82 Women and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Islam Tabaqa Ibn Hajari s Description Number of Women I Companions ( al-sahaba ) - all the Companions are placed together in one group 22 II (d. ca. 95/713) The eldest of the Successors ( kibar al-tabi ‘in) contemporaries of Sa‘Id b. al-Musayyab (13-94) 6 III (d. ca. 110/728) The middle group of Successors ( al-tabaqa al-wusta min al-tabi ‘in) - contemporaries of al-Hasan al-Basrl (21-110) and Muhammad b. Sirin (33-110) 78 IV (d. ca. 125/742) The generation of Successors after those in the third tabaqa who primarily narrated from the eldest of the Successors - contemporaries of Qatada (61-118) and Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (58-124) 28 V (d. ca. 150/767) The youngest group of Successors who may have seen the Companions and the eldest of the Successors but did not transmit hadith from the Companions contemporaries of Sulayman b. Mihran al-A‘mash (61-148) 7 VI (d. ca. 150/767) Those who are close in age to the youngest group of Successors but did not meet any of the Companions contemporaries of Ibn Jurayj (80-150) (*The distinction between narrators in groups V and VI is not based on death dates, but on the criterion of seeing or meeting with one of the Companions [a mark of prestige]. Neither group transmitted from the Companions.) 8 VII (d. ca. 180/796) The eldest of the generation after the Successors ( kibar atba ‘ al-tabi ‘in) - contemporaries of Sufyan alThawri (97-161) and Malik b. Anas (93-179) 15 VHI (d. ca. 200/815) The middle group of the generation after the Successors - contemporaries of Isma‘Il b. Ibrahim b. ‘Ulayya (110-193) and Sufyan b. ‘Uyayna (107-198) 0 IX (d. ca. 205/820) The youngest of the generation after the Successors contemporaries of al-Shafi‘I (150-204) 0 X (d. ca. 240/854) The eldest of the generation after the atba ‘ al-tabi ‘in, who did not meet any of the Successors ( kibar alakhidbin ‘an taba ‘ al-atba ‘) - contemporaries of Ahmad b. Hanbal (164-241) 0 XI (d. ca. 255/868) The middle group of the above generation contemporaries of al-Bukhari (194-256) 0 XII (d. ca. 280/893) The youngest of the above generation contemporaries of al-Tirmidhl (206-279) 0 fi g u re 2 : Chart of Number of Women in Tabaqas 1-12 thirteen women appear to have contributed only one or two traditions each. Figure 3 shows a graph of the numbers of traditions narrated by women in the selected compilations. It does not include the five women who are identified as statistical outliers; they would appear too far over to the right of the graph.