Muwaffaq ibn Abd al-Qadir
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Muwaffaq ibn Abd al-Qadir, also known as Muwaffaq ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Qadir, is a contemporary scholar of Hadith and textual editor who served as an academic at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca.
Academic Career and Scholarly Contribution
Muwaffaq ibn Abd al-Qadir was appointed as an associate professor in the College of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at Umm al-Qura University, and was affiliated with the university's Institute of Arabic Language for Non-Native Speakers. His academic work centered on the study and critical editing of classical manuscripts in Hadith sciences and transmitter criticism (al-jarh wa-al-ta'dil).
Among his major editorial contributions is his critical edition of Su'alat al-Hakim al-Naysaburi li-al-Daraqutni (The Inquiries of al-Hakim al-Naysaburi to al-Daraqutni), a foundational text of narrator evaluations. He also edited al-Daraqutni's biographical dictionary on onomastics, al-Mu'talif wa-al-Mukhtalif (The Congruent and the Divergent). Additionally, he edited Ibn al-Salah's treatise on transmission criticism, Siyanat Sahih Muslim (Safeguarding Sahih Muslim).
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List of Works
al-Mudabbaj wa Riwayat al-Aqran (Mutual Transmission Between Peers and Peer Narration) is a treatise on Hadith terminology and transmission criticism. It investigates the technical nuances, functions, and historical documentation of peer transmissions in Hadith chains (asanid).