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 known for her piety and knowledge of practical and legal aspects of Islamic traditions. She has been credited with seventeen traditions.

Hafsa bint Sirin

She was the sister of Muhammad ibn Sirin, a man known for dream interpretation.

Hafsa bint Sirin

See also

Umm al-Darda

Further reading

has a chapter dedicated to Hafsa bint Sirin (Chapter XXI, p. 122-).

Hafsa bint Sirin

References

8th-century Muslim theologians

Iraqi women academics

People from Basra

7th-century Arab people

8th-century Arab people

Tabi‘un hadith narrators

Female Sufi mystics

Female Islamic religious leaders