Abdullah bin Nasir al-Shaqari
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Abdullah bin Nasir al-Shaqari is a contemporary Saudi scholar of hadith and an academic at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh .
Education and Academic Career
His full name is Abdullah bin Nasir bin Muhammad al-Shaqari . He pursued his higher education in hadith studies at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, where he completed his doctoral dissertation in 1409 AH (1988–1989 CE) under the supervision of Muhammad Adib al-Salih . His doctoral research comprised a critical edition and study of a portion of Atraf al-Afrad wa-al-Ghara'ib by al-Qaysarani (d. 507 AH), covering the hadith transmission paths preserved from the work of al-Daraqutni from the beginning of Nafi's narration on the authority of Abdullah bin Umar to the end of Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i's narration on the authority of Abu Ubaydah from Ibn Mas'ud .
He subsequently served as an associate professor in the Department of the Sunnah and its Sciences within the Faculty of Usul al-Din at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh . In this post, he supervised and examined postgraduate dissertations in prophetic traditions and related disciplines .
Scholarly Contributions
Al-Shaqari's scholarly output centers on hadith criticism, the documentation of transmission lines, and the defense of the prophetic tradition. Among his published studies is al-Athar al-Sayyia lil-Wad fi al-Hadith al-Nabawi wa-Juhud al-Ulama fi Muqawamatihi ("The Adverse Effects of Fabrication in Prophetic Hadith and the Efforts of Scholars in Countering It"), which appeared in the journal of the Islamic University of Madinah in 1423 AH (2002 CE) .
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This contemporary academic study examines the negative repercussions of hadith forgery along with the historical countermeasures undertaken by Muslim scholars to confront and refute fabrications.