Zubair Ali Zai

Zubair Ali Zai (Urdu: زبیر علی زئی‎) was a preacher, theologian, Islamic scholar, muhaddith and former merchant marine from Pakistan.

Shaykh, Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai
Title	Al-Hafiz
Other names	Abu Tahir
Personal
Born	Muhammad Zubair (1957-06-25)25 June 1957 Hazro, Punjab, Pakistan
Died	10 November 2013 (2013-11-11) (aged 56) Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
Cause of death	Lung Failure
Resting place	Pirdad, Hazro
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Pakistani
Ethnicity	Pashtun
Denomination	Sunni
Movement	Ahl-i Hadith
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Ilm al-Rijāl
Notable work(s)	Anwaarul Sunnan Fi Tahqeeq Aasaarul Sunnan, Anwaar ul Saheefah Fi Ahadees Zaheefa, Tabqaat Al-Mudaliseen, Kitaabul Zu'afaa, Musnad Humaidi, Muawatta, Mishqaat, Tafsir Ibn Kaseer
Other names	Abu Tahir
Occupation	Hadith scholar
Muslim leader
Influenced by Badee-ud-Deen Shah as-Sindhi
Website	zubairalizai.com

Life

Zubair Alizai was from the Pashtun tribe of Alizai, itself a branch of the larger Durrani confederation tracing their descent back 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 got married in 1982 and had three sons (Tahir, Abdullah Saqib and Muaz) and four daughters. He was a Multilingual (able to speak many languages); in addition to his native language of Hindko language and the Arabic language from his graduate study, He was also fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Greek, and could read and understand Persian.[1]

Career

Education

Hafiz Zubair Alizai 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

Hafiz Zubair Alizai 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 Hafiz Zubair Alizai's 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. Besides, he has also authored many of his own books both in Urdu and Arabic. He has a book named as "Noor ul Enain fi Masalate Rafa-ul-Yadain" which has list of all his works.

Teaching Sunan Abu Dawood - in 2012

In Masjid Nabawi - during his last visit

Hand Writing of Zubair Ali Zai (Sunan Abu Dawood Last Hadith)

List of his books (published):

• Anwaarul Sunnan Fi Tahqeeq Aasaarul Sunnan
• Anwaar ul Saheefah Fi Ahadees Zaheefa Min Sunnan e Arba'a[2]
• Tohfatul Aqwiya Fi Tahqeeq Kitabul Zuhafa[3]
• Tahqeeq Tafseer Ibn Kathir
• Tahqeeq Masael Muhammad Ibn Usman Ibn Abi Shaybah
• Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Juzz Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Humairi
• Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Kitabul Arbaʿīn Le Ibn Taymiyyah
• Al-Etihaaf Al-Basim Fi Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Muwatta Imam Malik Riwayatu Ibn ul-Qasim
• Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Hisnul Muslim
• Alfathul Mubeen Fi Tahqeeq Tabqaat Al-Mudaliseen
• Musafaha wa Mohaniqa Ke Ahkaam wa Masael[4]
• Nabi Kareem ﷺ kay Lail wa Nahaar[5]
• Taufeeq Al-Bari Fi Tatbeeq Al-Quran wa Saheeh Al-Bukhari
• Masla Fatiha Khalful Imam[6]
• Juzz Rafahul Yadain[7]
• Fazael Sahaba[8]
• Noorul Enain Fi Masalate Asbaate Rafa-ul-Yadain[9]

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. ISBN 978-9960-500-11-9
• Sunan ibn Majah of Ibn Majah. Riyadh: Dar us Salam Publications, 2007. 1st Ed. 5 volumes. ISBN 9960-9881-3-9

Death

Hafiz Zubair Alizai died on the 10th of November 2013 after short admission in Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan and the cause of his death was lung failure.[10][11]

References

1. Who is Zubair Alizai, his family, his sons - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Noor-ul-Enain-Rafa-ul-Yadain/#13-5
2. Anwaarul Saheefah (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Anwaar-us-Saheefa-Fee-Ahadees-Zaeefa/
3. Kitabul Zuhafa (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Kitabul-Zuafaa/
4. Musafaha wa Muhaniqa (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/musafaha-wa-mohaniqah-ky-ahkaam-wamasaahil/
5. Nabi Kareem kay Lail wa Nahaar (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Nabi-Kay-Lail-Wa-Nahaar/
6. Fatiha Khalful Imam (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Fatiha-Khalf-ul-Imaam/
7. Juzz Rafahul Yadain (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Juzz-Rafa-ul-Yadain/
8. Fazahil Sahaba (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Fazail-e-Sahaba/
9. Noorul Enain (latest publishing) shared on their official website - https://ishaatulhadith.com/books/pdf/Noor-ul-Enain-Rafa-ul-Yadain/
10. "حافظ زبیر علی زئی کی وفات امت کیلئے عظیم صدمہ ہے، دینی رہنمائوں کا اظہار تعزیت". Nawaiwaqt. 11 November 2013.
11. Damanvi, Abdullah (December 2013). "علامہ حافظ محمد زبیر علی زئیؒ" [Allamah Hafiz Zubair Ali Zai]. Mohaddis Magazine (in Urdu).

See also

• Sheikh AlBani
• Ibn Taymiyyah
• Imam Muslim
• Imam Bukhari
• Imam Shafi
• Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal
• Imam Malik