Muḥammad Fu'ād ʿAbd al-Baqī (Mit Helfa, Qalyub, 1882 –

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, 1968) was a prolific Egyptian scholar of Islam, a poet and a translator from French and English. He wrote and compiled many books related to the

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of the Islamic prophet

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As editor, his 1955 Cairo publication provided the standard topical classification of

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. The work was reprinted many times.''Hadith and the Quran'',

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Likewise his 1952-53 publication in 2 volumes provides the standard for Sunan ibn Majah.

Books

His works include: # ''Al-Muʿjam al-Mufahras li-Alfāẓ al-Qur'an al-Karīm'', a thorough concordance of the Qur’ān. # ''Jamīʿa Masaned Saheeh Al-Bukhari'', Bukhārī’s Classified Hadith. # ''Miftāḥ Kunūz al-Sunnah'', 1934, Arabic translation from the English of ARENT JAN WENSINCK's "Handbook of Early Muhammadan Tradition" (Leiden, 1927). # ''Al-Lu'lu wa-al-Marjān'', a collection of ahadith from ''Sahih Al-Bukhari'' and ''Sahih Muslim''. # A translation of ''Al-Muʿjam al-Mufahras'' in the vocabulary of Hadith.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abdul Baqi, Muhammad Fuad 1882 births 1968 deaths 20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Hadith scholars Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam