Yahya ibn Abi Sulaym reported: I saw Samra’ bint Nahik, who had met the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. She was wearing a thick corset and veil, and she had a whip in her hand with which she disciplined people, enjoining good and forbidding evil.
Source: al-Mu’jam al-Kabīr lil-Ṭabarānī 24/311
Grade: Jayyid (very good) according to Al-Albani
Imam Ibn Hazm commented, “It is permissible to appoint a woman as a judge, which is the opinion of Abu Hanifa. It has been reported from Umar Ibn al-Khattab that he appointed a woman from his people to be in charge of the market.”
Source: al-Muḥallá bil-Āthār 8/527
عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ سَمْرَاءَ بِنْتَ نَهِيكٍ وَكَانَتْ قَدْ أَدْرَكَتِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهَا دِرْعٌ غَلِيظٌ وَخِمَارٌ غَلِيظٌ بِيَدِهَا سَوْطٌ تُؤَدِّبُ النَّاسَ وَتَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ
24/311 المعجم الكبير للطبراني
102 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده جيد في جلباب المرأة
قال ابن حزم وَجَائِزٌ أَنْ تَلِيَ الْمَرْأَةُ الْحُكْمَ وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ أَنَّهُ وَلَّى الشِّفَاءَ امْرَأَةً مِنْ قَوْمِهِ السُّوقَ
8/527 المحلى بالآثار الفصل مسألة تولي المرأة الحكم
