Imad al-Sayyid Muhammad Isma'il al-Sharbini
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Imad al-Sayyid Muhammad Isma'il al-Sharbini is a contemporary Egyptian scholar of Hadith and academic at al-Azhar University, known for his writings defending the prophetic Sunnah, prophetic infallibility, and the probity of the Companions .
Academic Career
Al-Sharbini, who has used the kunyas Abu Salah al-Din and Abu Nur al-Din , completed his doctoral studies in the Department of Hadith and Its Sciences at the Faculty of Usul al-Din in Cairo at al-Azhar University, earning his doctorate in 1423 AH (c. 2002–2003 CE) with a dissertation on refuting doubts raised against the infallibility of the Prophet Muhammad . He subsequently served as a lecturer (mudarris) of Hadith and its sciences at the Faculty of Usul al-Din at al-Azhar University .
Scholarly Focus and Standing
Al-Sharbini's scholarly work centers on polemical and theological defenses of the Hadith corpus, the authority of the prophetic Sunnah, and related legal and theological doctrines. His research includes refuting classical and contemporary criticisms directed against the uprightness of the Companions in his treatise Adalat al-Sahaba wa-Daf al-Shubuhat ("The Probity of the Companions and the Repelling of Doubts") , as well as addressing modern objections regarding prophetic authority and prescribed legal penalties in Uqubata al-Zani wa-al-Murtadd wa-Daf al-Shubuhat ("The Penalties for the Fornicator and the Apostate and the Repelling of Doubts") .
In his evaluation of al-Sharbini's study on the depiction of the prophetic Sunnah by its adversaries, the professor of Hadith at al-Azhar University, Abd al-Mahdi Abd al-Qadir Abd al-Hadi, commended his rigorous attribution of hadiths to primary sources, his verification of text authenticity, his linguistic and literary competence, and his methodical tracing and deconstruction of historical and modern polemics against the Sunnah .
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List of Works
This contemporary theological and hadith study defends the doctrine of prophetic infallibility (ismah). It addresses and refutes arguments and doubts raised against the Prophet's infallibility by Orientalists as well as modern groups that reject the prophetic Sunnah.
This contemporary theological and hadith treatise establishes the collective probity (ʿadālah) of the Prophet's Companions. Published in 1425 AH / 2005 CE, the work systematically refutes classical and modern criticisms leveled against their uprightness.
Written in 1424 AH / 2003 CE, this contemporary theological and juridical study defends the authoritative status of the Prophetic Sunnah and substantiates the prescribed legal penalties (hudud) for adultery and apostasy against modern denials and objections.
This contemporary study focuses on defending the Prophetic Sunnah. Also published under the title al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah fi Kitabat Aada al-Islam, the work examines, documents, and systematically refutes historical and modern polemics, doubts, and criticisms directed against the authority, transmission, and corpus of the Sunnah.