A Brief Introduction to the Hadith Scholar of the Era, Shaykh Zubair Ali Za’i (may Allah have mercy on him)
[From the Shaykh’s Own Pen]Name:
Hafiz Zubair Ali Za’i
(son of Majd Dukhan, son of Dost Muhammad Khan, son of Jahangir Khan Ali Za’i)
Date and Place of Birth:
25 June 1957
(Hazro, District Attock)
Education
① Graduate of Jamia Muhammadiyah, Gujranwala
② Graduate of Wifaq al-Madaris al-Salafiyyah, Faisalabad
③ MA Arabic (University of the Punjab)
④ MA Islamic Studies (University of the Punjab)
Some of His Teachers
① Mawlana ‘Ataullah Hanif Bhojani (may Allah have mercy on him, d. 1408 AH)
② Mawlana Abu al-Qasim Muhibbullah Shah al-Rashidi al-Sindhi (may Allah have mercy on him, d. 1415 AH)
③ Mawlana Abu Muhammad Badi‘ al-Din Shah al-Rashidi al-Sindhi (may Allah have mercy on him, d. 1416 AH)
④ Mawlana Abu al-Fadl Fayz al-Rahman al-Thawri (may Allah have mercy on him, d. 1417 AH)
⑤ Mawlana Abu al-Rijal Allah Datta al-Suhadrawi (may Allah have mercy on him, d. 1422 AH)
⑥ Mawlana Hafiz ‘Abd al-Hamid Azhar (may Allah preserve him), and others
Male Children
① Tahir
② ‘Abdullah
③ Mu‘adh
Urdu Works
① Ikhtisar ‘Ulum al-Hadith by Ibn Kathir - translation and verification (published)
② Akazib Aal-e-Deoband
③ Al-Ta’sis fi Mas’alah al-Tadlis (Research Articles, Volume One)
④ Al-Qawl al-Sahih fima Tawatar fi Nuzul ‘Isa (Articles, Volume One)
⑤ Al-Qawl al-Matin fi al-Jahr bi al-Ta’min (published, reprinted)
⑥ Al-Kawakib al-Durriyyah (Issue of Reciting al-Fatihah Behind the Imam - published, reprinted)
⑦ Anwar al-Tariq fi Radd Zulumat Faysal al-Haliq (Articles, Volume Four)
⑧ The Ruling on Praying Behind an Innovator (published)
⑨ Verification and translation of Ithbat ‘Adhab al-Qabr by al-Bayhaqi
⑩ Research, reformative, and scholarly articles - Volumes One, Two, Three, and Four (published)
⑪ Takhrij of Ahadith al-Rasul by Nik Trah
⑫ Takhrij, verification, and translation of Juz’ Raf‘ al-Yadayn (published)
⑬ Takhrij of Riyad al-Salihin
⑭ Takhrij of Fatawa Islamiyyah
⑮ Takhrij of Salah al-Nabawi
⑯ Translation, verification, and notes on Mishkat al-Masabih - Book of Faith
⑰ Translation of Shi‘ar Ashab al-Hadith by al-Hakim al-Kabir (Research Articles, Volume Two)
⑱ Translation and verification of Athar al-Sunan
⑲ Tashil al-Wusul
⑳ A research review on the number of rak‘ahs of Qiyam Ramadan (published)
㉑ Talkhis al-Ahadith al-Mutawatirah (manuscript)
㉒ Tawdih al-Ahkam / Scholarly Fatawa, Volumes One and Two (published)
㉓ Tawfiq al-Bari fi Tatbiq al-Qur’an wa Sahih al-Bukhari - a response to Ahmad Sa‘id Multani (published)
㉔ The Path to Paradise (published)
㉕ Day and Night of the Pilgrim - translation, verification, and notes (published)
㉖ The Issue of Taqlid in Religion (published)
㉗ Sayf al-Jabbar
㉘ Sharh Hadith Jibril - translation, verification, and notes (published)
㉙ A Scholarly Review of Objections Against Sahih al-Bukhari (Defense of Sahih al-Bukhari)
㉚ Innovations in Acts of Worship and Their Refutation Through the Sunnah (translation and verification)
㉛ A Mention of Some Liars of the Present Era (manuscript)
㉜ Virtues of Sending Salawat - translation and verification (published)
㉝ The Pursuit of Master Amin Okarvi (published)
㉞ Monthly al-Hadith, Hazro (published continuously every month since June 2004)
Seven volumes have been published, and the eighth volume is ongoing
㉟ A Concise Sahih Description of the Prophet’s Prayer (published)
