Fāṭima bint Abī ʿAlī al-Ṣadafī (1114/5–1193) was a learned woman of

al-Andalus Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most o ...

. Fāṭima, who in some sources is called Khadīja, was born in

Murcia Murcia ( , , ) is a city in south-eastern Spain, the Capital (political), capital and most populous city of the autonomous community of the Region of Murcia, and the Ranked lists of Spanish municipalities#By population, seventh largest city i ...

in 1114 or 1115.María Luisa Ávila Navarro
"Fāṭima bint Abī ‘Alī Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad al-Ṣadafī"
'' Diccionario Biográfico Español'' (Real Academia de la Historia, 2018), retrieved 15 March 2024. She was the daughter of the scholar

Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣadafī Abū ʿAlī Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Fīrruh ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥayyūn ibn Sukkara al-Ṣadafī al-Saraqusṭī ( – June/July 1120), usually known as Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣadafī or Ibn Sukkara, was a Muslim scholar from al-Andalus (Spain). A n ...

and his wife, a daughter of Mūsā ibn Saʿāda.Cristina de la Puente
"Al-Ṣadafī"
'' Diccionario Biográfico Español'' (Real Academia de la Historia, 2018), retrieved 15 March 2024. She was a child when her father died in the

battle of Cutanda The Battle of Cutanda took place in June 1120 between the forces of Alfonso I the Battler and an army led by Almoravid general Ibrahim ibn Yusuf occurring in a place called Cutanda, near Calamocha (Teruel), in which the Almoravid army was defea ...

in 1120. She became known for her piety, asceticism,

calligraphy Calligraphy () is a visual art related to writing. It is the design and execution of lettering with a pen, ink brush, or other writing instruments. Contemporary calligraphic practice can be defined as "the art of giving form to signs in an e ...

, bibliophily and ability to recite the

Qurʾān The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God (''Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides i ...

and ''

ḥadīth Hadith is the Arabic word for a 'report' or an 'account f an event and refers to the Islamic oral tradition of anecdotes containing the purported words, actions, and the silent approvals of the Islamic prophet Muhammad or his immediate circle ...

''. Fāṭima married a disciple of her father's, Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mūsā ibn Burṭuluh, who had returned to al-Andalus from performing the ''

Ḥajj Hajj (; ; also spelled Hadj, Haj or Haji) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for capable Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetim ...

''. One of their children, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, became the ''

qāḍī A qadi (; ) is the magistrate or judge of a Sharia court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minors, and supervision and auditing of public works. History The term '' was in use from ...

'' (judge) of

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. Fāṭima died at over eighty years of age (per the

Islamic calendar The Hijri calendar (), also known in English as the Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. It is used to determine the proper days of Islamic holidays and rituals, such as the Ramad ...

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