Women and the transmission of religious knowledge in Islam [electronic resource] /
Asma Sayeed.
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- 1 online resource (234 p.).
- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization .
- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization. .
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Sources and Methodological Issues; Chapter 1 A Tradition Invented: The Female Companions; The Wives of Mu & Hdotbelow; ammad; 'Ā'isha; Umm Salama; Other Co-Wives; Other Female Relatives; Other Women Prominent in the Life of the First Muslim Community; Early Converts and Those Recognized for Service to Mu & Hdotbelow; ammad and His Household; Female Participants in Battles; Women's Pledge of Allegiance (Bay'at al-Nisā'); Seekers and Subjects of Fatwās; Less Known Women; Conclusion; Chapter 2: The Successors; Successors with Kinship-Derived Prominence. Ascetic WomenThe Demise of Women's Participation; Comparison of Isnād Evidence with Additional Historical Sources; Explaining the Decline; Ri & Hdotbelow; las and Women's Travel; Conclusion; Chapter 3: The Classical Revival; Reasons for the Revival; Karīma al-Marwaziyya (ca. 365-463/975-1070); Fā & Tdotbelow; ima bint al- & Hdotbelow; asan b. 'Alī al-Daqqāq (391-480/1000-1088); Conclusion; Chapter 4: A Culmination in Traditionalism; Shuhda al-Kātiba (482-574/1089-1178); Women and & Hdotbelow; adīth Transmission in Mamlūk Damascus; Zaynab bint al-Kamāl (646-740/1248-1339); 'Ā'isha bint Mu & Hdotbelow. Ammad (723-816/1323-1413)A Collective Portrait; The Ottoman Decline; Conclusion; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index.
Asma Sayeed's book traces the history of Muslim women's religious education over the course of nearly ten centuries.