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Amah al-Wahid

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Amah al-Wahid
Abbasid mufti and Jurist
In office
970s–988
Personal
Born
Baghdad
Died988
Baghdad
ReligionIslam
EraLater Abbasid era
RegionBaghdad, al-Iraq
CreedSunni (Shafi'i)
Main interest(s)Islamic theology, Tawhid, Shafi'i Islamic jurisprudence

Amah al-Wahid (died 988) was a mid 10th-century female mufti and Islamic jurist during later Abbasid Era.

Life

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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

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  1. ^ Eliot Deutsch, Ron Bontekoe. A companion to world philosophies. Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell, 1997, p. 109-110.