Karima al-Marwaziyya, Transmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari

ScholarTransmitter of Sahih al-Bukhari

Karima al-Marwaziyyaكريمة المروزية

d. 1070 CE (463 AH), MakkahApproximate dateMakkah

A woman from Merv whose copy of Sahih al-Bukhari, taught in Makkah, became a standard text.

She heard the Sahih from al-Kushmihani, a student of al-Bukhari's student al-Firabri. Living in Makkah, she taught it to scholars from across the Muslim world, including al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, and made them check their copies against hers. She never married.

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