Hafsa bint Sirin
Hafsa bint Sirin | |
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| Born | 651 CE |
| Died | 719 (aged 67–68) |
Hafsa bint Sirin (Arabic: حفصة بنت سيرين, b.651 – d.718[1]/719 CE)[2] was an early female scholar of Islam.[3] She has been called one of the "pioneers in the history of female asceticism in Islam".[4]
She lived and taught in Basra.[5] She was known for her piety and knowledge of practical and legal aspects of Islamic traditions. She has been credited with seventeen traditions.[6]
She was the sister of Muhammad ibn Sirin, a man known for dream interpretation.[7][6]
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Sayeed 2013, p. 66.
- ^ 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.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Syafiq Hasyim (2006). Understanding Women in Islam: An Indonesian Perspective. Equinox Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-979-3780-19-1.
- ^ Sayeed 2013, p. 70.
- ^ Sayeed 2013, p. 74.
- ^ a b Sayeed 2013, p. 73.
- ^ Camille Adams Helminski (25 February 2003). Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure. Shambhala Publications. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8348-2830-8.
Work cited
[edit]- Sayeed, Asma (2013). Women and the transmission of religious knowledge in Islam. Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-38187-1.
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