Following is a must watch lecture by Shaykh/Dr Akram Nadwi on Women Hadith Scholars. He was recently in the States , hosted by Shaykh Noman Baig from California. MashAllah he dedicated his last 15 years of his life sincerely researching the lives of women hadith scholars. This research and effort translated into 53 volumes covering over 9000 women hadith scholars. Uncle GulamHusein , would love your feedback and analysis of this lecture. Below is his biography: Shaykh Mohammad Akram Nadwi is an Islamic scholar from the Indian city of Jaunpur and a graduate of the world renowned Nadwatul Ulama (India) where he studied and taught Shariah. Shaykh Akram is a Muhaddith of the highest calibre who has specialised in Ilm ul Rijal [the study of the narrators of Hadith]. He has Ijaza (licenses) from over 600 scholars, many of them the most renowned scholars of our time including Shaykh Abul Hasan Ali Al-Nadwi, Shaykh Abdul-Fattah Abu Ghuddah, Shaykh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, Sayyid Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki, Shaykh Muhammad Sa’id Ramadhan Al-Buti, Sheikh al-Kattani and Sheikh al-Ghumari. Shaykh Akram Nadwi has a doctorate in Arabic Language and has authored and translated over 25 titles on Language, Jurisprudence, Qur’an and Hadith. In May 2010, he completed a monumental 40-volume work on the lives of female scholars of Hadith in Islamic History. Also now available in English is Madrasah Life (2007) the translation (from Urdu) of his personal memoir of a student’s day at Nadwat al-Ulama. His al-Fiqh al-Islami vol1 published by Angelwing Media is an original compilation of the fiqh (the codified legal rulings) of Imam Abu Hanifah and his school. For the first time in the English language, the detailed rulings of this school are presented together with the evidence on which they are based; every argument is fully and carefully referenced. Also, the author has taken present day circumstances into consideration, making al-Fiqh al-Islami the first authentic, reliable and relevant account of Hanafi practice in the English language. Volume 2 covering Zakah, Fasting and Hajj has also now been published. Shaykh Akram is the recipient of the Allama Iqbal prize for contribution to Islamic thought. As a leading scholar steeped in traditional Islamic learning and in modern academia, Shaykh Akram is a former research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, Oxford University
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