Wise insane women in Islamic mysticism

Abstract

The present article is a query research in the history of Islamic mysticism aiming to introduce and discuss the wise insane women. The first part of the article is the theoretical discussions of mystic insanity and its fundamentals. The style of the presentation of the discussions is based on the views and achievements of classical experts in the Islamic mysticism. In the second part of the article, the name and the biography of some of them based on the restricted historical resources were mentioned; in addition to the review of behaviors and thoughts of the wise insane. The main question of the research is that “did some women have special mystic status in the history? Have they been regarded as the wise insane?” The answer to these questions is positive according to the first grade resources. The research is historical using library method.

Keywords

• insanity
• mystic women
• wise insane