Editing Sheikh (section)

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Historically, [[ulema|female scholars]] in [[Islam]] were referred to as '''''shaykhah'''''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA--> (Arabic: {{lang|ar|شيخة}}) (alt. ''shaykhat''). Notable ''shaykha'' include the 10th-century [[Fakhr-un-Nisa|Shaykhah Fakhr-un-Nisa Shuhdah]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaykhah Shuhdah, Fakhr-un-Nisa|url=http://www.haqislam.org/shaykhah-shuhdah/|website=Haq Islam|date=21 April 2013|access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref> and 18th-century scholar [[Fatima al-Fudayliya|Al-Shaykha Fatima al-Fudayliyya]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Siddiqi|first1=Muhammad Zubayr|title=Hadith Literature Its origin, development and special features: Women Scholars of Hadith|journal=The Islamic Texts Society Cambridge|date=1993|pages=117–123|url=http://www.muslimliga.de/archiv/womenhadith.html|access-date=23 February 2015}}</ref> In 1957, Indonesian education activist [[Rahmah el Yunusiyah]] was awarded the title of ''syeikah'' by the faculty of [[Al-Azhar University]], the first time the university had granted the title to a woman.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |last=Salim HS |first=Hairus |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/958572352 |title=Heirs to world culture : Being Indonesian, 1950-1965. |date=2012 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-25351-3 |editor-last=Lindsay |editor-first=Jennifer |location=Leiden, NLD |pages=83 |chapter=Indonesian Muslims and cultural networks |oclc=958572352 |access-date=2022-07-01 |editor-last2=Sutedja-LIem |editor-first2=M. H. T. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703052702/https://www.worldcat.org/title/heirs-to-world-culture-being-indonesian-1950-1965/oclc/958572352 |archive-date=2022-07-03 |url-status=live}}</ref>

A daughter, wife or mother of a sheikh is also called a ''shaykhah''. Currently, the term ''shaykhah'' is commonly used for women of ruling families in the Arab states of the Arabian Peninsula.<ref>{{cite book |title=Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names |date=1985 |publisher=Sultan Qaboos University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFVKCwAAQBAJ |access-date=14 May 2021}}</ref>