This article is an incomplete list of female scholars of Islam. A traditionally-trained female scholar is referred to as ʿālimah or Shaykha. The inclusion of women in university settings has increased the presence of women scholars and allowed for ideas that challenge traditional perspectives.
7th century
Fatimah, daughter of Islamic prophet Muhammad. Aisha bint Abu Bakr Zaynab bint Ali Hafsa bint Umar Umm Darda as Sughra Umm Hakim Al-Shifa' bint Abdullah Hafsa bint Sirin Umm Salamah A'isha bint Talhah Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr, Famous Tabi'un and a notable hadith narrator Na'ila bint al-Furafisa wife of Uthman and a notable hadith narrator Habeeba Husain Umm al-Darda Sakina bint Husayn
8th century
Fatimah bint Musa
Sayyida Nafisa
Fatima al-Batayahiyyah
Sumayyah bint Khayyat
Amrah bint Abdur Rahman
Fatima bint Mundhir
Rabia Basri
Atika bint Yazid
9th century
Fatima al-Fihri
10th century
Amat al-Wahid
Lubna of Cordoba
11th century
Karima al-Marwaziyya
12th century
Fatima al Samaraqandi
Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi
Fakhr-un-Nisa Shuhdah also known as Shaykhah Shuhdah, or Shuhdah al-Baghdadiyyah
13th century
Zaynab bint ʿUmar al-Kindī
Zaynab bint al-Kamal
14th century
Sitt al-Wuzara' al-Tanukhiyyah
Sitt al-Qudat
Sitt al-'Arab
Sitt al-'Ajam
16th century
A'isha al-Ba'uniyya
17th century
Zinat-un-Nissa, Mughal princess, contributor to the Hanafi lexicon Fatawa-e-Alamgiri. Jahanara Begum
18th century
Fatima al-Fudayliya, also known as al-Shaykha al-Fudayliya.