Ibrahim bin Ibrahim Quraybi
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Ibrahim bin Ibrahim Quraybi is a contemporary scholar and researcher specializing in hadith criticism and the verification of historical traditions concerning the prophetic biography (sirah).
Scholarly Focus and Methodology
Quraybi's academic work centers on the documentation, chain-of-transmission analysis (takhrij), and critical evaluation of narrations concerning the military expeditions (maghazi) of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ. In Marwiyyat Ghazwat Hunayn wa Hisar al-Ta'if ("Narrations of the Battle of Hunayn and the Siege of al-Ta'if"), published under the auspices of the Scientific Research Center and the Academic Council of the Islamic University of Madinah, he compiles, authenticates, and analyzes reports relating to the Battle of Hunayn and the subsequent siege of al-Ta'if. In Marwiyyat Ghazwat Bani al-Mustaliq ("Narrations of the Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq"), published in Beirut in 1413 AH (1992/1993 CE), he applies classical hadith criticism to the reports surrounding the expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq.
Hadith Criticism and Application
In evaluating historical and biographical reports, Quraybi weighs transmission paths against supporting witnesses (shawahid) to determine the strength of divergent and interrupted (mursal) chains. In his examination of the narrations on Banu al-Mustaliq, he analyzed a report with trustworthy narrators that was otherwise transmitted as mursal, determining it to be hasan li-ghayrihi (good through corroborating chains) due to parallel narrations preserved across hadith compilations and early historical sources. Similarly, in his study of the Hunayn campaign, he evaluated the reports detailing the dispatch of Khalid ibn al-Walid to destroy the idol al-'Uzza, classifying the tradition as hasan li-ghayrihi on the strength of its supporting transmissions documented across the works of maghazi and Quranic exegesis.
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List of Works
Marwiyyat Ghazwat Hunayn wa Hisar al-Taif (Narrations of the Battle of Hunayn and the Siege of al-Ta'if) is a specialized hadith and historical study that examines the prophetic reports concerning the Battle of Hunayn and the subsequent Siege of Ta'if (8 AH). The work gathers and critically examines the fragmented narrations scattered across primary hadith and historical sources, addressing the high density and divergence of these reports as well as the military, theological, and legal rulings embedded in the events of the campaign.
Marwiyat Ghazwat Bani al-Mustaliq wa Hiya Ghazwat al-Muraysi (Narrations of the Expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq, Which Is the Expedition of al-Muraysi) is a specialized monograph in hadith and prophetic biography (sirah). The work collects, verifies, and analyzes historical and hadith narrations concerning the expedition of Banu al-Mustaliq, also known as the Expedition of al-Muraysi', integrating chain of transmission (isnad) criticism with historical analysis across canonical compilations, musnads, and maghazi texts.