Jumaa Fathi Abd al-Halim
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Jumaa Fathi Abd al-Halim is a contemporary Egyptian hadith scholar and researcher, known for his academic study on the transmission paths and manuscript copies of Sahih al-Bukhari, titled Riwayat al-Jami al-Sahih wa Nuskhuhu: Dirasa Nazariya Tatbiqiya .
Education and Academic Career
Abd al-Halim earned his doctorate in Hadith from the Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion (Kulliyyat Usul al-Din) at Al-Azhar University . His doctoral dissertation, Riwayat al-Jami al-Sahih wa Nuskhuhu: Dirasa Nazariya Tatbiqiya ("Transmissions of al-Jami al-Sahih and Its Manuscript Copies: A Theoretical and Applied Study"), was prepared under the supervision of Ahmad Umar Hashim and Mustafa Muhammad Abu Amara, reviewed by Ahmad Ma'bad Abd al-Karim, and examined by a committee that included Marwan Shahin, Muhammad Bakkar, Izzat Atiyya, and Abd al-Mahdi Abd al-Qadir .
Editorial and Scholarly Work
Abd al-Halim has conducted extensive manuscript editing and research at Dar al-Falah for Scientific Research and Heritage Verification in Faiyum, Egypt . In collaboration with Khalid al-Rabbat, he supervised the research team responsible for critically editing Ibn al-Mulaqqin's extensive commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari, titled al-Tawdih li-Sharh al-Jami al-Sahih . Alongside Khalid al-Rabbat and Wi'am al-Hawshi, he also co-edited Ishaq ibn Mansur al-Kawsaj's legal compilation Masa'il al-Imam Ahmad wa-Ishaq ibn Rahawayh ("Legal Inquiries of Imams Ahmad and Ishaq ibn Rahawayh") . Furthermore, he participated in reviewing and vocalizing the text of Sahih al-Bukhari based on the Yunini transmission tradition .
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Riwayat al-Jami al-Sahih wa Nuskhuhu: Dirasa Nazariya Tatbiqiya is an academic study that examines the transmission paths, manuscript copies, and textual variations of Sahih al-Bukhari. It explores the transmission chains across generations, describes major manuscript traditions, identifies the causes of textual differences, and reviews classical methodologies used to reconcile and evaluate these variants through both theoretical discussion and applied textual analysis.