Abd al-Aziz al-Turaifi
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Abd al-Aziz al-Turaifi (b. 1396 AH / 1976 CE) is a contemporary Saudi scholar and hadith specialist, recognized for his contributions to hadith verification, legal commentary, and Quranic exegesis .
Education and Teachers
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marzuq al-Turaifi was born in 1396 AH and began seeking religious knowledge at an early age, becoming known for extensive reading, memorization, and continuous study of the prophetic tradition .
He studied under several prominent scholars, studying for years under Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz, who served as his primary teacher . His other teachers include Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Aqil, Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Shinqiti, Salih Al al-Shaykh, Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Barrak, Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr, Muhammad Abd Allah al-Sumali, and the grammarian Hasan al-Ithyubi .
Teaching and Scholarly Activities
Al-Turaifi conducted regular instructional circles and lectures in Riyadh, teaching foundational classical texts across hadith, creed, and terminology . His teaching curricula included al-Ahkam al-Sughra by Abd al-Haqq al-Ishbili, al-Arba'in al-Nawawiyya by al-Nawawi, Nukhbat al-Fikr by Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, al-Muharrar fi al-Hadith by Ibn Abd al-Hadi, Lum'at al-I'tiqad by Ibn Qudamah, and Kitab al-Tawhid by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab .
In research and writing, his work focused on tracing narrations and verifying chains of transmission, notably in al-Tahjil fi Takhrij ma lam yukharraj min al-Ahadith wal-Athar fi Irwa al-Ghalil, a large supplement that sourced narrations omitted from Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani's Irwa al-Ghalil . He also produced legal exegesis in his multi-volume study al-Tafsir wa al-Bayan li-Ahkam al-Quran .
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List of Works
al-Hijab fi al-Shar' wa al-Fitra: Bayna al-Dalil wa al-Qawl al-Dakhil (The Veil in Sacred Law and Innate Disposition: Between Proof and Extraneous Opinion) is a legal and exegetical treatise examining Islamic jurisprudence, Quranic proofs, and the philosophical foundations of the woman's veil (hijab).
Min Sharh Bulugh al-Maram lil-Turaifi (Excerpts from the Commentary on Bulugh al-Maram by al-Turaifi) is an Islamic legal and hadith commentary based on Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's legal hadith collection Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam.
al-Tahjil fi Takhrij ma lam yukharraj min al-Ahadith wal-Athar fi Irwa al-Ghalil (The Embellishment in Sourcing the Narrations and Traditions Omitted from Irwa al-Ghalil) is a hadith verification and extraction (takhrij) work that serves as a critical supplement to Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani's multi-volume Irwa al-Ghalil fi Takhrij Ahadith Manar al-Sabil.
al-Maghribiya fi Sharh al-Aqida al-Qayrawaniya (The Maghribi Exposition of the Qayrawani Creed) is a theological commentary on the doctrinal introduction to the legal treatise al-Risala by the tenth-century Maliki jurist Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani. It elucidates the orthodox Sunni creed transmitted by Ibn Abi Zayd from the reports of Malik ibn Anas and early authorities of fiqh and hadith.
al-Tafsir wa al-Bayan li-Ahkam al-Quran (The Exegesis and Clarification of Quranic Rulings) is a contemporary multi-volume Quranic commentary focusing on legal rulings (ayat al-ahkam).