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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]
7th century
8th century
9th century
10th century
11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
16th century
17th century
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
References
^
"Aalimah Studies" . Azhar Academy, London . Archived from
the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 26 March 2015 .
^ Hermansen, Marcia (2013). Muslima Theology: The Voice of Muslim Women Theologians . Peter Lang (Peter-Lang-Verlagsgruppe). p. 23.
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ Aliyah, Zainab.
"Great Women in Islamic History: A Forgotten Legacy" . Young Muslim Digest . Retrieved 18 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 .
^
"Shaykhah Shuhdah, Fakhr-un-Nisa" . Haq Islam . Retrieved 9 February 2015 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .