Sayyida Nafisa

Nafīsah bint Al-Ḥasan
نَفِيْسَة بِنْت ٱلْحَسَن
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque having Nafisah's Mausoleum by its side in Cairo, Egypt
TitleAs-Sayyidah (ٱلسَّيِّدَة)
Aṭ-Ṭāhirah (ٱلطَّاهِرَة)
Personal
Born
Nafisah

762 ACE, 145 AH
Died824 CE, 208 AH
Cairo, Egypt
Resting placeCairo
ReligionIslam
NationalityCaliphate
SpouseIs-ḥāq al-Muʾtamin
ChildrenQāsim (son)
Umm Kulthūm (daughter)
Parents
EraAbbasid era
RegionEgypt, Northeast Africa
LineageBanu Hashim
OccupationIslamic scholar
Muslim leader
Influenced by
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Sayyida Nafisa (d. 208 AH / 830 CE), the full name As-Sayyidah Nafīsah bint Amīr al-Muʾminīn Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-ʿAlawiyyah al-Ḥasaniyyah (Arabic: ٱلسَّيِّدَة نَفِيْسَة بِنْت أَمِيْر ٱلْمُؤْمِنِيْن ٱلْحَسَن ابْن زَيْد ٱلْأَبْلَج ابْن ٱلْحَسَن ابْن عَلِي ابْن أَبِي طَالِب ٱلْعَلَوِيَّة ٱلْحَسَنِيَّة), was a female descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Having taught Sunni Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i,[1] she is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.[2]

  1. ^ Imam Metawalli ash-Sha`rawi, "Nafisa at-Tahira: Rare Lady Saint of the Egyptians (excerpted from From the Light of Ahl al-Bayt: My Spiritual Experiences Unveiled)", The Muslim Magazine, As-Sunnah Foundation of America
  2. ^ Ibn Kathir, Al-Bidayah wa al-nihayah, sub Anno 208.