Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (Arabic: أحمد محمد شاكر, romanized: Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of Al-Azhar University[2][3] and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir,[4] a writer and journalist.
Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir | |
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Born | January 29, 1892 |
Died | June 14, 1958 | (aged 66)
Religion | Islam |
Region | Cairo, Egypt |
Denomination | Sunni Salafi |
Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
Creed | Athari[citation needed] |
Main interest(s) | Hadith |
Muslim leader | |
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As editor, Shākir's Cairo publication, from 1937 in 5 volumes, provided the standard topical classification of the hadith Arabic text for Sunan at-Tirmidhi. The work was subject to many reprints.[5]
He graduated from and worked at Al-Azhar University and retired in 1951.[citation needed] Among the positions that he held was that of vice-chairman of the Supreme Shariah Court in Cairo.[citation needed]