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.