Rifat bin Fawzi Abd al-Muttalib
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Rifat Fawzi Abd al-Muttalib is an Egyptian scholar and professor of Islamic law (Shari'a) at the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum, Cairo University, known for his work in hadith scholarship and the critical editing of classical texts .
Academic Career and Scholarship
Abd al-Muttalib served as a professor in the Department of Islamic Sharia at the Faculty of Dar al-Ulum at Cairo University, where he sat on academic examination committees evaluating graduate dissertations in hadith and Islamic jurisprudence . Within hadith transmission, he held chains of scholarly transmission (isnad), transmitting by authorization (ijaza) through his teacher Muhammad al-Hafiz ibn Abd al-Latif .
His scholarship centered on the history and documentation of hadith literature, including studies such as Kitabat al-Sunna fi Ahd al-Nabi wa al-Sahaba wa Atharuha fi Hifz al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya ("The Writing of the Sunna in the Era of the Prophet and the Companions and Its Impact on Preserving the Prophetic Sunna") . He also prepared critical editions of classical Islamic works, notably editing the foundational legal compendium Kitab al-Umm ("The Mother Book") by al-Shafi'i .
Standing
Abd al-Muttalib attained recognition among academic peers for his scholarly rigor in textual verification (tahqiq), with scholars such as Muwaffaq ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Qadir noting his established reputation in both authorship and manuscript editing .
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List of Works
Tawthiq al-Sunna fi al-Qarn al-Thani al-Hijri: Ususuhu wa-Ittijahatuhu is an academic study examining the methodologies and criteria used by second-century AH scholars to authenticate prophetic traditions. Originally prepared as an academic dissertation, the work investigates the historical mechanisms established during the 2nd century AH to evaluate both chains of transmission (isnad) and textual contents (matn) of hadith, addressing criticisms regarding the reliability and early verification methods of the Sunnah.
Kitabat al-Sunna fi Ahd al-Nabi wa al-Sahaba wa Atharuha fi Hifz al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya is a specialized study in hadith historiography. It examines the historical reality of early hadith recording during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad and the era of the Companions, refuting claims that hadith transmission relied entirely on oral memory until the end of the first century AH.