Wasi Allah Abbas
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Wasi Allah Abbas (Wasi Allah ibn Muhammad Abbas) is a contemporary scholar of Hadith and textual editor known for his critical editions of classical Hadith and transmitter-criticism texts .
Scholarly Activity
Abbas dedicated much of his scholarly work to the verification and critical editing of primary sources in Hadith and biographical evaluation. He prepared the edition and verification of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal's Fada'il al-Sahabah (The Virtues of the Companions), which was published through the Center for Scientific Research and Revival of Islamic Heritage at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca . He also edited and annotated Ahmad ibn Hanbal's core work on hidden defects and narrator criticism, al-Ilal wa-Ma'rifat al-Rijal (The Defects and Knowledge of Men), in both the recension transmitted by his son Abd Allah and the transmission preserved through Abu Bakr al-Marrudhi and others .
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Ilm Ilal al-Hadith wa Dawruhu fi Hifz al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah (The Science of Hadith Defects and Its Role in Preserving the Prophetic Sunnah) is a specialized treatise on the critical discipline of hidden defects ('ilal) in prophetic traditions.