Asad Muhammad Saeed as-Sagharji (أسعد محمد سعيد الصاغرجي) was a Syrian Islamic scholar specializing in the field of Hanafi Fiqh, who lived in Damascus, Syria.
He was the head Imam of Jamia al-Umawi in Damascus, and was the leading Faqih (jurist) in Syria.
[1] One of the Shaykh’s most prominent teachers was the distinguished Syrian scholar, Al-Shaykh al-Sayyid Ibrahīm al-Ya’qūbī.
The Shaykh was a prolific author and produced a number of notable works, His al-Fiqh al-Hanafiyyah wa Adillatahu is a comprehensive manual in three volumes on the key evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah proving the Hanafi Fiqh.
[2][3][4] Along with the Shaykh’s other works such as Shu’ab al-īmān, Sayyidunā Muhammad Rasūlallāh, Zawjatun-Nabī and Hajj wal-‘Umra,the book is studied in many Arab universities, including the renowned Al-Azhar University in Cairo.