Umm al-Darda al-Kubra (
Arabic: أم الدرداء الكبرى) was a companion of prophet
Muhammad. She was a prominent jurist during the 7th century in Damascus.
One of her students,
ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān, was the 5th
Umayyad caliph. He studied
fiqh under Umm al-Darda The 14th-century Muslim historian
Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun (; ar, أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, ; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732-808 AH) was an Arab
The Historical Muhammad', Irving M. Zeitlin, (Polity Press, 2007), p. 21; "It is, of ...
states, "ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan is one of the greatest Arab and Muslim Caliphs. He followed in the footsteps of
ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab, the Commander of the Believers, in regulating state affairs."
[Montefiore, Simon Sebag (2012-05-17). Titans of the Middle East. Quercus Publishing. .]
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Hafsa bint Sirin
Hafsa bint Sirin (Arabic: حفصة بنت سيرين, b.651 – d.719 CE) was an early female scholar of Islam. She has been called one of the "pioneers in the history of female asceticism in Islam".
She lived and taught in Basra. She was know ...
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Umm al-Darda as-Sughra
Umm al Darda as Sughra al Dimashqiyyah or Umm al Darda the Younger, was a 7th-century jurist and scholar of Islam in Damascus and Jerusalem. She is not to be confused with Umm al-Darda, wife of the sahaba Abu Darda.
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Early life
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7th-century Arabs
Women companions of the Prophet
People from Damascus
Syrian Muslims
Syrian women
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