List of female Muslim scholars

This article is a list of female scholars of Islam considered by reliable sources to be leading authorities on the teachings and rulings of Islam. They are the female equivalent of ulema and are referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha.[1]

7th century

Fatimah (Fatimah bint Muhammad)
Zaynab bint Ali
Aisha bint Abu Bakr
Hafsa bint Umar
Umm Darda as Sughra
Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah
Hafsa bint Sirin [2]
Umm Salamah[3]
A'isha bint Talhah
Habeeba Husain

8th century

Fatimah bint Musa
Sayyida Nafisa
Rabia Basri
Fatima al-Batayahiyyah[4]
Sumayyah bint Khayyat
Amrah bint Abdur Rahman
Fatima bint Mundhir

9th century

Fatima al-Fihri

10th century

Amat al-Wahid[4]
Lubna of Cordoba
Fakhr-un-Nisa Shuhdah also known as Shaykhah Shuhdah .[5] or Shuhdah al- Baghdadiyyah

12th century

Fatima al Samaraqandi[6]

13th century

14th century

Sitt al-Wuzara' al-Tanukhiyyah
Sitt al-Qudat
Sitt al-'Arab
Sitt al-'Ajam[8]

17th century

Zeb-un-Nisa, Mughal princess
Zinat-un-Nissa, Mughal princess, contributor to the Hanafi lexicon Fatawa-e-Alamgiri.[9]

18th century

Fatima al-Fudayliya, also known as al-Shaykha al-Fudayliya.[10][11]

19th century

Nana Asma’u bint Shehu Usman bin Fodiyo
Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal

20th century

21st century

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References

"Aalimah Studies". Azhar Academy, London. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
Nadwi, Mohammed Akram (2013). Al Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam.
Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and The Transmission of Religious Knowledge In Islam.
Aliyah, Zainab. "Great Women in Islamic History: A Forgotten Legacy". Young Muslim Digest. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
"Shaykhah Shuhdah, Fakhr-un-Nisa". Haq Islam. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
Abdullah, Umar Farooq. "The Empowering Jurist: Fatima al-Samarqandi". MSA McGill. Muslim Students' Association. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam (illustrated ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 163–165. ISBN 1107031583. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
Mernissi,F. (1993)."The Forgotten Queens of Islam". Polity Press: UK,p.20
Adhami, Shaykh Abdullah. "List of Muslim Female Scholars". Thoughts of a Hijabi. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
Farooq, Dr. Mohammad Omar; Siddiqi, Dr. Muhammad Zubayr. "Women Scholars of Hadith". Women Scholars of Islam: They Must Bloom Again. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubayr (1993). "Women Scholars of Hadith". Hadith Literature, Its origin, Development and Special Features. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society. pp. 117–123. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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[1] "Aalimah Studies". Azhar Academy, London. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[2] Nadwi, Mohammed Akram (2013). Al Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam.

[3] Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and The Transmission of Religious Knowledge In Islam.

[:0-4] Aliyah, Zainab. "Great Women in Islamic History: A Forgotten Legacy". Young Muslim Digest. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

[5] "Shaykhah Shuhdah, Fakhr-un-Nisa". Haq Islam. Retrieved 9 February 2015.

[6] Abdullah, Umar Farooq. "The Empowering Jurist: Fatima al-Samarqandi". MSA McGill. Muslim Students' Association. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

[7] Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam (illustrated ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 163–165. ISBN 1107031583. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

[8] Mernissi,F. (1993)."The Forgotten Queens of Islam". Polity Press: UK,p.20

[9] Adhami, Shaykh Abdullah. "List of Muslim Female Scholars". Thoughts of a Hijabi. Retrieved 14 February 2015.

[10] Farooq, Dr. Mohammad Omar; Siddiqi, Dr. Muhammad Zubayr. "Women Scholars of Hadith". Women Scholars of Islam: They Must Bloom Again. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.

[11] Siddiqi, Muhammad Zubayr (1993). "Women Scholars of Hadith". Hadith Literature, Its origin, Development and Special Features. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society. pp. 117–123. Retrieved 23 February 2015.