2i 8 Index Rabab bint Sulay‘, 73 Rablca Khatun, 162 Ra’ita, 1-2 al-RamahurmuzI, al-Hasan b. cAbd al-Rahman, 22n8, 94, 123 Ramla bint Abl Sufyan (Umm Hablba), 35, 39, 40-1, 75n47 rawiya , 62, 109 Rayya, 9 On 81 ride? al-kabir (transfer of breast milk to an adult), 30-4, 54 rihla fi talab al-Hlm , 91, 101-3, 113 rijal works, 6 On 15 7, 89 riwaya (transmission) bi ’l-macna/bi ' l-lafz , 22 vs. interpretation ( diraya ), 109n6, 145, 183 vs. testimony ( shahada ), 99, 122 al-Rudhbarl, Abu ‘All, 127, 129 al-Sabunl family in Nishapur, 136 al-Sabuniyya, Fatima, 136 al-Sabuniyya, Khadlja, 137 al-Safadl, 158, 166 al-Saffar, Abu al-Qasim, 137 al-Saffar family in Nishapur, 134-5 al-Saffariyya, Ruhak, 137 Safiyya bint cAbd al-Muttalib, 46 Safiyya bint Huyayy, 39, 64-5 Safiyya bint Shayba, 51, 66, 74-6, 87 Sahla bint Suhayl, 32 al-SakhawI, Shams al-Dln Muhammad b. cAbd al-Rahman, 144 Salah al-Dln, 159 salat al-duha , 47 salat khusuf al- shams, 50-1 al-Salih, Subhl, 101nll3 al-Salihiyya, 157, 161-2 Salim b. cAbd Allah b. ‘Umar, 33n47 Salim Sabalan, Abu ‘Abd Allah, 19 Salma bint Qays, 56 Salma Umm Rafi‘, 20 sama\ 124, 129 sama'at, 166-8 al-Sam‘anI, ‘Abd al-Karlm b. Muhammad, 109, 157 al-Sam‘anI, Mansur b. Muhammad, 118 Samanids, 113, 138-9 Samura b. Jundab, 36 al-SarakhsI, Zahir b. Ahmad, 115, 116 al-Sarraj, Ja‘far b. Ahmad, 154 Sartain, Elizabeth, 177nl20 Sawda bint Zam‘a, 39, 41 Schimmel, Annemarie, 158 Scott, Joan, 18 sectarian strife, 150 see also theological-sectarian strife Seljuqs, 138-9, 147, 149-50, 151 sexual relations, lawful candidates for, 31-2 al-Sha‘bI, ‘Amir b. Sharahll, 95, 104nl23 al-Shafi‘I, 22n8, 86n70, 104 Shafi‘ism, women’s badith activity in, 126, 141-3 see also Sufi-Shafi‘I-sh‘arism in Nishapur ShahhamI family in Nishapur, 134-5 al-Shahhaml, Zahir, 135n86 El Shamsy, Ahmed, 137n94 al-Shashl, Abu Bakr, 154-5 al-Shawkanl, Muhammad b. ‘All, 144, 145 Shayba b. ‘Uthman b. Abl Talha, 30, 75 Shl'Is conflict with Sunnis in Baghdad, 150 labeled Rafidls by Sunnis, 150, 155 memory of ‘Alid women among, 85 view of Umm Salama of, 35, 38 Shuhda al-Katiba, 145, 149-59, 170 Shumaysa (Sumayya), 65n7 Siddlql, M. Z., 76-7 al-Silafl, Sibt, 1, 169 Sitt al-‘Ajam bint al-Nafls, 193n9 Sitt al-Fuqaha5 bint Ibrahim, 171-2 slaves, manumission of, 19, 21, 23nl4, 50-1,58, 75 sources, 8-10, 12-14 storytellers ( qussas ), 87-8, 93 Stowasser, Barbara, 106, 191n8 Subay‘a al-Aslamiyya, 37 al-Subkl, 132, 166, 169 Successors, as category, 63, 65, 79-81, 82 SufI-Shafi‘I-Ash‘arism in Nishapur, 129-43 model of feminine piety of, 133-5, 138 Sufism, 127-8, 132-4, 145, 180, 182-3 see also asceticism Suhayra bint Jayfar, 64-5 Sukayna bint al-Husayn, 85n66, 86 al-Sulaml, Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman, 127, 129, 131, 133 Dbikr al-Niswa al-Mutacabbiddt al-Sufiyyat , 70n24, 133, 142 sunna, 67 tabaqas, 79-82 Tajanna al-Wahbaniyya, 154, 156n31