Amir bin Hasan Sabri
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Amir bin Hasan Sabri (also known as Amir Hasan Sabri) is a contemporary scholar of hadith and Islamic studies, known for his methodological research and his critical editions of classical Islamic texts.
Academic Career and Scholarly Contribution
Sabri has served as a professor of Islamic studies, engaging in academic research and the critical verification of classical manuscripts. His scholarship centers on hadith methodology and the epistemological authority of the prophetic Sunnah. In his treatise Hujjiyat Khabar al-Ahad fi al-Aqa'id wa-al-Ahkam (The Epistemic Authority of Solitary Reports in Creeds and Rulings), he investigates the legal and theological force of solitary reports (khabar al-ahad), surveying scholarly views on whether such transmissions convey definitive or probable knowledge and defending their binding status across both creed (aqidah) and practical jurisprudence (ahkam).
In the field of manuscript editing, Sabri has produced critical editions for various academic and governmental institutions, including Ibn Mandah's biographical work Ma'rifat al-Sahabah (Knowledge of the Companions) for United Arab Emirates University, as well as Abu al-Mutarrif al-Qanazi'i's commentary Tafsir al-Muwatta, published by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Qatar.
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Hujjiyat Khabar al-Ahad fi al-Aqaid wa al-Ahkam (The Epistemic Authority of Solitary Reports in Creeds and Rulings) is a hadith-methodological treatise defending the probative force of solitary reports (khabar al-ahad) in Islamic theology and jurisprudence. It examines the epistemic authority of the Sunnah alongside the Quran, surveys scholarly perspectives on whether solitary narrations convey certain knowledge or probable conjecture, and establishes the binding authority of authentic ahad narrations for both religious creed (aqidah) and practical legal rulings (ahkam).