Friday 5 July 2013

Titles of Muslim Female Scholars.

Salaam 'alaykum.
Like men, women in the past were showered with titles testifying to their scholarly and religious standing. Some such examples are:
1. Sitt al-Ajnas: Mawfiqiya bint 'Abdul Wahhaab ibn 'Ateeq.
2. Sitt al-Ahl: Umm Ahmed bint Ulwan ibn Sa'eed.
3. Sitt al-Shaam: Khatoon Ukht al-Malik al-Aadil.
4. Sitt al-Arab: Umm al-Khayr bint Yahya ibn Qa'imaz.
5. Sitt al-Fuqaha: Sharifa bint Khatib Sharfuddin Ahmad ibn Muhammad.
6. Sitt al-Fuqaha: Amat al-Rahman bint Taqiuddin Ibrahim ibn 'Ali.
7. Sitt al-Kul: 'Ayesha bint Muhammad ibn Ahmed ibn 'Ali.
8. Sitt al-Kul: Bint Imam Radiuddin ibn Muhammad.
9. Sitt al-Kul: Bint Ahmed ibn Muhammad Makkiya.
10. Sitt al-Mulk: Fatima bint 'Ali ibn 'Ali ibn Abu Badr.
11. Sitt al-Nas: Kamaliya bint Ahmed ibn 'Abdul Qadir.
12. Tajunnissa: Bint Rustam ibn Abu Rija' ibn Muhammad
13. Sharfunnissa: Amatullah bint Ahmed ibn 'Abdullah.
14. Fakhrunnissa: Shahdah bint Ahmed ibn 'Umar.
15. Zayn al-Dar: Wajiha bint 'Ali ibn Yahya.
16. Shajarah al-Dur: Umm Khalil.
17. Hurrah: Umm Muwayd Zaynab bint Abu'l Qasim 'Abd al-Rehman
18. Jaleelah: Umm 'Umar Khadija bint 'Umar ibn Ahmed.
19. Mu'allima: Ghalima bint Muhammad Andalusiya
20. Shaykha: Umm 'Abdullah Habiba bint Khatib 'Izzuddin, Umm Zaynab Fatima bint 'Abbas, Umm al-Fadl Safiyya bint Ibrahim ibn Ahmed, Umm Ahmed Zaynab bint Makki ibn 'Ali.
21. Musnadat al-Shaam: Umm 'Abdullah Zaynab bint Kamaaluddin Maqdisiyya

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