ابنِ خان@IbneKhan01
Sayyid Aḥmad Zaynī Daḥlān, Muftī of the Shāfiʿī school in Makkah (1231–1304 AH / 1816–1886 CE) writes:
“She is al-Zahrāʾ and al-Batūl, superior to all the women of this world, even Maryam, may Allāh be pleased with her, as was chosen by al-Maqrīzī, al-Zarkashī, and al-Ḥāfiẓ al-Suyūṭī in his two works, Sharḥ al-Nuqāyah and Sharḥ Jamʿ al-Jawāmiʿ, on the basis of clear evidences.
Among these evidences is that this community is superior to all others, and the sound position is that Maryam is not a prophetess, indeed, consensus has been reported that no woman has ever been granted prophethood.
The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him, said: ‘Maryam is superior among the women of her world, and Fāṭimah is superior among the women of her world,’ as narrated by al-Tirmidhī.
He, peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him, said: ‘O my daughter, are you not content that you are the lady of the women of the worlds?’ She replied: ‘O my father, then where is Maryam?’ He said: ‘That one is the lady of the women of her world,’ as narrated by Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr.
al-Ṭabarānī has transmitted, with a chain meeting the conditions of the two Shaykhs, that ʿĀʾishah, may Allāh be pleased with her, said: ‘I have never seen anyone superior to Fāṭimah, apart from her father.’”
— al-Sīrah al-Nabawiyyah wa al-Āthār al-Muḥammadiyyah, vol. 1, pg. 319.
