Tesneem Alkiek – Inspirational Muslim Women #03 Nafisah bint alHasan

Assalamu

alaikumaha illaikumaha illaikumaha illaikumaha illaikum,

and welcome back to another episode of Sayeedati,

where we discuss the lives of some incredible

female Muslim figures in order to inspire us

today.

This time we'll be discussing the life of

Nafisa Bint Al Hassan

course hence a direct descendant of the Prophet

Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam himself.

She was born in Mecca in the year

145 Hijri approximately in the mid 8th century

AD.

She joined her father at the age of

5 when he moved to Madinah

and during their time in the city of

the prophet, Mafisa would go with her father

to the Masjid and listen to his teachers

alongside him.

For years, she remained in this environment, studying

both Hadid and Fiqh from the local scholars.

And before she even reached puberty, she received

a nickname from the community, She was known

as Nafis Atoray or the gem of knowledge.

Once she got older, she got married and

later moved with her family to Egypt where

she was warmly welcomed by the community

and spent her time in worship and teaching

as well as spending her wealth in taking

care of the sick. When Imam Shafar later

moved to Egypt it was narrated that he

called upon her to learn hadith from her

and to ask for her dua

and upon his death his funeral was carried

all the way to her home just so

she could directly make dua for him in

the example of Nafisa Bintul Hasan we have

the story of a woman who was raised

to be a scholar what I think is

the most incredible aspect about her life is

that she served as a teacher to one

of the most influential Muslim scholars of all

time. Imam al Shafi'i who founded the Shafi'i

legal school of thought and is famous for

his legal methodology and poetry and everything he

did in his commitment for scholarship. And who

did he turn to for dua and hadith?

This woman, Nafisa Bintul Hasan.

This wasn't unique to Imam Al Shaffei. Many

of the greatest scholars in history learned at

the hands of female scholars in Muaddithat.

So next time you're amazed by the words

of Imam al Shafa and the like, remember

a woman like Nafisa Bintul Hasan

and be inspired by her commitment to knowledge

and Hadith.

For tuning in, we'll see you next

time.