Ibrahim al-Lahim
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Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah al-Lahim (b. 1376 AH / 1956–1957 CE) is a Saudi scholar of hadith, specialized in hadith terminology and transmitter criticism .
Background and Education
Ibrahim ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Lahim was born in 1376 AH in the city of Buraydah . The al-Lahim family of Buraydah traces its origins to the branch in al-Shamasiyyah; his father, Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Lahim, worked as a grain merchant before dedicating himself to religious studies and mosque study circles .
Al-Lahim memorized the Quran under instructors in the local mosques and completed his secondary schooling in Buraydah . He pursued higher education at the College of Sharia in Riyadh, graduating in 1396 AH . He subsequently completed postgraduate studies specializing in hadith sciences, defending his master's thesis in 1401 AH on a critical edition of al-Kashf al-Hathith fi Man Rumiya bi-Wad' al-Hadith by Burhan al-Din al-Halabi, and his doctoral dissertation in 1409 AH on al-Tahqiq fi Ahadith al-Ta'liq by Ibn al-Jawzi .
Teachers and Scholarly Focus
Al-Lahim studied under and was influenced by several scholars, including Salih al-Fawzan, Salih al-Bulayhi, Abd al-Rahman al-Barrak, Abd al-Karim al-Lahim, Salih al-Atram, and Salih al-Mansur .
His scholarly work concentrates on hadith terminology (mustalah al-hadith), its analytical principles, and the discipline of narrator evaluation (al-jarh wa al-ta'dil), a subject on which he authored a standalone treatise titled al-Jarh wa al-Tadil .
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List of Works
al-Ittisal wal-Inqita (Continuity and Discontinuity) is a specialized contemporary treatise on hadith criticism, completed in 1425 AH (2004/2005 CE). It forms the second volume in the broader series Silsilat Naqd al-Marwiyyat (The Series on the Criticism of Transmitted Reports), addressing the principles and practical methodologies for evaluating the continuity and discontinuity of hadith transmission chains according to the practices of classical critics.
Sharh Ikhtisar Ulum al-Hadith is an audio-recorded scholarly commentary on Ibn Kathir's foundational manual of hadith terminology, Ikhtisar Ulum al-Hadith (The Abridgment of Hadith Sciences). The work focuses on the pedagogical and methodological framework of the discipline, exploring both hadith terminology and the practical principles of textual and chain criticism.
Muqaranat al-Marwiyyat (Comparison of Transmissions) is a specialized work on hadith methodology and criticism that serves as the third installment in the series Silsilat Naqd al-Marwiyyat (Critique of Narrations Series). It examines the cross-examination and comparative collation of hadith transmissions to identify points of convergence and divergence, assessing whether a text is reliably established from the Prophet.
al-Jarh wa al-Tadil (Impugnment and Accreditation) is a treatise on the principles and practical methodology of hadith narrator criticism, published as the first installment in the series Silsilat Naqd al-Marwiyyat (Criticism of Transmissions Series). It focuses on systematically articulating the methods used to evaluate narrators, analyze critical verdicts, and resolve transmitter ambiguities.