Abd Allah al-Khatib
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Abd Allah al-Khatib (Abd Allah Abd al-Rahman al-Khatib) is a contemporary Islamic scholar and researcher specializing in the defense of Hadith and the Prophetic Sunna against Orientalist critique .
Scholarly Contributions
Al-Khatib authored al-Radd ‘ala Maza‘im al-Mustashriqayn Ignaz Goldziher wa-Yusuf Shakht wa-Man Ayyadahuma min al-Mustaghribin ("The Refutation of the Claims of the Orientalists Ignaz Goldziher and Joseph Schacht and Their Westernized Supporters"), a study prepared for the Symposium on Saudi Arabia's Care for the Sunnah and the Prophetic Biography . In this work, he examines the critical theories and doubts directed against the Sunna since the early twentieth century, focusing primarily on the arguments advanced by Ignaz Goldziher and Joseph Schacht, as well as contemporary Westernized writers who adopted their views . The study critiques their assertions concerning the transmission of Prophetic traditions and illustrates how classical Hadith methodology systematically evaluated reports through the dual examination of the text (matn) and the chain of transmission (isnad) .
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List of Works
al-Radd ala Mazaim al-Mustashriqin Gold Tashir wa Yusuf Shakht wa man Ayyadahuma min al-Mustaghribin
This contemporary research study examines and refutes Western orientalist critiques of the Prophetic Sunna and Hadith transmission, focusing primarily on the critical theories of Ignaz Goldziher and Joseph Schacht as well as modern Muslim writers influenced by their approaches. It sets out to demonstrate that classical Hadith evaluation operated on rigorous, integrated principles that examined both the chain of transmission and the text.