Abidah Al-Madaniyya
Abidah Al-Madaniyya | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Slave |
| Known for | Hadith Scholar |
| Spouse | Habib Dahhun |
| Relatives | Abda bin Bishr (granddaughter) |
Abidah Al-Madaniyyah was an Islamic hadith scholar.
Early life
Al-Madaniyyah was born into slavery in what is now Saudi Arabia.[1] She was owned by Muhammad ibn Yazid and spent her early life learning hadiths with teachers in Medina.[2]
Marriage and freedom
Al-Madaniyyah's enslaver, Muhammad ibn Yazid, gave her as a gift to Habib Dahhun, a Spanish man from Andalusia[3] who was also a hadith scholar, when Dahhun visited Jerusalem on his way to perform the Hajj Islamic pilgrimage.[2] Dahhun was so impressed by her knowledge of 10,000 hadiths that he freed her and married her.[2]
Legacy
She was the grandmother of hadith scholar Abda bin Bishr.[4]
References
- ↑ "Abidah Al-Madaniyyah". WISE Muslim Women. 2010-06-30. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- 1 2 3 "Women Scholars of Hadith-Period of Successors". Islamic History Portal. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
- ↑ Goldziher, Ignaz. "Women in the Hadith Literature". www.muhajabah.com. Retrieved 2025-03-07. English version published in 1977 by SUNY-Albany University Press
- ↑ Codingest (2022-03-12). "Glimpses of Muslim Women Scholarship Legacy". Islamonweb English. Retrieved 2025-03-07.