Al-Sayyid Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hashim ibn Ahmad ibn Alawi ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Saqqaf is a contemporary Muslim scholar from the noble Prophetic household, as indicated by the honorific "al-Sayyid," traditionally used for descendants of the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him and his family, through Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra and Imam Ali, may God be pleased with them both. His great-great-grandfather, Sayyid Alawi ibn Ahmad al-Saqqaf, who died in 1335 AH, was the Shafi'i mufti and shaykh of the noble Husayni Ba Alawi sayyids in Mecca.Sayyid Hasan al-Saqqaf is known among serious students of creed and hadith for his critical care, his verification of scholarly heritage, and his examination of Prophetic hadiths, reports, and early scholarly statements. Among his most prominent teachers was the great hadith master Sidi Abdullah ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari, one of the leading hadith scholars of the twentieth century. Shaykh al-Saqqaf follows the Shafi'i school in jurisprudence.His scholarship focuses on Islamic creed, hadith criticism, correcting inherited errors, rejecting extremism, and defending the transcendence of God Most High against corporealism and anthropomorphism. He weighs theological claims through the Noble Quran, the sound Sunnah, sound reason, and the verified statements of recognised scholars of Ahl al-Sunna wa'l-Jama'a. His method is marked by hadith expertise, including knowledge of narrators, chains, subtle defects, and principles of authentication and weakening.A central feature of his work is affirming that God Most High is not a body, is not contained by place or direction, and is not described by limbs, organs, motion, sitting, settling, or any attribute of created beings.Sayyid Hasan al-Saqqaf has authored around 150 works. Among his notable books are Sahih Sharh al-'Aqida al-Tahawiyya, 'Iqd al-Zabarjad al-Nadid, Tanaqudat al-Albani al-Wadihat, Tanqih al-Fuhum al-'Aliya, and al-Tandid bi-man 'Addada al-Tawhid. In this book, he presents Islamic creed in a coherent, evidence-based manner, seeking to clarify, purify, and protect the foundations of faith.