Hafsa bint Sirin

Hafsa bint Sirin (Arabic: حفصة بنت سيرين, b.651 – d.719 CE)^[1] was an early female scholar of Islam.^[2] She has been called one of the "pioneers in the history of female asceticism in Islam".^[3]

Hafsa bint Sirin
Born	651 CE Basra, Iraq
Died	719 (aged 67–68) Basra, Iraq

She lived and taught in Basra. She was known for her piety and knowledge of practical and legal aspects of Islamic traditions. She has been credited with seventeen traditions.^[4]

She was the sister of Muhammad ibn Sirin, a man known for dream interpretation.^[5]

See also

• Umm al-Darda

Further reading

• Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Sulamī (1999). Dhikr An-Niswa Al-Mutaʿabbidāt Aṣ-Sūfiyyāt. Fons Vitae. ISBN 978-1-887752-06-0, has a chapter dedicated to Hafsa bint Sirin (Chapter XXI, p. 122-).

References

1. Michael Cook; Najam Haider; Intisar Rabb; Asma Sayeed (8 January 2013). Law and Tradition in Classical Islamic Thought: Studies in Honor of Professor Hossein Modarressi. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 96–. ISBN 978-0-230-11329-9.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. Syafiq Hasyim (2006). Understanding Women in Islam: An Indonesian Perspective. Equinox Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-979-3780-19-1.
3. Asma Sayeed (6 August 2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-107-35537-8.
4. Asma Sayeed (6 August 2013). Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-107-03158-6.
5. Camille Adams Helminski (25 February 2003). Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure. Shambhala Publications. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-8348-2830-8.