Conclusions i97 and the Moroccan mursbidat , irrespective of their divergent goals and forms of practice, see themselves in line with the template fashioned long ago by ‘A’isha bint Abl Bakr and her cohort. And indeed, this template is efficacious not because it enables exact replication of the practices of female Companions but because it meets historical exigencies and facilitates change as demonstrated by the dynamic history of women’s badlth transmission.