This study focuses on the life of
one individual Ḥadīth female transmitter, Ash-Shaykhah Maryam
Al-Adhraʿiyyah (719/1319-805/1402), based on Ibn Ḥajar's Muʿjam
Ash-Shaykhah Maryam that he had compiled about her. At the end of the
study, an annotated edition of the Muʿjam will be provided. As the scope
of women's participation in Ḥadīth transmission is very large and has
been covered in many other publications, I chose to focus on the life of
one individual female Ḥadīth scholar and her role, both as a student of
Ḥadīth and a transmitter thereof. This will help in drawing a clearer
picture of the general role of women as participants in transmitting the
words of the Prophet. By studying Ash-Shaykhah Maryam's life and work,
it is hoped that women will be recognized, as Sayeed suggested, as
examples of a normal and important phenomenon in Islamic history, not as
anomalies, and their role in both the scholarly environment and the
broader context of Mamluk society will be more widely accepted.Religious Studie
