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Aisha bint Ibrahim ibn al-Siddiq

عائشة بنت إبراهيم بن الصديق

between 1262 and 1263 CE · 661 AH – 1340 CE · 741 AH

Damascus

A Damascene hadith transmitter and Qur'an teacher (661–741 AH), wife of the hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi; she heard from Abu al-Fadl ibn Asakir and taught women the Qur'an until they completed it with her, and Ibn Kathir called her matchless in devotion and in her recitation.

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At a glance

Roles
Scholar · teacher
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq

Life in time

1225125012751300132513501375 c. c. c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Ahmad al-Suhrawardi · Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi · Zaynab bint al-Kamal · Ibn al-Jazari, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim · Shaykh Safi al-Din al-Ardabili

In space

Damascus

Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph

WomenScripture and its sciencesEducation

Place in the story

    Sunni (transmitted)

    Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

    Summary

    Aisha bint Ibrahim ibn al-Siddiq, in the entry of Kahhala in A'lam al-Nisa' drawn from Ibn Hajar's al-Durar al-Kamina, was an accomplished hadith transmitter and Qur'an reciter who knew it by heart, devout, scrupulous and ascetic; born in 661 AH, she was the wife of the hafiz al-Mizzi. 1

    Her learning and teaching

    She heard hadith from Abu al-Fadl ibn Asakir and others and transmitted; she taught women to recite, and several completed the Qur'an with her and benefited from her. 1

    Ibn Kathir's praise

    Ibn Kathir said of her: "She was without equal in the abundance of her worship and the beauty of her recitation of the Qur'an, surpassing many men in that." 1

    Her death

    She died in Jumada al-Ula 741 AH. 1

    For young visitors

    Aisha was a woman of Damascus who knew the Qur'an by heart and taught it to women until they finished it; her husband was a great scholar of hadith.

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    Lived in
    Damascus
    Spouse of
    Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi

    People and things also explored

    Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740· The hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi dies at Damascus, 12 Safar 742/1341· Ibn Kathir keeps close to the hafiz al-Mizzi and marries his daughter, about 735/1335· Al-Mizzi takes the shaykhhood of Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya, Damascus, 718/1318· Al-Mizzi begins the quest for hadith, start of 675/1276· Al-Dhahabi hears Sahih al-Bukhari from al-Mizzi, 694/1294· Al-Mizzi is jailed over Ibn Taymiyya and the Khalq Af'al al-Ibad, 705/1305· Al-Mizzi takes the Nuriyya shaykhhood after Ibn Abi al-Fath, early 740/1339

    Sources

    1. A'lam al-Nisa' fi Alamay al-Arab wa-al-Islam — Umar Rida Kahhala, vol. 3 (Mu'assasat al-Risala, Beirut, 5th ed. 1984) , p.8
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    islam.museum contributors. “Aisha bint Ibrahim ibn al-Siddiq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/aisha-bint-ibrahim-ibn-al-siddiq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.

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    Shaykh of the Ashrafiyya and Nuriyya hadith schools, Damascus, 17 Rabi' I 740

    On Wednesday 17 Rabi' I 740 chief qadi Taqi al-Din al-Subki took up the shaykhhood of the Ashrafiyya hadith school in Damascus in succession to the hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi, and also assumed the Nuriyya hadith school in place of al-Mizzi's son.