Sahabiyyah

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A Sahabiyyah is a female companion of the Prophet Muhammad recognized in Islamic tradition for her faith, closeness to him, and role in the early Muslim community.

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Sahabiyyah canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic legal-religious category
Islamic religious concept
honorific title
associatedWith Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad

Sahabi
contributesTo preservation of early Islamic history
transmission of hadith
criteria met the Prophet Muhammad as a believer and died as a believer
culturalImpact inspires Islamic literature about exemplary women
definedAs female companion of the Prophet Muhammad
gender female
hasDoctrinalImplication used in assessing reliability of hadith transmitters
hasFunction participant in early Islamic battles and migrations
participant in early Islamic social life
role model for Muslim women
hasNotableExamples Aisha bint Abi Bakr
Asma bint Abi Bakr
Fatimah bint Muhammad
Hafsa bint Umar
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Nusaybah bint Ka‘b al-Ansariyyah
Sumayyah bint Khayyat
Umm Ayman Barakah
Umm Salama
surface form: Umm Salamah

Zaynab bint Jahsh
hasPlural Sahabiyat
hasQuality close to the Prophet Muhammad
faithful
hasReligiousStatus respected figure in Islamic tradition
hasRole companion of the Prophet Muhammad
member of the early Muslim community
honorificUsage used as a title after the name of a female companion
involvedIn Hijrah of Prophet Muhammad
surface form: Hijrah (migration to Medina)

early Islamic education and teaching
isFemaleCounterpartOf Sahaba
surface form: Sahabi
languageOfOrigin Arabic
mentionedIn classical biographical works (kutub al-tarajim)
hadith collections
morphologicalPattern Arabic feminine form of Sahabi
partOf Sahaba
pluralFormOf Sahabiyyah (singular) is from Arabic plural Sahabiyat
recognizedBy Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
relatedConcept Tabi‘iyyah
religiousSignificance considered virtuous and trustworthy in Islamic tradition
studiedIn Islamic history
hadith sciences
timePeriod early Islam
usedInReligion Islam

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