Fatima al-Fudayliya

Fatima bint Hamad al-Fudayliyya, also known as Al-Shaykha al-Fudayliyya (died 1831) was an 18th and 19th-century Muslim scholar of hadith and jurist.

Biography

Early life Fatima bint Hamad al-Fudayliyya was born before the end of the twelfth Islamic century, and soon excelled in the art of calligraphy and the various Islamic sciences. She had a special interest in hadith, read a good deal on the subject, received the diplomas of a good many scholars, and acquired a reputation as an important muhaddith in her own right.

Scholarship She studied under many scholars in the Emirate of Zubair such as Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Jadid. She was also an expert on usul, fiqh and tafsir. In Mecca her lectures were attended by many eminent muhaddith, who received certificates from her. Among them, of particular mention were Umar al-Hanafi and Muhammad Salih. and settled in Makkah in the Bab al-Ziyada neighborhood in a house next to Masjid al-Haram. She died in 1831 (Hijri 1247). She was buried in Al-Mu’alla in Sha’bat Al-Nur in the enclosure of the late scholar Sheikh Muhammad Saleh Al-Rayyis, next to his grave in accordance to her will.