Ahmad Muhammad Shakir

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 and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir, a writer and journalist.

Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir
Personal
Born(1892-01-29)January 29, 1892
DiedJune 14, 1958(1958-06-14) (aged 66)
ReligionIslam
RegionCairo, Egypt
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
CreedAthari
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.

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