Nationality Pakistani Jurisprudence Zahiri | Ethnicity Pashtun Name Zubair Zai Died November 10, 2013 | |
Full Name Muhammad Zubair bin Mujaddad Khan | ||
100 questions of engr ali bhai with hafiz zubair ali zai sb hazro attock on 17 june 2009
Hafiz Zubair Ali zai (Urdu: زبیر علی زئي) was a preacher, theologian, Islamic scholar, muhaddith and former merchant marine from Pakistan.
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- 100 questions of engr ali bhai with hafiz zubair ali zai sb hazro attock on 17 june 2009
- Liberary of muhaddith sheikh zubair ali zai rahimahullah
- Life
- Education
- Editing and publishing
- Works
- Hadith referencing
- References
Liberary of muhaddith sheikh zubair ali zai rahimahullah
Life
"Zubair" was from the Pashtun tribe of Alizai, itself a branch of the larger Durrani confederation tracing their descent back to Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire.
Zubair was born in 1957 in the village of Peerdad, near Hazro in the Attock District of Punjab. His father having served two jail sentences for his membership in the Jamaat-e-Islami Islamist political party, Alizai became familiar with corruption and civil strife early on.
Zubair married in 1982 and had three sons and four daughters. He was a polyglot; in addition to his native language of Hindko language and the Arabic language from his graduate study, Alizai was also fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Greek, and can read and understand Persian.
Education
Zubair completed a bachelor's degree and later on two master's degrees, one in Islamic studies in 1983 and another in the Arabic language in 1994 from the University of the Punjab in Lahore. Additionally, Alizai graduated for a fourth time from the Salafi University in Faisalabad.
Editing and publishing
Zubair was, like his former teacher Rashidi, a bibliophile, having amassed a private library of some renown in Hazro, where he spent most of his time.
Works
Much of Zubair's work consists of editing and referencing ancient texts of prophetic tradition and evaluating them according to the Categories of Hadith. Working with Dar us Salam, Ali zai has reviewed the Al-Kutub al-Sittah, considered canonical in Sunni Islam. Besides, he has also authored many of his own books both in Urdu and Arabic