Zubayr 'Ali Za'i
'''Zubayr Ali Za'i'''
Life
Zubayr Ali Za'i was from the Pashtun tribe of Ali Za'i, itself a branch of the larger Durrani confederation, tracing their lineage to Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire.He was born in 1957 in the village of Pirdad, near Hazro in the Attock District of Punjab.
He married in 1982 and had three sons and four daughters. In addition to his native language of Hindko and Arabic, he was also fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Greek, and could read and understand Persian.
Career
Education
Ali Za'i 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, he graduated for a fourth time from the Salafi University in Faisalabad.Editing and publishing
Ali Za'i 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 Ali Za'i 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, he has reviewed the Al-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 :Anwar al Sunan Fi Tahqiq Aasar il Sunan Anwaar ul Saheefah Fi Ahadees Zaheefa Min Sunnan e Arba'aTohfatul Aqwiya Fi Tahqeeq Kitabul ZuhafaTahqeeq Tafseer Ibn KathirTahqeeq Masael Muhammad Ibn Usman Ibn Abi ShaybahTahqeeq wa Takhreej Juzz Ali Bin Muhammad Al-HimyariTahqeeq wa Takhreej Kitabul Arbaʿīn Le Ibn TaymiyyahAl-Etihaaf Al-Basim Fi Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Muwatta Imam Malik Riwayatu Ibn ul-QasimTahqeeq wa Takhreej Hisnul MuslimAlfathul Mubeen Fi Tahqeeq Tabqaat Al-MudaliseenMusafaha wa Mohaniqa Ke Ahkaam wa MasaelNabi Kareem ﷺ kay Lail wa NahaarTaufeeq Al-Bari Fi Tatbeeq Al-Quran wa Saheeh Al-BukhariMasla Fatiha Khalful ImamJuzz Rafahul YadainFazael Sahaba
- ''Noorul Enain Fi Masalate Asbaate Rafa-ul-Yadain''
Hadith referencing
- Sahih Muslim of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. Riyadh: Dar us Salam Publications, 2007. 1st Ed. 7 volumes.
- Jami' at-Tirmidhi of Muhammad ibn 'Isa at-Tirmidhi. Riyadh: Dar us Salam Publications, 2007. 6 volumes.
- Al-Sunan al-Sughra of Al-Nasa'i. Riyadh: Dar us Salam Publications, 2008. 6 volumes.
- Sunan Abu Dawood of Abu Dawood. Riyadh: Dar us Salam Publications, 2008. 1st Ed. 5 volumes. Translated by Yasir Qadhi.
- Sunan ibn Majah of Ibn Majah. Riyadh: Dar us Salam Publications, 2007. 1st Ed. 5 volumes.