Qasim Ali Saad
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Qasim Ali Saad is a contemporary Islamic scholar and researcher specializing in Hadith studies and biographical literature, known for his reference work Jamharat Tarajim al-Fuqaha al-Malikiyya .
Scholarly Contributions
Saad has contributed to the study of Hadith criticism and traditional biographical historiography. His analytical work Mabahith fi Ilm al-Jarh wa-l-Ta'dil examines the principles, terminology, and methodology of transmitter evaluation within the Hadith tradition .
In biographical research, he published Safahat fi Tarjamat al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi, an addendum to Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf's biographical study of al-Dhahabi, in which he supplemented the earlier scholarship by identifying around forty additional writings by al-Dhahabi . Saad also authored Jamharat Tarajim al-Fuqaha al-Malikiyya, a three-volume biographical compendium published in Dubai that reorganizes, indexes, and documents the entries of al-Qadi Iyad's biographical lexicon Tartib al-Madarik wa-Taqrib al-Masalik .
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Jamharat Tarajim al-Fuqaha al-Malikiyya (Collection of Biographies of Maliki Jurists) is a biographical reference work dedicated to the scholars and jurists of the Maliki school of jurisprudence. Forming the first installment of a broader biographical project, it abridges, refines, documents, and reorganizes the biographical entries compiled by al-Qadi Iyad in Tartib al-Madarik wa-Taqrib al-Masalik, presenting 1,477 biographies in alphabetical order to make them easily accessible and verified for contemporary researchers.