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==Spiritual and Scholarly Characteristics==
==Spiritual and Scholarly Characteristics==
Sukayna was one of the eminent, most intelligent and most virtuous women of her time. She was so virtuous and spiritual that [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] said, “Sukayna is mostly engrossed in [[Allah]] …”
Sukayna was one of the eminent, most intelligent and most virtuous women of her time.<ref>Ziriklī, ''al-Aʿlām'', vol. 3, p. 106; Ibn Khalkān, ''Wafayāt al-aʿyān'', vol. 2, p. 394; Ṣafdī, ''al-Wāfī bi l-Wafīyāt'', p. 182; Amīn, ''Aʿyān al-Shīʿa'', vol. 11, p. 257.</ref> She was so virtuous and spiritual that [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]] said, “Sukayna is mostly engrossed in [[Allah]] …”<ref>Muqarram, ''Maqtal al-Ḥusayn'', p. 349.</ref>
In [[Rijal]], she is considered as a reliable [[hadith]] narrator. She has narrated hadiths from his father, and narrators such as, [[Salma 'Ammat Ya'la]], [[Fa'id al-Madani]], [[Sukayna bt. Isma'il b. Abi Khalid]] and [[Sukayna bt. Qadi Abi Dhar]] have narrated [[hadith]]s from her.
In [[Rijal]], she is considered as a reliable [[hadith]] narrator.<ref>Ibn Ḥabbān, ''al-Thiqāt'', vol. 4, p. 352.</ref> She has narrated hadiths from his father, and narrators such as, [[Salma 'Ammat Ya'la]], [[Fa'id al-Madani]], [[Sukayna bt. Isma'il b. Abi Khalid]] and [[Sukayna bt. Qadi Abi Dhar]] have narrated [[hadith]]s from her.<ref>Ṭabarānī, ''al-Muʿjam al-kabīr'', vol. 3, p. 132; Ibn Makūlā, ''al-Ikmāl'', vol. 4, p. 316; Ibn ʿAsākir, ''Tārīkh madīnat Dimashq'', vol. 69, p. 206-207.</ref>
She was also so eloquent in Arabic and composed many lament poems about his father, Imam al-Husayn (a).
She was also so eloquent in Arabic and composed many lament poems about his father, Imam al-Husayn (a).<ref>Ibn Ṣūfī, ''al-Majdī fī ansāb al-ṭālibīn'', p. 582-583; Shūshtarī, ''Iḥqāq al-ḥaqq'', vol. 27, p. 492.</ref>


==Demise==
==Demise==
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