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Hani Faqih

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Hani Faqih (Hani ibn Ahmad ibn Umar Faqih) is a contemporary scholar and professor of Hadith and its sciences at the Islamic University of Madinah . He is known for his historical studies on the Prophetic tradition and analytical examinations of the critical thought of al-Dhahabi .

Academic Career and Scholarly Contribution

Faqih has served as a professor in the College of Noble Hadith at the Islamic University of Madinah, carrying out his teaching and writing in Medina . His scholarship primarily investigates the preservation and documentation of Hadith literature, as well as the methodological perspectives and textual criticism of classical traditionists .

In his thematic monograph al-Insaf wal-Itidal inda al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi (Fairness and Moderation According to al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi), Faqih examined al-Dhahabi's major historical and biographical compendia—including Tarikh al-Islam and Siyar Alam al-Nubala—to gather and analyze his dispersed critical remarks regarding intellectual balance, moderation, and the avoidance of extremism toward doctrinal and political rivals . In addition to his specialized studies on the transmission stages of the Sunna in al-Madkhal fi Tarikh al-Sunna (An Introduction to the History of the Sunna), Faqih contributed to manuscript editing through his academic verification of the fifteenth volume of the Hadith collection al-Musnad al-Sahih by Abu Awanah al-Isfarayini .

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List of Works

  • Husul al-Mamul bi Sharh Mukhtasar al-Fusul fi Sirat al-Rasul

    This contemporary commentary explains an abridgment of the biographical work al-Fusul fi Sirat al-Rasul by the historian and traditionist Ibn Kathir. It elucidates the core prophetic narrative, evaluates the authenticity of historical events using Hadith criticism, clarifies difficult expressions, and derives legal, ethical, and educational benefits from biographical incidents.

  • Sharh Mukhtasar al-Shamail al-Muhammadiyya

    This contemporary commentary explains an abridgment of Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi's classic collection of prophetic traits, al-Shamail al-Muhammadiyya. Designed for modern readers, the work focuses on acceptable narrations, omitting transmission chains and weak reports to elucidate the physical features, noble manners, daily habits, and moral guidance of the Prophet.

  • al-Insaf wal-Itidal inda al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi

    This thematic study compiles and analyzes the principles and commentary of the historian and hadith critic al-Dhahabi regarding justice, intellectual balance, and moderation. Extracting dispersed statements from across his major historical and biographical writings, the work arranges his observations under twenty topical chapters to highlight classical perspectives against extremism.

  • Ikhtiyarat al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi al-Fiqhiyya

    This study compiles and arranges the legal choices and preferences of the historian and hadith master Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi across practical branch issues of Islamic jurisprudence. Surveying twelve primary historical and biographical works, the volume gathers more than two hundred legal determinations organized according to standard jurisprudence chapters.

  • al-Nukat ala Sharh al-Nawawi ala Sahih Muslim

    This critical scholarly work identifies approximately one hundred slips and oversights in al-Nawawi's renowned commentary on Sahih Muslim, al-Minhaj fi Sharh Sahih Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. Structured as brief clarifying notes, the volume presents concise corrections on clear lapses and omissions arranged sequentially across the individual books of Sahih Muslim.