Dr Zeeshan Chaudri
Research Scholar in Hadith

Email: z.chaudri@ibnrushdcentre.org

(Currently) Ph.D. in the Department of Religions, SOAS Area of study:An inter-comparative study of early Deobandi thought
M. A. Islamic Jurisprudence, Newman University Birmingham
‘Alimiyyah program, Imam Zakariya Academy, London

Current Research Projects
1. Analysis of the early text ‘al-Hujjah ‘ala Ahl al-Madinah’ with a comparison of later books of
Usul and Dala’il.
2. The Idea of Taqsim al-Dar in later 18 th -early 19 th century India with a focus on the Deobandi
reaction

He is currently working on the translation and commentary of the al-Mabadi fi ‘Ulum al-Hadith by the great Hadith scholar of the Indian-subcontinent Shabbir Ahmed Uthmani.

PAPERS PRESENTED IN THE SEMINAR AND CONFERENCES

1. Deobandi interaction with Wahhabism, University of
Exeter, 6 th June, 2017
2. Setting a benchmark for British Dar al-‘Ulums, MIHE,
18 TH October 2017

RESEARCH INTEREST
 Islamic jurisprudence
 Theology
 Qur’anic studies
 Hadith Studies
 Contemporary Muslim Movements, Thoughts and Groups

TEACHING INTEREST
Theology, Sciences of Hadith, Hanafi fiqh, Usūl al-Fiqh, Contemporary Islamic movements