Ahmad Muhammad Shakir

Egyptian scholar and Sharia judge (1892–1958)
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Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir
Personal
Born(1892-01-29)January 29, 1892
DiedJune 14, 1958(1958-06-14) (aged 66)
ReligionIslam
RegionCairo, Egypt
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedAthari[citation needed]
Main interest(s)Hadith
Muslim leader
Influenced by
  • Muhammad Rashid Rida[1]
Influenced
  • Abu Turab al-Zahiri

Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (Arabic: أحمد محمد شاكر, romanized: Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of Al-Azhar University[2][3] and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir,[4] a writer and journalist.

As editor, Shākir's Cairo publication, from 1937 in 5 volumes, provided the standard topical classification of the hadith Arabic text for Sunan at-Tirmidhi. The work was subject to many reprints.[5]

Positions held

He graduated from and worked at Al-Azhar University and retired in 1951.[citation needed] Among the positions that he held was that of vice-chairman of the Supreme Shariah Court in Cairo.[citation needed]

Works

References

  1. ^ ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Hammad al-Aql, Abdurrahman (2005). "Al-Ustadhun Al-Imam Hujjat al-Islam As-Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida" [Our Master, Imam Hujjat Al-Islam Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida]. Jamharat Maqalat Allamah As-Shaykh Ahmad Muhammad Shakir. Dar al-Riyadh. p. 653.
  2. ^ Moosa, Ebrahim (1998). "Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir and the Adoption of a Scientifically-Based Lunar Calendar". Islamic Law and Society. 5 (1): 57–89. doi:10.1163/1568519982599599. hdl:10161/5748. ISSN 0928-9380. JSTOR 3399353. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  3. ^ Shaham, Ron (1999). "An Egyptian Judge in a Period of Change: Qāḍī Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir, 1892-1958". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 119 (3): 440–455. doi:10.2307/605935. ISSN 0003-0279. JSTOR 605935. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  4. ^ Juynboll, Gualtherus H. A. (1 January 1972). "Ahmad Muhammad Shākir (1892—1958) and his edition of Ibn Hanbal's Musnad". Der Islam. 49 (2): 221–247. doi:10.1515/islm.1972.49.2.221. S2CID 161832174. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  5. ^ Hadith and the Quran, Encyclopedia of the Quran, Brill

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