Sulayman bin Muhammad al-Dubaykhi
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Sulayman bin Muhammad al-Dubaykhi is a contemporary Saudi academic and scholar specializing in Islamic creed and Hadith studies.
Background and Education
Al-Dubaykhi belongs to the Dubaykhi family, who trace their lineage to an ancestor named Dubaykh and are associated with Buraydah and al-Quway'.
He pursued his graduate studies in Islamic theology, completing his master's degree in the Department of Creed within the College of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. His thesis, titled Ahadith al-Aqida allati yuhim zahiruha al-taarud fi al-Sahihayn ("Hadiths of Creed Whose Apparent Meanings Suggest Contradiction in the Two Sahihs"), was defended on 26 Rabi' al-Awwal 1420 AH and passed with an excellent grade alongside a recommendation for publication. He subsequently served as a lecturer at the Teachers College in Hail.
Al-Dubaykhi earned his doctorate from the Department of Creed in the College of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at the Islamic University of Madinah. His doctoral dissertation, defended on 18 Dhu al-Qi'da 1424 AH, examined problematic theological narrations and was awarded first-class honors with a recommendation for publication.
Scholarly Contributions
Al-Dubaykhi's academic research centers on resolving theological issues and perceived conflicts within the canonical hadith corpus of Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim. In his doctoral work, Ahadith al-Aqida al-mutawahham ishkalūhā fi al-Sahihayn ("Hadiths of Creed Perceived to Be Problematic in the Two Sahihs"), he systematically collected narrations touching on creedal matters whose apparent meanings had raised objections or conceptual difficulties, analyzing them through classical theological and hadith methodologies.
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A contemporary study in Islamic theology and Hadith reconciliation, this work addresses narrations in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim whose apparent meanings suggest contradiction regarding creedal topics. It examines these outwardly conflicting texts, surveys classical scholarly approaches to resolving them, and provides weighted evaluations to reconcile the apparent discrepancies.
This contemporary study of Islamic theology and hadith examines theological narrations in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim whose apparent meanings have been perceived as conceptually difficult or problematic. The work collects these reports, analyzes the nature of their perceived difficulties, and reviews classical scholarship to elucidate their meanings.