Ahmad Muhammad Shakir

Muslim scholar
Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir
Born (1892-01-29)January 29, 1892
Died June 14, 1958(1958-06-14) (aged 66)
Region Cairo, Egypt
Religion Islam
Main interest(s) Hadith

Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir (Arabic: أحمد محمد شاكر ) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian scholar of hadith. He is the son of Mahmud Shakir, an ulama of Al-Azhar University and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir, a writer and journalist.

Positions held

He graduated from and worked at Al-Azhar University and retired in 1951. Among the positions that he held was that of vice-chairman of the Supreme Shariah Court in Cairo.

Works

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