Ruqayyah al-Muharib
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Ruqayyah al-Muharib (Ruqayyah bint Muhammad al-Muharib) is a Saudi scholar of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence who served as an assistant professor of hadith and its sciences at the College of Education in Riyadh.
Academic Career and Scholarship
Al-Muharib pursued specialized graduate training in hadith sciences, earning her master's degree in Islamic studies with her thesis Daf‘ Iham Ta‘arud Ahadith al-Ahkam fi Kitab al-Tahara (Dispelling the Apparent Contradiction Among Rulings-Hadiths in the Book of Purity). In this research, she addressed twenty-nine legal issues involving 115 seemingly contradictory prophetic traditions concerning ritual purity, resolving the apparent discrepancies through established methodologies of reconciliation (al-jam‘), abrogation (al-naskh), and textual preference (al-tarjih).
Following her graduate work, she held the post of assistant professor in the Department of Islamic Studies at the College of Education under the Girls' Colleges Administration in Riyadh. Her academic and instructional focus centered on the application of legal hadith, devotional practices, and women's jurisprudence. In 1425 AH (2004 CE), she published Masa'il Khassah bi-al-Mar'ah (Issues Specific to Women), a legal treatise examining intricate questions of female ritual purity, vaginal discharges, distinguishing between menstruation and irregular bleeding (istihadah), and overcoming scrupulosity in worship. She also authored Kayfa Takhsha‘ina fi al-Salah (How to Attain Humility in Prayer), offering practical guidance on spiritual focus and presence of heart across the various actions of ritual prayer.
Public Advocacy and Media
In addition to her university teaching, al-Muharib engaged in broader educational and advocacy efforts aimed at Muslim women. She served as the general supervisor of the women's web portal Laha Online and contributed essays calling for organizational coordination, intellectual unity, and active conferences among women engaged in Islamic educational work.
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List of Works
Kayfa Takhshaeen fi al-Salah (How to Attain Khushu‘ in Prayer) is a treatise addressing Muslim women on cultivating spiritual focus, humility, and presence of heart (khushu‘) in Islamic prayer. Originating as a lecture adapted into a practical guide, the work seeks to remedy absentmindedness during prayer by outlining devotional preparation, physical readiness, and focus across the ritual actions of worship.
Daf Iham Taarud Ahadith al-Ahkam fi Kitab al-Tahara is a specialized study in Hadith sciences that examines and harmonizes ostensibly conflicting prophetic traditions regarding the legal rulings of ritual purity. Originating as a master's thesis, the book addresses 115 hadiths, evaluating their transmission and applying legal-hadith mechanisms such as abrogation, preference, and reconciliation to resolve apparent contradictions.
al-Buka fi al-Kitab wa al-Sunna (Weeping in the Book and the Sunna) is a monograph that examines the phenomenon and categories of weeping through the texts of the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah. Employing an inductive survey of scriptural descriptions and prophetic traditions, the book categorizes weeping into praiseworthy, blameworthy, and permissible forms, exploring both its spiritual significance and legal status.
al-Ibana an Asbab al-Iana ala Salat al-Fajr wa Qiyam al-Layl is an advisory treatise focusing on the spiritual and practical means to maintain the dawn prayer (Fajr) and the voluntary night vigil (qiyam al-layl). Written in a homiletic style supported by Quranic verses and hadiths, the work examines the causes of negligence regarding these prayers, presents scriptural incentives and warnings, and details aids to help believers establish consistent night and dawn worship.
Masa'il Khassa bil-Mar'a (Issues Specific to Women) is a jurisprudential treatise completed in 1425 AH (2004 CE) concerning female ritual purity (taharah). Expanding upon earlier research on vaginal moisture, the work addresses specialized questions regarding menstrual and non-menstrual discharges, the signs of purification, and practical guidance for resolving doubts and scruples in worship.