Hafsa bint Sirin

Hafsa bint Sirin (? - 101/719 c.e.)[1] was a woman and an early scholar of Islam.[2] She has been called one of the "pioneers in the history of female asceticism in Island".[3]

She lived in Basra, taught numerous students, was known for her piety and knowledge and practical and legal aspects of Islamic traditions, and has been credited with seventeen traditions. [4]

She was a sister of Muhammad ibn Sirin, known for dream interpretation.[5]

See also

Further reading

  • Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Sulamī (1999). Dhikr An-Niswa Al-Mutaʿabbidāt Aṣ-Sūfiyyāt. Fons Vitae. ISBN 978-1-887752-06-0, has a chapter dedicated to Hafsa bint Sirin (Chapter XXI, p.122-).

References

  1. ↑ Michael Cook; Najam Haider; Intisar Rabb; Asma Sayeed (8 January 2013). Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought: Studies in Honor of Professor Hossein Modarressi. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-0-230-11329-9.
  2. ↑ Syafiq Hasyim (2006). Understanding Women in Islam: An Indonesian Perspective. Equinox Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-979-3780-19-1.
  3. ↑ Asma Sayeed (6 August 2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-107-35537-8.
  4. ↑ Asma Sayeed (6 August 2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-107-03158-6.
  5. ↑ Camille Adams Helminski (25 February 2003). Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure. Shambhala Publications. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8348-2830-8.
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