Zaynab bint Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Khabbaz

Zaynab bint Isma'il ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Khabbaz, also called Amat al-Aziz, was an accomplished hadith transmitter born on the last day of Jumada al-Ula 659 AH; Kahhala gives her entry in A'lam al-Nisa' from Ibn Hajar's al-Durar al-Kamina and manuscript copies of the parts she heard. ^{1 2}

She learned from the great scholars of her day; she heard the hadith of Sabur, al-Ajurri's Forty, the hadith of Ayyub, parts of the hadith of al-Baghawi, Ibn Sa'id, Ibn Abi Shayba and al-Mukhallis, al-Khatib's al-Rihla, al-Khara'iti's al-Qana'a, "The Merit of Horses" from al-Kamal ibn Abd, a selection from Musa ibn Uqba's Maghazi, the Majalis of al-Makhladi and Abu Khaythama (may God be pleased with him)'s al-Ilm. ^{1 3}

Works read to her included the hadith of Ibn al-Akfani, the Hundred of al-Furawi, "The Merits of Ramadan" heard from Ahmad ibn Abd al-Da'im, two parts of al-Hasan al-Jawhari's Amali heard from Ibn al-Bukhari, "The Killing of Uthman" in Ahmad ibn Kamil's transmission, a part of "The Merits of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may God be pleased with him)", al-Mahamili's al-Du'a', the first part of Muhammad ibn al-Ma'mun's Fawa'id heard from Zaynab bint Makki and others, the hadith of Abu Tahir al-Silafi, and hadiths selected by al-Daraqutni. ³