Hayat bin Muhammad bin Jibril
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Hayat bin Muhammad bin Jibril is a contemporary Islamic scholar and researcher specializing in Islamic creed (aqidah), known for the academic study al-Athar al-Warida an Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz fi al-Aqida (The Transmitted Reports from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz on Creed: Collection and Study) .
Education and Scholarly Work
Hayat bin Muhammad bin Jibril pursued higher academic studies at the Islamic University of Madinah . Under the academic supervision of Ghalib Ali al-Awaji, Jibril prepared an academic treatise collecting and analyzing the theological statements of the Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, which was subsequently published in two volumes by the Deanship of Scientific Research at the Islamic University of Madinah . Jibril also completed a doctoral dissertation at the Islamic University of Madinah titled al-Istighfar fi al-Kitab wa-al-Sunna wa-al-Radd ala al-Mafahim al-Khati'ah fih (Seeking Forgiveness in the Quran and Sunnah and Refuting Misconceptions About It) .
Jibril's theological scholarship centers on compiling, authenticating, and analyzing narrations of early Islamic figures in light of the Quran and Sunnah . In the study of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz's theological positions, Jibril organized the material systematically across core theological themes, including monotheism (tawhid), divine names and attributes, divine decree (qadr), the definition and levels of faith (iman), adherence to the early community, and refutations of sectarian doctrines such as those of the Kharijites, the Murji'ah, and the Jahmiyyah .
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List of Works
al-Athar al-Warida an Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz fi al-Aqida (The Transmitted Reports from Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz on Creed: Collection and Study) is a two-volume contemporary theological work that compiles and analyzes the theological statements and narrations attributed to the Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz.