Gender and Legal Authority: An Examination of Early Juristic Opposition to Women's Hadīth Transmission

Abstract This article analyzes two cases of early juristic opposition to the legal authority of hadīth narrated by women. These cases appear as striking anomalies for two reasons: first, jurists broadly agreed that the gender of narrators in a chain of transmission was not a criterion in evaluating...

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Main Author: Sayeed, Asma (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2009
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2009, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 115-150
Further subjects:B Women
B RIWAYA
B SHAHADA
B HADITH TRANSMISSION
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