Abd al-Rahman al-Khamisi
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Abd al-Rahman al-Khamisi (b. 1379 AH / 1959 CE) is a Yemeni scholar and professor of Hadith and its sciences at Sana'a University, known for his work Ma'a al-Mushakkikin fi al-Sunna (With the Doubters Regarding the Sunna).
Biography
His full name is Abd al-Rahman ibn Ibrahim ibn Hasan ibn Yahya al-Khamisi. The surname al-Khamisi is a geographic designation derived from the village of al-Khamisin, where his father was born. He was born in 1379 AH (1959 CE) in the village of al-Dayr, located in the Hayran district of Hajjah Governorate in Yemen.
Al-Khamisi pursued an academic career in Islamic studies, specializing in the prophetic tradition, and became a professor of Hadith and its auxiliary sciences at Sana'a University. He resides in Sana'a and is the father of twelve children. His scholarly contributions include Ma'a al-Mushakkikin fi al-Sunna, a study focused on defending the authority and transmission of prophetic traditions.
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List of Works
Ma'a al-Mushakkikin fi al-Sunna (With the Doubters Regarding the Sunna) is a contemporary work of hadith defense and polemics. The book brings together a collection of refutations against modern writers and polemicists who cast doubt on the authority of the prophetic Sunna and the canonical hadith collections.