Sayyida Nafisa

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Nafīsah bint Al-Ḥasan
نَفِيْسَة بِنْت ٱلْحَسَن
Al-Sayeda Nafeesah Mosque having Nafisah's Mausoleum by its side in Cairo, Egypt
Title	As-Sayyidah (ٱلسَّيِّدَة) Aṭ-Ṭāhirah (ٱلطَّاهِرَة)
Personal life
Born	Nafisah 762 ACE, 145 AH Mecca, Hejaz, the Arabian Peninsula, Asia
Died	824 CE, 208 AH Cairo, Egypt
Resting place	Cairo
Nationality	Caliphate
Spouse	Is-ḥāq al-Muʾtamin
Children	Qāsim (son) Umm Kulthūm (daughter)
Parents	Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (father) Zaynab bint Al-Hasan ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (mother)
Era	Abbasid era
Region	Egypt, Northeast Africa
Occupation	Islamic scholar
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Lineage	Banu Hashim
Muslim leader
Influenced by Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq
Influenced Imam Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i

Sayyida Nafisa (d. 208 AH / 830 CE), the full name As-Sayyidah Nafīsah bint Amīr al-Muʾminīn Al-Ḥasan al-Anwar ibn Zayd al-Ablaj ibn Al-Hasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib al-ʿAlawiyyah al-Ḥasaniyyah (Arabic: ٱلسَّيِّدَة نَفِيْسَة بِنْت أَمِيْر ٱلْمُؤْمِنِيْن ٱلْحَسَن ابْن زَيْد ٱلْأَبْلَج ابْن ٱلْحَسَن ابْن عَلِي ابْن أَبِي طَالِب ٱلْعَلَوِيَّة ٱلْحَسَنِيَّة), was a female descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Having taught Sunni Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i,^[1] she is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.^[2]