Female scholars you've never heard of: Shaykh al Islam ibn Taymiyyah had a student named Fatima Bint Abbas She had memorized the Quran, hadith and even most of al-Mughni (an Encyclopedia of Comparative Fiqh) She used to ask such difficult and precise questions, that Ibn taymiyyah himself would make special preparations to answer her She believed it's impermissible for a woman to show her face She taught the Quran to many women, including Ibn kathir's wife Reported by Ibn Kathir in Al-Bidayah and as-Safadi in A'yaanul-Asr