Tesneem Alkiek – Inspirational Muslim Women #03 Nafisah bint alHasan
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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.