al-Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam Rumi digital printing press accompanies the

digital printing press accompanies the mass production of muṣḥafs for distribution across the globe

and Enlightenment periods

and quickly became well known as a Wa’iz

but inspires the soul towards deeper intimacy with Allah

al-Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam Rumi digital printing press accompanies theThis book is an adaptation in English of the prefatory volume of a 50 volume biographical dictionary (in Arabic) of women scholars of the Prophet's hadith. Learned women enjoyed high public standing and authority in the formative years of Islam. For centuries thereafter, women travelled intensively for religious knowledge and routinely attended the most prestigious mosques and madrasas across the Islamic world. Typical documents (like class registers