Sayyida Nafisa, was a female descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a scholar and teacher of Islam. Having taught Sunni Imam Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi'i, she is the best known female scholar of hadith in Egypt.
- Occupation
- ulema, muhaddith
- Citizenship
- Abbasid Caliphate
- Born
- June 9, 762
- Died
- January 1, 824
