Sharif al-Tishadi
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Sharif al-Tishadi (fl. 15th century AH / 21st century CE), formally Abu Idris Sharif ibn Salih al-Tishadi al-Misri, is a contemporary hadith scholar and researcher known for his biographical research and manuscript editing in the field of prophetic tradition .
Education and Scholarship
Sharif al-Tishadi studied hadith sciences as an international student at the Faculty of Usul al-Din in Mansoura, Egypt . In the course of his research, he consulted contemporary hadith scholars, including Ahmad Ma'bad 'Abd al-Karim and Abu al-Hasan Mustafa ibn Isma'il al-Sulaymani .
His scholarly output focuses on biographical dictionaries of narrators (tarajim) and critical editions of classical texts. He compiled Rayy al-Zaman bi-Tarajim Shuyukh Ibn Hibban (Quenching the Thirsty: Biographies of the Teachers of Ibn Hibban), completed around Shawwal 1429 AH (2008 CE), in which he gathered, documented, and critically assessed the teachers of the fourth-century hadith master Ibn Hibban across his published works, including an appendix identifying more than sixty teachers not recorded in earlier compilations .
He has also edited classical biographical and genealogical works, such as Ibn Nuqtah's al-Taqyid li-Ma'rifat Ruwat al-Sunan wa-al-Masanid (The Restriction for Knowing the Narrators of the Sunans and Musnads), published in 1435 AH (2014 CE) by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Qatar, and al-Dulabi's al-Dhurriyyah al-Tahirah al-Mutahharah (The Pure Offspring), published in 1439 AH (2018 CE) in Kuwait .
Scholarly Standing
In his foreword to Rayy al-Zaman, Abu al-Hasan al-Sulaymani commended al-Tishadi's methodological rigor, deep engagement with the sciences of hadith transmission, and his dedication to compiling biographical information on earlier scholarly authorities that facilitates hadith criticism for researchers .
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List of Works
Rayy al-Zaman bi-Tarajim Shuyukh Ibn Hibban is a biographical dictionary of hadith transmitters. It compiles comprehensive biographical entries and critical assessments of the direct teachers (shuyukh) of the 4th-century hadith master Ibn Hibban.