List of female Islamic scholars

This article is an incomplete list of female scholars of Islam. A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha.[1] The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars.[2] Akram Nadwi authored the largest compilation on female Islamic scholars, titled Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, spanning over two decades and containing a repository of more than 10,000 entries.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ "Aalimah Studies". Azhar Academy, London. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ Hermansen, Marcia (2013). Muslima Theology: The Voice of Muslim Women Theologians. Peter Lang (Peter-Lang-Verlagsgruppe). p. 23.
  3. ^ Khan, Rushda Fathima (18 March 2021). "Rediscovering The Role Of Muslim Women Scholars In Islamic History: 43 Volume Work With 10,000 Biographies Published". The Cognate. Archived from the original on 25 July 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  4. ^ Ruegel, Wafa (19 January 2021). "Devotion to Women's Names: Biographical Encyclopedia of Women in the Noble Prophetic Traditions". Muhammadiyah Association of Scholars. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  5. ^ Aliyah, Zainab. "Great Women in Islamic History: A Forgotten Legacy". Young Muslim Digest. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved 18 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. ^ "Shaykhah Shuhdah, Fakhr-un-Nisa". Haq Islam. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  8. ^ Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam (illustrated ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 163–165. ISBN 978-1107031586. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ^ Mernissi,F. (1993)."The Forgotten Queens of Islam". Polity Press: UK,p.20
  10. ^ Adhami, Shaykh Abdullah. "List of Muslim Female Scholars". Thoughts of a Hijabi. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.