Hissa bint Abd al-Aziz al-Saghir
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Hissa bint Abd al-Aziz al-Saghir is a contemporary Saudi scholar specializing in hadith and its sciences, known for her studies on prophetic traditions and hadith methodology .
Education and Academic Career
Al-Saghir pursued her graduate studies in Islamic studies with a specialization in hadith and its sciences at the Girls' College of Education in Makkah, operating under the General Presidency for Girls' Education . She prepared her doctoral dissertation under the supervision of Ali Abd al-Fattah Ali, an associate professor at the Girls' College of Education in Jeddah .
Her dissertation was defended on 23 Dhu al-Hijjah 1417 AH (1997 CE) before an examination committee chaired by her supervisor, alongside internal examiner Muhammad Ahmad al-Sanhuri, professor of hadith at the Girls' College of Education in Makkah, and external examiner Uwayyid ibn Iyyad al-Mutarrafi, associate professor at Umm al-Qura University .
Scholarly Contribution
Al-Saghir's scholarly output centers on hadith compilation, creedal traditions, and the evaluation of transmission chains. Her doctoral study, Ifrad Ahadith Asma Allah wa Sifatihi – Ghayr Sifat al-Af'al – fi al-Kutub al-Sittah (Isolating the Hadiths on the Names and Attributes of God—Excluding the Attributes of Actions—in the Six Books), examines marfu traditions concerning divine names and attributes across the canonical Six Books of Hadith . In the field of hadith terminology and criticism, she authored al-Hadith al-Mursal bayn al-Qabul wa-l-Radd (The Mursal Hadith between Acceptance and Rejection), a two-volume study published in Jeddah in 1420 AH addressing the legal and critical status of hurrying or incompletely transmitted reports .
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List of Works
Ifrad Ahadith Asma Allah wa Sifatihi – Ghayr Sifat al-Af'al – fi al-Kutub al-Sittah (Isolating the Hadiths on the Names and Attributes of God—Excluding the Attributes of Actions—in the Six Books) is a contemporary hadith and creed study. The work gathers marfu hadiths concerning the divine names and attributes across the Six Books of Hadith, excluding the attributes of divine actions, while providing source attribution, chain evaluation, and textual analysis.