she was a noble scholar), and she narrated much upon the nakeer. Hadiyyah Bint ‘Alee Al Baghdaadiyyah (رحمة الله عليها) – Imaam Adh Dhahabee said that she narrated very much, she was a very poor woman, and a woman of ‘ebaadah. She was read upon (meaning she gave lessons) from the book of Ad Daarimee (رحمه الله تعالى), from his musnad and a number of other books besides it. The following are examples of women students of knowledge who are currently alive. The righteous Shaykhah Umm ‘Abdillaah ‘Aa’ishah Bint Muqbil Ibn Haadi, Al-Wadi’eeyah (Of Yemen): Shaikh Muqbil said about her: She is one who loves the Sunnah and calls to Allaah upon knowledge and understanding, and is a strong researcher who hates blind following and strives on understanding the proof and acting upon it. Umm Salama As-Salafiyyah (Of Yemen): Shaikh Muqbil said about her: Umm Salama As-Salafiyyah (and she is a wife of Shaykh Muqbil): An excellent, ascetic caller to Allaah on firm knowledge, and she has excellent character. Shaykhah Umm Ahmad Salwaa Subki (known as ustaadhah Salwaa) (Of Madinah): She has many tazkiyaat from the ‘ulamaa and a close relation with them – especially the mashaayikh in Riyaadh. She teaches Fathul Majeed fee sharh kitaabit tawheed, jaami’ul ‘uloomi wal hikam (explanation of 40 ahaadeeth an-Nawawiyyah) and al-’aqeedah al-waasitiyyah.
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