دور المرأة في المرويات الحديثية مفاهيمها ومساقاتها

The Role of Women in Hadith Narrations: Concepts and Contexts

Abstract

The research revolves around the efforts of women in the service of Hadith (Prophetic traditions). They played an active role in the narration of Hadiths, with a focus on enumerating the female narrators in the six major Hadith collections and the topics related to their narrations. It was found that the category of female companions who narrated Hadiths was the most active in the field of Hadith narration. Among them were the Mothers of the Believers, with Aisha leading in Hadith narration. The narrations of female scholars contributed to various areas of jurisprudence in general, and family laws in particular. During the era of the Tabi'at (successors to the companions), female scholars also played an active role in Hadith narration, and their acceptance generally prevailed. Among them were reliable figures who contributed significantly to the field of Prophetic traditions in terms of understanding, performance, explanation, and criticism. An example is Hafsah bint Sirin. Their narrations were predominantly found in the Sunan collections rather than the Sahih collections. The research followed an inductive approach by gathering scientific material about the narrations of female scholars in the six major Hadith collections, relying on biographical dictionaries and Hadith books. Subsequently, an analytical approach was employed to understand the concept, dimensions, and scope of their narrations in the six major collections, with clear examples provided. This is the problem the research seeks to analyze and benefit from

However, most female narrators from the female followers fall into one of two categories: ignorance or acceptance. No weak or abandoned hadith with a female narrator was found during this research. The research followed an inductive approach by collecting scientific material about the narrations in the six books, from biographies and hadith books, and then the analytical approach to find out the concept, dimensions, and paths of their narrations in the six books giving an unambiguous example.  As a result, this is the issue that the study aims to examine and tackle.