The Tariqa Tijaniyya, like the wider Islamic scholarly tradition it belongs to, has never regarded women's religious education and practice as peripheral. Within the Fayda Tijaniyya in particular, women have served as teachers, memorizers and transmitters of Tijani litanies and poetry, and custodians of the community's religious formation for the young — roles rooted in the same obligation of seeking knowledge that applies to every believer, male or female.

This is reflected directly in the title of one of the works available through Fayda Digital: Path to the Garden, Volume I: Foundational Knowledge for Believing Women & Men. As its subtitle makes explicit, the text is addressed to both — a reminder that the foundational knowledge every Muslim needs (correct belief, the basics of purification and prayer, and sound conduct) is not divided along gender lines, even where certain rulings and circumstances of practice differ between men and women within the Shariah.

Within Medina Baye and the wider Fayda community, women's religious education has historically been taken seriously as a distinct priority, including dedicated schools and circles of learning for girls and women alongside those for men. This reflects a broader principle in Islamic scholarship: that the obligation to seek knowledge (talab al-'ilm) applies to every believer, and that a community's strength in faith depends on the soundness of instruction reaching its women as much as its men.

Fayda Digital is committed to preserving and making accessible works — like Path to the Garden — that speak directly to this foundation, ensuring the knowledge every believer needs, regardless of gender, remains within reach.

Unverified: specific biographical claims about individual women scholars within the Fayda tradition are not made in this article and should be sourced and verified individually, with appropriate care and attribution, before being published elsewhere.