Karima al-Marwaziyya
11th century hadith scholar
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Karima bint Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hatim al-Marwaziyya (969-1069) was an 11th-century scholar of hadith.[1][2][3][4]
969
- Transmission of Sahih al-Bukhari
Karima al-Marwaziyya | |
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| Born | Karima bint Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hatim al-Marwaziyya 969 Kushmihan, near Merv |
| Died | 1069 Mecca |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
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Biography
Karima was born in the village of Kushmihan near Merv. She later settled in Mecca.[2]
Karima was an authority on Sahih al-Bukhari. She taught the text of al-Bukhari to students and her scholarship and teaching was widely respected.[1] She was known as the "musnida of the sacred precinct."[2] Thirty-nine men and one woman transmitted material on her authority.[2] Karima was known for her prestigious isnad. Her teaching and scholarship was praised by Abu Dharr of Herat.[2][5]
Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi and Abu al-Ghana’im al-Nursi narrated from her.[1]
By the end of her life, she was renowned as a teacher and scholar.[2] She was a Hanafi.[6] Karima never married and was celibate and ascetic.[2][7] Louis Massingon connected her to the women's futuwwa movement founded by Khadija al-Jahniyya. This was the female equivalent of the male futuwwa societies that advocated chivalry, morality, and worship.[7]