Muhammad Tahir al-Jawabi
- Died
- 1433 AH
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Muhammad Tahir al-Jawabi (d. 1433 AH / 2012 CE) was a Tunisian scholar of Hadith and Islamic studies, known for his academic work on prophetic tradition and Islamic social institutions .
Academic Career and Scholarship
Al-Jawabi pursued his advanced theological and legal education in Tunis at the Ez-Zitouna Faculty of Sharia and Usul al-Din, where he completed and defended his third-cycle doctoral dissertation on narrator criticism titled al-Jarh wa-al-Ta‘dil bayna al-Mutashaddidin wa-al-Mutasahilin ("Narrator Criticism Between the Rigorous and the Lenient") in 1402 AH (1982 CE) . He subsequently taught at the university level as a professor, authoring lecture series on Hadith sciences .
His scholarship in Hadith studies focused particularly on methodologies of textual criticism, as elaborated in his study Juhud al-Muhaddithin fi Naqd Matn al-Hadith al-Nabawi al-Sharif ("The Efforts of Hadith Scholars in Matn Criticism of the Noble Prophetic Hadith"), which documented classical methods of evaluating Hadith texts alongside transmitter analysis . In social thought, he authored al-Mujtama‘ wa-al-Usrah fi al-Islam ("Society and the Family in Islam"), examining the foundational principles, mutual interests, and legal structures that govern human society and domestic life, completing a revised edition in Ezzahra, Tunisia, in Rabi‘ al-Thani 1420 AH (August 1999 CE) .
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List of Works
al-Mujtama wal-Usra fi al-Islam (Society and the Family in Islam) is a study examining the foundational principles, institutions, and legal rulings governing social and familial life in Islam. It articulates the enduring foundations of Islamic society while addressing emerging contemporary issues affecting Muslim households.