㊱ Muwatta’ Imam Malik - narration of Ibn al-Qasim (translation, verification, and notes, published)
㊲ The Day and Night of the Noble Prophet ﷺ (translation and verification of Kitab al-Anwar by al-Baghawi)
㊳ Nasr al-Bari fi Tahqiq wa Tarjamat Juz’ al-Qira’ah li al-Bukhari (published)
㊴ Nasr al-Ma‘bud fi al-Radd ‘ala Sultan Mahmud (published, Research Articles Volume Two)
㊵ The Ruling and Placement of Folding the Hands in Prayer (published)
㊶ Nur al-‘Aynayn fi Ithbat Raf‘ al-Yadayn (this latest edition is the authoritative one)
㊷ Nur al-Qamarayn (e-book, published at the end of Nur al-‘Aynayn after revision)
㊸ Nur al-Masabih (published)
㊹ Hadiyyat al-Muslimin (published by Maktabah Islamiyyah, Lahore/Faisalabad)
㊺ Journey to Yemen (Articles, Volume Two)
Arabic Works
㊻ Adwa’ al-Masabih fi Tahqiq Mishkat al-Masabih (manuscript)
㊼ Al-Asanid al-Sahihah fi Akhbar al-Imam Abi Hanifah (manuscript)
㊽ Anwar al-Sabil fi Mizan al-Jarh wa al-Ta‘dil (manuscript)
㊾ Anwar al-Sunan fi Takhrij wa Tahqiq Athar al-Sunan (manuscript)
㊿ Anwar al-Sahifah fi al-Ahadith al-Da‘ifah (published)
51. Tuhfat al-Aqwiya’ fi Tahqiq Kitab al-Du‘afa’ (published)
52. Verification and takhrij of Tafsir Ibn Kathir (published)
53. Verification of the issues of Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah
54. Verification and takhrij of Ithbat ‘Adhab al-Qabr by al-Bayhaqi (manuscript)
55. Verification and takhrij of Bulugh al-Maram
56. Verification and takhrij of Juz’ ‘Ali ibn Muhammad al-Humayri (published)
57. Verification and takhrij of Sunan al-Tirmidhi (manuscript)
58. Verification and takhrij of Kitab al-Arba‘in by Ibn Taymiyyah (manuscript)
59. Verification and takhrij of Musnad al-Humaydi (manuscript)
60. Verification and takhrij of Manaqib ‘Ali, al-Husayn, and their mother Fatimah al-Zahra’ (manuscript)
61. Verification and takhrij of Muwatta’ Imam Malik, narration of Yahya ibn Yahya (manuscript)
62. Takhrij of al-Anwar fi Shama’il al-Nabi al-Mukhtar (manuscript)
63. Takhrij of al-Nihayah fi al-Fitan wa al-Malahim (detailed, manuscript)
64. Takhrij of the hadiths of Minhaj al-Muslim (manuscript)
65. Takhrij of Juz’ Raf‘ al-Yadayn by al-Bukhari (manuscript)
66. Takhrij of Shi‘ar Ashab al-Hadith by Abu Ahmad al-Hakim (manuscript)
67. Takhrij of Kitab al-Jihad by Ibn Taymiyyah (manuscript)
68. Takhrij of al-Nihayah fi al-Fitan wa al-Malahim (abridged, manuscript)
69. Verification and takhrij of al-Mu‘jam al-Saghir by al-Tabarani (incomplete)
70. Tashil al-Hajah fi Tahqiq wa Takhrij Sunan Ibn Majah (manuscript)
71. Al-Taqbil wa al-Mu‘anaqah by Ibn al-A‘rabi - verification and takhrij (manuscript)
72. Talkhis al-Kamil by Ibn ‘Adi (manuscript)
73. Al-Siraj al-Munir fi Takhrij Tafsir Ibn Kathir (lost)
74. Sahih al-Tafasir (incomplete, manuscript)
75. Al-‘Aqd al-Tamam fi Tahqiq al-Sirah by Ibn Hisham (manuscript)
76. ‘Umdat al-Masa‘i fi Tahqiq wa Takhrij Sunan al-Nasa’i (manuscript)
77. Al-Fath al-Mubin fi Tahqiq Tabaqat al-Mudallisin (published)
78. Fadl al-Islam by Shaykh Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahhab (takhrij, unpublished)
79. Fi Zilal al-Sunnah / al-Hadith wa Fiqhihi (published in Siyahat al-Ummah, Islamabad)
80. Kalam al-Daraqutni fi Sunanihi fi Asma’ al-Rijal (manuscript)
81. Nayl al-Maqsud fi Tahqiq wa Takhrij Sunan Abi Dawud (manuscript)
82. Verification and takhrij of Hisn al-Muslim (published)
وما توفيقي إلا بالله عليه توكلت وإليه أنيب
“And my success is only by Allah. Upon Him I rely, and to Him I turn.”
(10 March 2011)
