Al-Muhaddithat

Al-Muhaddithat: The Women Scholars in Islam is a book by Akram Nadwi, originally published in 2007. This work serves as an English introduction to his Arabic publication, Al-Wafa bi Asma al-Nisa, which consists of 43 volumes and focuses on the biographies of women scholars of hadith. Nadwi worked in this field of research for 15 years. The book highlights the historical significance of learned women in the early years of Islam, including their participation in religious education and the extensive journeys they undertook to seek knowledge, actively engaging in mosques and madrasas throughout the Islamic world, contributing to the study and dissemination of Prophetic hadith. The book is divided into ten chapters and is published with supporting materials such as photographs of mosque courtyards, original manuscripts, maps of educational journeys, lists of female teachers, bibliographies, charts detailing the transmission of major hadith collections, and tables depicting the notable students of renowned female scholars.