Thurayya Muhsini was a learned, scholarly woman who was living in Karbala'. In either Karbala' or Najaf she received permission from Ayatullah Sayyid Shihab al-Din al-Mar'ashi to transmit traditions in the year 1342 A.H.1

Her Merits

She participated in the classes on jurisprudence, religious principles, and traditions of Mirza Muhammad al-Hindi2 and taught these, to other women.

• 1. Al-Ijazah al-Kabirah, p. 246.
• 2. Mirza Muhammad al-Hindi led the prayer in the shrine of Imam al-Husayn ('a). He has related traditions from Thiqat al-Islam al-Nuri, Mir Hamid Husayn al-Hindi (the author of al-'Aqabat), and Sayyid Muhammad Husayn al-Mar'ashi al-Shahristani. [al­Ijazah al-Kabirah, p. 246].