Saad al-Hamid
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Saad al-Hamid (b. 1374 AH / 1954–1955 CE) is a Saudi scholar of hadith and an assistant professor in the College of Education at King Saud University.
Background and education
Abu Abd Allah Saad ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Humayd belongs to the al-Wahaba branch of the Banu Tamim tribe, with his family originating from the town of Ushayqir in the al-Washm region northwest of Riyadh. He was born in 1374 AH (1954/1955 CE) in Ta'if and raised in a religious family. After completing his primary and intermediate schooling in Riyadh, he enrolled in the electrical department at the Royal Technical Institute and graduated from it.
Developing a strong interest in Islamic scholarship, al-Hamid altered his educational path, completing his general secondary schooling through an accelerated three-years-in-one system. He then entered Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, graduating in 1402 AH (1981/1982 CE) from the Department of Sunnah and Its Sciences within the Faculty of Usul al-Din. He commenced his postgraduate studies at the same institution in 1403 AH, obtaining a master's degree in 1407 AH (1986/1987 CE) with a critical edition of the second volume of al-Dhahabi's abridgment of the Mustadrak of al-Hakim al-Naysaburi (Mukhtasar Istidrak al-Hafiz al-Dhahabi 'ala Mustadrak Abi 'Abd Allah al-Hakim). He continued in the doctoral program from 1408 AH and defended his dissertation in 1413 AH (1992/1993 CE), producing a study and edition of the Sunan of Sa'id ibn Mansur from the beginning of its Quranic commentary and virtues of the Quran sections to the end of Surat al-Ma'ida.
Career
Al-Hamid worked as a judicial researcher at the Ministry of Justice beginning in 1403 AH (1982/1983 CE). In 1409 AH (1988/1989 CE), he transitioned to higher education, joining King Saud University as a lecturer in the College of Education, where he was appointed an assistant professor in 1413 AH (1992/1993 CE).
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List of Works
Durus fi Sharh al-Bayquniyya (Lessons on the Commentary of al-Bayquniyya) is an instructional commentary on al-Manzuma al-Bayquniyya, the classical didactic poem on hadith terminology composed by al-Bayquni. Comprising a single-volume transcription of educational lessons, the work explains the foundational principles and technical nomenclature of hadith sciences.