Abd al-Aziz al-Uthaym

Abd al-Aziz al-Uthaym (1367–1412 AH / 1948–1992 CE) was a Saudi hadith scholar and professor at Umm al-Qura University, known for his treatise Tahqiq al-Qawl bil-Amal bil-Hadith al-Daif ("Investigating the Position on Acting upon Weak Hadith") Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1.

Academic Career and Scholarship

Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad al-Uthaym served as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. His scholarly focus centered on hadith criticism, transmission chains (asanid), and the methodology of evaluating narrations Mujam Usar Buraydah+1.

In legal and hadith methodology, al-Uthaym examined the disputed issue of acting on weak hadiths in his treatise Tahqiq al-Qawl bil-Amal bil-Hadith al-Daif Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. He argued against acting upon narrations agreed to be weak, contending that the established corpus of authentic hadiths provides sufficient guidance and that relying on unproven narrations leads to introducing unsanctioned devotional practices Nataij al-Buhuth wa Khawa…+1. He also co-authored the specialized methodological study Dirasat al-Asanid ("Study of Chains of Transmission") with the hadith scholar Ata Allah ibn Abd al-Ghaffar al-Sindi Mujam Usar Buraydah+1.

In manuscript editing, al-Uthaym prepared an edition of Kitab al-Qadar by Ibn Wahb, published in Mecca in 1406 AH al-Qadar - Ibn Wahb+1. Later editors noted that his editorial approach involved directly emending certain textual phrases where he believed the manuscript's wording conflicted with other transmission lines al-Qadar - Ibn Wahb.

Al-Uthaym died in 1412 AH (1992 CE) al-Tasنيف fi al-Sunna al-….