Zaynab bint Ahmad ibn `Umar

Country

Egypt

Known for

Hadith Scholar and Lecturer

Dates

Hijri Unknown–732 (AH); Common Era Unknown–1322 (CE)

Zaynab bint Ahmad ibn `Umar

Biography

Zaynab bint Ahmad ibn `Umar traveled widely in pursuit of hadiths and delivered lectures in Egypt as well as Madinah. She narrated to her students the collections of Ad-Darimi and `Abd ibn Humayd. Students traveled from far and wide to attend her discourses and lectures.

Sources

<a href="http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1158658456244&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah%2FLSELayout">Women Scholars</a>