Muhammad Rashad Khalifa
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Muhammad Rashad Khalifa is an Egyptian scholar of Hadith and author of specialized studies on the transmission and methodology of prophetic traditions.
Scholarship
Khalifa's research addressed both regional histories of Hadith studies and technical methodological principles. He composed Madrasat al-Hadith fi Misr mundhu suqut Baghdad ila nihayat al-qarn al-'ashir al-hijri (The School of Hadith in Egypt from the Fall of Baghdad to the End of the Tenth Century AH), published in Cairo in 1403 AH (1982–1983 CE) as a comprehensive survey of Hadith scholarship and transmission in Egypt across several centuries . In the domain of Hadith hermeneutics and resolving textual discrepancies, he authored Al-Ta'lif bayna mukhtalif al-hadith (Reconciling Conflicting Hadiths), published in Cairo in a second edition in 1405 AH (1984–1985 CE) .
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List of Works
Madrasat al-Hadith fi Misr (The School of Hadith in Egypt) is a specialized historical and methodological study of Hadith scholarship in Egypt. It examines the development of Hadith scholarship and the activity of traditionists in Egypt, focusing primarily on the era extending from the fall of Baghdad to the Mongols in 656 AH / 1258 CE to the end of the tenth century AH, while also tracing the foundational phase of transmission from the Islamic conquest in 20 AH.