Hamad bin Hamdi al-Saidi
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Hamad bin Hamdi al-Saidi is a contemporary Saudi scholar of Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh) and a professor in the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah .
Education and academic career
Al-Saidi pursued his higher education in Islamic legal theory at the Islamic University of Madinah. He defended his master's thesis, titled al-Mutlaq wa-al-muqayyad wa-atharuhuma fi ikhtilaf al-ahkam ("The Unrestricted and Qualified Expressions and Their Effect on Legal Divergence"), on 24 Muharram 1403 AH (1982 CE) . He subsequently earned his doctorate from the same university in 1406 AH (c. 1985/1986 CE) with a critical edition and study of the first portion of Burhan al-Din al-Ibri's commentary on al-Baydawi's legal treatise Minhaj al-wusul, spanning from the beginning of the text to the chapter on commands and prohibitions .
Following his doctoral studies, al-Saidi joined the academic staff of the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he advanced through the academic ranks to associate professor and later full professor . In addition to teaching legal theory and supervising graduate research in usul al-fiqh, his published research includes Da'a'im al-tamkin li-al-Mamlakah al-Arabiyyah al-Sa'udiyyah ("Pillars of Empowerment for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"), composed in 1419 AH .
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al-Mutlaq wa al-Muqayyad is a specialized treatise on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). The work investigates the hermeneutical rules governing unrestricted expressions (al-mutlaq) and qualified expressions (al-muqayyad), examining theoretical disagreements among juristic schools and their practical effects on substantive law (furu al-fiqh).
Daaim al-Tamkin is a treatise examining the religious foundations and legitimacy of governance in Saudi Arabia through the lens of Quranic exegesis, focusing on Surah al-Hajj, verse 41. Composed in 1419 AH (1998/1999 CE) on the occasion of the Saudi centennial, the study demonstrates how the state fulfilled the conditions of earthly empowerment from the capture of Riyadh in 1319 AH (1902 CE) through the contemporary era.