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Hafsa bint Sirin, Quran and hadith scholar of Basra

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ScholarQuran and hadith scholar of Basra

Hafsa bint Sirinحفصة بنت سيرين

Approximate dateBasra

She memorised the Quran at twelve, and her brother Ibn Sirin sent hard questions to her.

A sister of Muhammad ibn Sirin, she narrated from the Companion Umm Atiyyah, including her report of the washing of the Prophet's ﷺ daughter. She spent some thirty years in her prayer room. When Ibn Sirin was unsure of a Quranic reading, he would tell people to go and ask Hafsa.

What grew out of it?

Her narrations are in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim.

Who else is linked?

BasraMuhammad ibn Sirin

Source: history · Wikipedia

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