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Zubair Ali Zai
Zubair Ali Zai (Urdu: زبیر علی زئی; 25 June 1957 – 10 November 2013) was a preacher, theologian, Islamic scholar of ahadith and former merchant marine from Pakistan.[1][2][3] LifeZubair 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 married in 1982 and had three sons (Tahir, Abdullah and Muaz) and four daughters. In addition to his native language of Hindko and Arabic, he was also fluent in English, Urdu, Pashto and Greek, and could read and understand Persian.[4] CareerEducationHafiz Zubair Alizai completed a bachelor's degree and later on two master's degrees, one in Islamic studies in 1983 and another in the Arabic language in 1994 from the University of the Punjab in Lahore. Additionally, he graduated for a fourth time from the Salafi University in Faisalabad. Editing and publishingHafiz Zubair Alizai was, like his former teacher Rashidi, a bibliophile, having amassed a private library of some renown in Hazro, where he spent most of his time. WorksMuch 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. He also authored many books written in Urdu and Arabic. A book named "Noor ul Enain fi Masalate Rafa-ul-Yadain" has a list of all his works.    List of his books (published):
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DeathHafiz Zubair Alizai died on 10 November 2013 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital in Rawalpindi, Pakistan of lung failure.[21][22] See also
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