Abd al-Majid Mahmud
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- 1443 AH
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Abd al-Majid Mahmud (d. 1443 AH / 2021–2022 CE) was an Egyptian scholar and professor of Islamic law at Cairo University's Faculty of Dar al-Ulum, recognized for his academic research on early legal schools and traditionist jurisprudence .
Academic Career and Scholarship
Abd al-Majid Mahmud Abd al-Majid completed his master's thesis on the legal and hadith methodology of the Egyptian jurist Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi, titled Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi wa-Atharuhu fi al-Hadith (Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi and His Influence in Hadith) . In this study, he examined al-Tahawi's distinctive approach in Sharh Ma'ani al-Athar and the Hanafi defense of legal positions against accusations of contradicting prophetic traditions .
Mahmud went on to serve as a professor of Islamic law (Sharia) at the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum at Cairo University, and also held an associate professorship in the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies . In 1399 AH (1979 CE), he published his major work, al-Ittijahat al-Fiqhiyya inda Ashab al-Hadith fi al-Qarn al-Thalith al-Hijri (Legal Trends among the Traditionists in the Third Century AH) . The work investigates the doctrinal and legal methods of the traditionists (Ahl al-Hadith), tracing their historical disagreements with the jurists of legal reasoning (Ahl al-Ra'y), their hermeneutical view of the relationship between the sunnah and the Quran, and their handling of isolated reports (ahad) and legal precedents .
Throughout his tenure in higher education, Mahmud supervised and evaluated numerous graduate dissertations in Islamic jurisprudence and hadith sciences at Cairo University alongside colleagues such as Rifat Fawzi Abd al-Muttalib, and contributed scholarly commendations to critical editions of classical texts .
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List of Works
al-Ittijahat al-Fiqhiyya inda Ashab al-Hadith fi al-Qarn al-Thalith al-Hijri (Legal Trends among the Traditionists in the Third Century AH) is an academic study of Islamic jurisprudence. First published in 1399 AH (1979 CE) as a single volume of 670 pages, it examines the legal thought, methodology, and doctrinal identity of the traditionists (Ahl al-Hadith) during the 3rd century AH (9th century CE).