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Zubayr Ali Za'i زبیر علی زئی | |
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| Title | Al-Muhaddith al-'Asr |
| Personal life | |
| Born | (1957-06-25)25 June 1957 |
| Died | 10 November 2013 (2013-11-11) (aged 56) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Lung failure |
| Resting place | Pirdad, Hazro |
| Region | Punjab |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith,Ilm al-Rijāl |
| Notable work(s) | Anwar al Sunan Fi Tahqiq Aasar il Sunan,Anwaar ul Saheefah Fi Ahadees Zaheefa,Tabqaat Al-Mudaliseen,Kitaabul Zu'afaa,Musnad Humaidi,Muawatta,Mishqaat,Tafsir Ibn Kaseer, "Maqalat", "Fatawa ilmiya" |
| Other names | Abu Tahir |
| Occupation | Muhaddith,Faqih,Historiographer |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Ahl-i Hadith |
| Creed | Athari |
| Movement | Salafism |
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| Website | zubairalizai |
Zubayr Ali Za'i[a] (25 June 1957 – 10 November 2013) was a PakistaniIslamic scholar and was considered a leadingAhl-i HadithSalafi scholar ofPakistan.[1]
Zubayr Ali Za'i was from thePashtun tribe ofAli Za'i, itself a branch of the largerDurrani confederation, tracing their lineage toAhmad Shah Durrani, founder of theDurrani Empire.[2][1][3]
He was born in 1957 in the village of Pirdad, nearHazro in theAttock District ofPunjab.
He married in 1982 and had three sons (Tahir, Abdullah and Muaz) and four daughters. In addition to his native language ofHindko andArabic, he was also fluent inEnglish,Urdu,Pashto andGreek, and could read and understandPersian.[4]
Ali Za'i completed a bachelor's degree and later on two master's degrees, one inIslamic studies in 1983 and another in theArabic language in 1994 from theUniversity of the Punjab inLahore. Additionally, he graduated for a fourth time from the Salafi University inFaisalabad.
Ali Za'i was, like his former teacher Rashidi, abibliophile, having amassed aprivate library of some renown in Hazro, where he spent most of his time.
Much of Ali Za'i work consists of editing and referencing ancient texts of prophetic tradition and evaluating them according to theCategories of Hadith. Working with Dar us Salam, he has reviewed theAl-Kutub al-Sittah, considered canonical in Sunni Islam. He also authored many books written in Urdu and Arabic. A book named "Noor ul Enain fi Masalate Rafa-ul-Yadain" has a list of all his works.
List of his books (published):
Ali Za'i died on 10 November 2013, atBenazir Bhutto Hospital inRawalpindi, of lung failure.[21][22]
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