Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith
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Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith is an Islamic online discussion platform dedicated to academic exchange among Muslim scholars and students of Islamic knowledge, adhering to the methodology of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah with a specialized focus on hadith and its related sciences .
Background and Platform
The website originally operated for several years under the name "Baljurashi" (named after the town in southwestern Saudi Arabia) before its name was formally changed by agreement among scholars to "Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith" to reflect its core academic content . The platform (hosted at ahlalhdeeth.com) grew to include more than twenty thousand registered participants representing numerous countries across the Arab world, Asia, Europe, and North America . Its administrative team included several scholarly supervisors and moderators, such as Abu Khalid al-Sulami, Abd al-Rahman al-Faqih, Khalil, Haytham, Abd Allah, and Butti ibn Ahmad .
Scholarly Activities and Projects
The forum organized various academic initiatives:
- Interviews with scholars: The administration coordinated written question-and-answer sessions where forum members submitted inquiries that moderators presented to prominent contemporary scholars, later published electronically as Liqa'at Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith bil-'Ulama' . Scholars featured in these sessions included Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr, Abd al-Rahman al-Barrak, Zuhayr al-Shawish, Abd Allah al-Sa'd, Hamzah al-Malibari, Muhammad Uzair Shams, and Abd al-Aziz al-Tarifi .
- Book and manuscript dissemination: The platform hosted specialized sections for sharing published religious and literary works and established a dedicated manuscript section where members uploaded thousands of rare Islamic manuscripts .
- Collaborative research: Forum members initiated collaborative academic compilations, such as al-Mu'jam al-Jami' fi Tarajim al-Ulama wa Talabat al-Ilm al-Mu'asirin, a biographical dictionary of contemporary scholars started by member Abd Allah ibn Khamis .
- Book reviews and critical editing: The forum hosted discussion tracks dedicated to evaluating new book publications and reviewing critical edition methodologies (tahqiq) alongside experienced manuscript editors . It also sponsored the printing of specialized academic monographs, such as Hamzah al-Malibari's Ziyadat al-Thiqah fi Kutub Mustalah al-Hadith in 1425 AH .
- Hadith recital sessions: It was among the earliest internet platforms to announce and organize traditional reading sessions of prophetic hadith collections with recognized transmitters .
Reception
Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith received widespread recognition and praise from contemporary Islamic scholars for its concentrated academic discussions and broad service to students of knowledge . Scholars such as Abd al-Karim al-Khudayr noted the rarity and quality of the scholarly benefits shared on the site, while figures like Nasir al-Umar and Mahir Yasin al-Fahl commended its extensive coverage of hadith analysis and high utility for research .
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List of Works
Liqaat Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith bil-Ulama (Interviews of the Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith Forum with Scholars) is an electronic compilation of written scholarly interviews conducted by the Islamic online forum Multaqa Ahl al-Hadith with contemporary Muslim scholars and specialists. The collection gathers structured sessions addressing diverse Islamic fields, including hadith criticism and terminology, creed, Quranic commentary, jurisprudence, and manuscript editing.