Sh. Muntasir Zaman

Areas of Expertise

hadith studies, Islamic Law

Biography

Shaykh Muntasir Zaman graduated from the ʿĀlimiyyah program of the Madrasah ʿArabiyyah Islāmiyyah in South Africa. He then completed the Iftā program and a course specializing in the field of Hadīth.

He holds an MA in Islamic Studies from the Markfield Institute of Higher Education in Leicester, England.

Currently, he is a full-time instructor at the Qalam Institute, teaching advanced Hadīth studies. He writes articles, book reviews, and translations of classical Islamic literature on his website www.hadithnotes.org.

Selected Publications and Work

Zaman, Muntasir. The Textual Integrity of Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī. Qalam Books, 2024. Zaman, Muntasir. The Height of Prophet Adam At the Crossroads of Science & Scripture. Beacon Books, 2022. Zaman, Muntasir. "A ‘Lost’Reading of Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī Reconstructed: A Study of Al-Nasafī’s Recension of the Ṣaḥīḥ." Journal of Islamic Studies (2026): etaf050. Zaman, Muntasir. "Hidden in the Margins: Contesting Legal Authority in Marginal Hadith Glosses." Islamic Law and Society 1, no. aop (2025): 1-33.’ Zaman, Muntasir. "On The Conflict Between Science And Hadith: A Framework For Navigating Epistemological Tensions." Islamic Sciences 17, no. 1/2 (2024): 59.

Selected BIS Teaching

• IRL-521 The Sunnah of the Messenger (Thematic Approach)

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