Shaykh Mustafa al-A‘zami was one of the leading Islamic scholars of the modern age, with numerous works in Arabic and English (with an emphasis on Hadith). His initial Islamic studies were at Darul Ulum Deoband, India. After obtaining a Master’s degree at al-Azhar University, Egypt, he successfully completed a PhD at the University of Cambridge on the subject of Hadith. Thereafter he held various lectureships at the universities of Oxford, Princeton, Michigan and Colorado, amongst others. He later taught in universities in Saudi Arabia, and was granted Saudi citizenship. He was the recipient of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies in 1980 for his contribution to Hadith studies. He passed away in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 20 December 2017.
Speakers and Topics:
Shaykh Akram Nadwi, ‘The Distinction of Shaykh Mustafa al-A‘zami’
Ustadh Imtiyaz Damiel, ‘Reflections on 15 Years in the Company of Shaykh al-A‘zami in Saudi Arabia’
Ustadh Sohaib Saeed, PhD, ‘The Contribution of Shaykh al-A‘zami to Quranic Studies’
Andrew Booso, ‘Shaykh Mustafa al-A‘zami in Western Academia’
