Fadl al-Rahman Safi
- Died
- 1442 AH
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Fadl al-Rahman Safi (d. 1442 AH / 2020–2021 CE), in full Fadl al-Rahman Abd al-Alim Safi, was a scholar and educator based in Mecca.
Life and scholarship
Safi served as an instructor at al-Madrasah al-Sawlatiyya in Mecca. He authored al-Zubad fi Mustalah al-Hadith (The Essence of Hadith Terminology), an explanatory commentary on Ilham al-Mughith fi Aqsam al-Hadith, a didactic poem on hadith classification composed by Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Mulla. Safi completed the draft of this text in Mecca in Dhu al-Qiʿdah 1425 AH (December 2004).
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al-Zubad fi Mustalah al-Hadith (The Essence of Hadith Terminology) is a contemporary pedagogical manual on the principles of Hadith classification. Composed as an explanatory commentary on the didactic poem Ilham al-Mughith fi Aqsam al-Hadith (Inspiration of the Succor on the Categories of Hadith) by the Ahsa'i scholar Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Mulla, the work serves as an instructional primer designed to facilitate the comprehension of essential Hadith nomenclature for students.