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Or Fariha al-Jerrahi of the Nur Askhi Jerrahi order in New York and Mexico. 18/22
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Small numbers of female Sufi teachers continue on to this day, mainly informal, but some formal. Formally, look to Seyyeda Zainabu Mbathie and her disciples in Senegal of the Fayda Tijaniyya. On women teachers of Senegal see, for instance, Joseph Hill's Wrapping Authority. 16/22
From later sources other than biographies (like art) we know that even when women disappear from the sources they are attending mixed-gender gatherings and teaching. But by being excluded from formal sources, they come to be almost entirely excluded from most formal authority. 15/22
Not all women appreciated men’s interest in learning from them. One particularly effective way to get rid of men was simply to pray straight through their visit, leaving the men waiting for her to finish until they leave impressed with her piety, not irritated she ignored them. 13/22
Parents sent their children to study with wise women. A child was sent to sit and learn from Talha al-Adawiyya. He describes how she would sit with baskets of raisins, buckthorn, and fresh beans before her, counting praises to God with them and snacking on them in turn. 12/22
They would visit women who wept and inspired them to weep as well. Shawana was visited by men and women alike in formal gatherings and would preach and weep so profoundly out of her love of God that people could not even understand her! 11/22
Accounts show that women taught others most often in informal environments, through friends, family, met wandering on the road, meeting in the marketplace, on hajj, and anywhere else you can imagine! But sometimes formal gatherings, too. 9/22
The elderly Umm al-Husayn al-Qurayshiyya of Nasa visited the circles of male teachers and berated Abū al-Qāsim al-Nasrabadhi for his teachings. He snapped at her to be quiet, to which she replied, “I will be quiet when you are quiet! 8/22
A female preacher who taught in the streets is challenged by a man who stood over her aggressively, accusing her of pride. She told him: “Pride belongs to the self. There can be no pride in what comes from God.” Then dismisses him, “Get up and leave when you like.” 6/22
