Zubair Ali Zai

Zubair Alizai was from the Pashtun tribe of Alizai, itself a branch of the larger Durrani confederation tracing their descent back to Ahmad Shah Durrani, founder of the Durrani Empire.

He was born in 1957 in the village of Pirdad, near Hazro in the Attock District of Punjab.

He got married in 1982 and had three sons (Tahir, Abdullah Saqib and Muaz) and four daughters. He was a Multilingual (able to speak many languages); in addition to his native language of Hindko language and the Arabic language from his graduate study, He was also fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Greek, and could read and understand Persian.[4]

Much of Hafiz Zubair Alizai's work consists of editing and referencing ancient texts of prophetic tradition and evaluating them according to the Categories of Hadith. Working with Dar us Salam, he has reviewed the Al-Kutub al-Sittah, considered canonical in Sunni Islam. Besides, he has also authored many of his own books both in Urdu and Arabic. He has a book named as "Noor ul Enain fi Masalate Rafa-ul-Yadain" which has list of all his works.

Sunan Arbaha Takhreej by Zubair Ali Zai

Teaching Sunan Abu Dawood - in 2012

In Masjid Nabawi - during his last visit

List of his books (published):

• Anwaarul Sunnan Fi Tahqeeq Aasaarul Sunnan
• Anwaar ul Saheefah Fi Ahadees Zaheefa Min Sunnan e Arba'a[5]
• Tohfatul Aqwiya Fi Tahqeeq Kitabul Zuhafa[6]
• Tahqeeq Tafseer Ibn Kathir [7]
• Tahqeeq Masael Muhammad Ibn Usman Ibn Abi Shaybah [8]
• Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Juzz Ali Bin Muhammad Al-Himyari [9]
• Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Kitabul Arbaʿīn Le Ibn Taymiyyah [10]
• Al-Etihaaf Al-Basim Fi Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Muwatta Imam Malik Riwayatu Ibn ul-Qasim [11]
• Tahqeeq wa Takhreej Hisnul Muslim
• Alfathul Mubeen Fi Tahqeeq Tabqaat Al-Mudaliseen [12]
• Musafaha wa Mohaniqa Ke Ahkaam wa Masael[13]
• Nabi Kareem ﷺ kay Lail wa Nahaar[14]
• Taufeeq Al-Bari Fi Tatbeeq Al-Quran wa Saheeh Al-Bukhari [15]
• Masla Fatiha Khalful Imam[16]
• Juzz Rafahul Yadain[17]
• Fazael Sahaba[18]
• Noorul Enain Fi Masalate Asbaate Rafa-ul-Yadain[19]

Hafiz Zubair Alizai died on the 10th of November 2013 after short admission in Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi, Pakistan and the cause of his death was lung failure.[20][21]

• Imam Bukhari
• Imam Muslim
• Imam Malik
• Imam Shafi
• Imam Ahmad Bin Hanbal
• Imam Ibn Taymiyyah
• Sheikh AlBani