1980 -محمد مصطفي الاعظمي--

Professor Mohamad Mustafa Al-A’Azami

King Faisal Prize in Islamic Studies 1980 Laureate

Topic: "Studies of the Prophet’s Hadith"

The dangers of the misunderstanding and misinterpretation of texts lead to deform the Islamic pure vision, and hinders the desired Islamic renaissance

Nationality: Saudi Arabia
Born: April 21, 1932, Mau, Republic of India
Professor Mohamad Al-A’azami was awarded the prize for his book Dirasat Fi Al-Hadith Al-Nabawi Wa Tareekh Tadweenih is considered a well-written academic work exploring a commendable scientific effort dedicated to the prophet’s deeds, with the discipline scientific research, defending of the prophet’s Hadiths against orientalists’ discussions and criticism, and exploring their misunderstanding to some Arabic narration, and by that, his book stands ahead in the Hadith history field; his book Sahih Ibn Khuzaimah, which he published and verified is the 2nd most crucial after Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim, in which he tracked Hadiths and their verifications until he produced an effortful scientific book, which confirms his knowledge in Al-Hadith; his project “The Use of Computers in the Service of Hadiths” offered a practical experience in Arabic by using computers in the contemporary studies field, which required a time consuming work.
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