Harald Motzki (1948–2019) was a German-trained Islamic scholar who wrote on the transmission of hadith. He received his doctorate in Islamic Studies in 1978 from the University of Bonn. He was a professor of Islamic Studies at Nijmegen University (Radboud Universitet Nijmegen) in the Netherlands.

Motzki had been called by fellow scholar of Islam, Christopher Melchert, "the undisputed dean of hadith studies".[1]

Motzki died on February 8, 2019.[2][3]

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  1. ^ Christopher Melchert; Harald Motzki with Nicolet Boeckhoff-van der Voort and Sean Anthony, Analysing Muslim Traditions: Studies in Legal, Exegetical and Maghāzī Ḥadith. J Semit Stud 2012; 57 (2): 436. doi: 10.1093/jss/fgs020
  2. ^ Lange, Christian. "In memoriam Harald Motzki". The Netherlands Interuniversity School for Islamic Studies (NISIS). Facebook. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  3. ^ Elich, Joed; van Vliet, Kathy; Oueslati, Abdurraouf; van der Hoek, Nicolette; van den Boogert, Maurits. "The news of Professor Harald Motzki's death saddens us deeply". Middle East, Islamic, and African Studies - Brill Publishing. Facebook. Retrieved 19 February 2019.

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