al-Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam Rumi Ḥadīth 33: Visions of the

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and the blessings of his physical-self and personal effects

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

in Junayd's words

and Enlightenment periods

al-Muhaddithat: the women scholars in Islam Rumi Ḥadīth 33: Visions of 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