Khadīja and ʻĀ’isha: a study of premodern and modern scholarly portrayals

This is a study of the portrayals of two of the most influential women in Islamic history: Khadīja bint Khuwaylid and ‘A̅’isha bint Abū Bakr. This paper will outline the descriptions of these women made by both premodern and modern scholars. The eighth volume of Muḥammad Ibn Sa‘d’s Al-Ṭabaqa̅t al-Kubrá and Badr al-Dīn al-Zarkashī’s Al-Ijāba li-īrād mā istadrakathu ʻĀʾisha ʻala al-ṣaḥāba make up the premodern scholarly works studied. The modern works included in the study are ʻĀ'isha ʻAbd al-Raḥmān's The Wives of the Prophet and Fatima Mernissi's The Veil and the Male Elite

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Religion

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Hussain, Naseeha S

Contributors dc:contributor

• Hoffman, Valerie J.

• Khadīja bint Khuwaylid
• ‘A̅’isha bint Abū Bakr
• Ibn Sa‘d
• Al-Zarkashī
• ʻAbd al-Raḥmān
• Mernissi

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2015 Naseeha Hussain

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90448

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/90448