Ahmad Shakir

Ahmad Muhammad Shakir of Cairo, judge in Egypt's shari'a courts, was a leading hadith scholar of the modern era. His editions set new standards: ash-Shafi'i's ar-Risala, part of Jami' at-Tirmidhi, and Musnad Ahmad with his grading of each hadith, which he did not live to finish. He also abridged Tafsir Ibn Kathir as 'Umdat at-Tafsir.