Sayyida Nafisa

Nafīsah bint Al-Ḥasan
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, she is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.