Amah al-Wahid
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Amah al-Wahid (died 988) was an Abbasid mufti and Islamic jurist.
Life
She lived in Baghdad. She became known and respected as a noted jurist of the Shafiʽi school. She was a well known teacher and scholar of the Koran and was allowed to make juridical verdicts (fatwas).[citation needed] Her position was very unusual for a woman, but it was not unknown: she was one of two women known in that position in Baghdad, the other one being Umm Isa bint Ibrahim.[1]
References
- ^ Eliot Deutsch, Ron Bontekoe. A companion to world philosophies. Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, 1997, p. 109-110.