Women Scholars
Even though, for most people, the single most important and useful thing they do in the world is…
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This topic reflects a major strand of Shaykh Akram Nadwi’s scholarship: the recovery of women’s role in Islamic learning. Drawing on his research into the muhaddithat, the women scholars of hadith, these articles examine women’s education, their religious authority, and the historical record too often overlooked. They restore a tradition of female scholarship to view.
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Over-definition of legal concepts
Many scholars infer from instances of Qur’anic or Prophetic ruling, what they think is the common or universal principle which governs these rulings. For example, the notion that ‘the state of woman is covering’ is…
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Secret marriages
The question of secret marriages Some brothers and sisters have asked me to comment on a practice that…
Women’s prayer in the Mosque
That women do not go to the mosque for congregational prayer, however widespread this has become, and however…
The Women’s Mosque and Centre for Excellence (Bradford, UK)
During a recent teaching visit to Bradford I came to know about the project to set up, in…
Feminism
Two kinds of feminism Feminism everyone can agree with: helping women in trouble and in need when their…
Questions & Answers on Women
View all Q&A →Entering Masjid al-Haram while menstruating
You mentioned that a menstruating woman may enter Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. Does this permission apply to all areas of the mosque? Additionally, if her only purpose for being there is to assist an elderly parent, is she allowed to…
Travelling for ʿumrah while menstruating
I had a question that I wondered if you could help me with- a friend of mine is going for umrah and is likely to be on her period of the entire duration of it. Every source we’ve read online…
Books on Women
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Ibn Hazm on the lawfulness of women attending prayers in the mosque
Concerns with artificial limits being placed on a women’s right to participate in the activities of a believer…
Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam
A landmark study of the women scholars of hadith across Islamic history.