Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni

Sheikh
Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni
محمد علي الصابوني
Personal
Born1930 (1930)
Aleppo, Syria
Died19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 91)
Yalova, Turkey
ReligionIslam
NationalitySyrian
Parent
  • Jamil al-Sabuni (father)
MovementAsh'ari/Maturidi
Notable work(s)Safwat al-Tafasir
Alma materAl-Azhar University
ProfessionIslamic Scholar
Writer
Muslim leader
ProfessionIslamic Scholar
Writer

Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni (Arabic: محمد علي الصابوني, romanizedMuḥammad ʿAlī aṣ-Ṣābūnī) (1 January, 1930 – 19 March, 2021) was a prominent Syrian Hanafi[1] scholar.[2] He is probably best known for his Qur'anic exegesis entitled Safwat al-Tafasir (The Elite of Interpretations). He died at the age of 91 in Turkey’s Yalova province.[3]

Works

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Sabuni authored dozens of works in various sciences including:

  • Ṣafwat al-Tafāsīr (Arabic: صفوة التفاسير, lit.'The Choicest of Exegeses'), his most well-known work which condenses and presents conclusions from various classical Sunni Qur'anic exegeses.[4][5]
  • Al-Mawārīth fī al-Sharī‘ah al-Islāmiyyah fī Ḍaw’ al-Kitāb wa-l-Sunnah (Arabic: المواريث في الشريعة الإسلامية في ضوء الكتاب والسنة, lit.'Inheritance in Islamic Law in Light of Scripture and Sunnah'), a juridical work on Islamic inheritance laws.
  • Al-Zawāj al-Islāmī al-Mubakkir Sa‘ādah wa-Ḥaṣānah (Arabic: الزواج الإسلامي المبكر سعادة وحصانة, lit.'Early Islamic Marriage: Felicity and Chastity'), a juridical work addressing contemporary concerns regarding marriage in an attempt to encourage adults to marry earlier.
  • Al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah al-Muṭahharah Qism min al-Waḥy al-Ilāhī al-Munzal (Arabic: السنة النبوية المطهرة قسم من الوحي الإلهي المنزل, lit.'The Pure Prophetic Sunnah is a Portion of Divine Revelation'), a polemical work addressing criticisms about the authority of the sunnah and hadith raised by hadith-skeptical modernists and Qur'anists.
  • Al-Tibyān fī ‘Ulūm al-Qur’ān (Arabic: التبيان في علوم القرآن, lit.'An Elucidation of the Qur'anic Sciences'), a collection of lecture notes on Qur'anic sciences covering topics such as the revelation, compilation, and exegetical tradition of the Qur'an.
  • Āmantu bi-llāh (Arabic: آمنت بالله, lit.'I Believe in God'), a creedal work presenting various proof texts in support of orthodox Sunni positions on Islamic eschatalogical theology.
  • Rawā’i‘ al-Bayān fī Tafsīr Āyāt al-Aḥkām
  • Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn (Arabic: شرح رياض الصالحين, lit.'Commentary on the Gardens of the Righteous'), a commentary on the hadith work Riyad al-Salihin by al-Nawawi.
  • Qabs min Nūr al-Qur’ān al-Karīm (Arabic: قبس من نور القرآن الكريم, lit.'A Firebrand of Light from the Holy Qur'an')
  • Mawsū‘at al-Fiqh al-Shar‘ī al-Muyassar (Arabic: موسوعة الفقه الشرعي الميسر, lit.'A Simplified Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence')
  • Tafsīr al-Wāḍiḥ al-Muyassar (Arabic: التفسير الواضح الميسر, lit.'The Clear and Accesible Exegesis')
  • Al-Mahdī al-Nabawī al-Ṣaḥīḥ fī Ṣalāt al-Tarāwīḥ (Arabic: المهدي النبوي الصحيح في صلاة التراويح, lit.'The Correct Prophetic Guidance on Tarawih Prayers')
  • Al-Nubuwwah wa-l-Anbiyā’ (Arabic: النبوة والأنبياء, lit.'Prophethood and Prophets')
  • Mawqif al-Sharī‘ah al-Gharrā’ min Nikāḥ al-Mut‘ah (Arabic: موقف الشريعة الغراء من نكاح المتعة, lit.'The Resplendent Shariah's Stance on Temporary Marriage')
  • Risālah fī Ḥukm al-Taṣwīr (Arabic: رسالة في حكم التصوير, lit.'A Treatise on the Ruling on Photography')
  • Al-Mahdī wa-Ashrāṭ al-Sā‘ah (Arabic: المهدي وأشراط الساعة, lit.'The Mahdi and the Signs of the Hour')
  • Al-Shubuhāt wa-l-Abāṭīl ḥawl Ta‘addud Zawjat al-Rasūl (Arabic: الشبهات والأباطيل حول تعدد زوجات الرسول, lit.'Abstrusities and Calumnies around the Polygyny of the Messenger')
  • Muktasar tafsir Ibn Kathir, (in Arabic: مختصر تفسير ابن كثير).[6]
  • From Treasures Of The Sunnah (In Arabic: من كنوز السنة).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "وفاة الشيخ محمد علي الصابوني.. مفسر العصر الذي تعلم في الأزهر". صدى البلد (in Arabic). 20 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. ووفقا لموقعه الرسمي، هو مفسر العصر العلامة، أبو أيمن محمَّد علي بن العالم الفاضل الشيخ محمَّد جميل بن علي الصابوني الحنفي الحلبي
  2. ^ "The death of the scholar Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni, the author of the "elite of interpretations" … describing Assad as a "muslemah the liar," and this is what he said about Erdogan – A nation is tweeting out of tune". primetimezone.com. 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ilke News Agency". ilkha.com. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  4. ^ Arabic: Safwat Al-Tafasir (3 Volume Set) By Muhammad Ali Sabuni.
  5. ^ "كتاب صفوة التفاسير - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  6. ^ "كتاب مختصر تفسير ابن كثير - المكتبة الشاملة". shamela.ws. Retrieved 14 February 2023.