Zaynab bint Umar ibn al-Kindi

Zainab Bint ‘Umar Bin Kindi
زينب بنت عمر بن كندي
Personal life
Died699 AH / c. 1300 CE
Baalbek, (present Lebanon)
Regionthe region of Syria
Main interest(s)Hadith
OccupationIslamic scholar
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
Muslim leader
Influenced by

Zainab Bint ‘Umar Bin Kindi (Arabic: زينب بنت عمر بن كندي) (died 699 Hijri / c. 1300 CE) was a female muhaddith in 13th century Damascus and Baalbek. She is most notable for being the most prominent "shaykha" or teacher of the Muslim scholar and historian Al-Dhahabi.