Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni
Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni (Muḥammad ʿAlī aṣ-Ṣābūnī) (1 January, 1930 – 19 March, 2021) was a prominent Syrian Hanafi scholar. 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.
Also recorded as Muḥammad ʿAlī Ṣābūnī
Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni
- Name
- Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni
- Education
- Al-Azhar University
- Born
- 1930
- Birthplace
- Aleppo, Syria
- Died
- 19 March 2021
- Place of death
- Yalova, Turkey
- Occupation
- Islamic Scholar Writer
- Movement
- Maturidi
- Nationality
- First Syrian Republic · Second Syrian Republic · United Arab Republic
- Fields
- tafsir · hadith · Qur’an
- Movements
- Ash'ari
- Teachers
- Mohammed Saeed Al-Idlibi · Ṭabbākh and Muḥammad Rāghib
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Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni (Muḥammad ʿAlī aṣ-Ṣābūnī) (1 January, 1930 – 19 March, 2021) was a prominent Syrian Hanafi scholar. 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.
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Biography
Biography
Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni studied at Faculty of Sharia and Law Al-Azhar University Cairo Branch. Training under Mohammed Saeed Al-Idlibi and Ṭabbākh, Muḥammad Rāghib is recorded. The recorded working language is Arabic. The field of work recorded is tafsir, hadith and Qur’an. Employment is recorded with Umm al-Qura University and Al-Masjid Al-Haram. Positions recorded include scholar and muhaddith. Works named in the authority record are Safwat al-Tafasir.
Key facts
Key facts
• Honorific Prefix — Sheikh • Name — Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni • Native Name — محمد علي الصابوني • Religion — Islam • Education — Al-Azhar University • Born — 1930 • Birthplace — Aleppo, Syria • Died — 19 March 2021 • Place of death — Yalova, Turkey • Father — Jamil al-Sabuni • Notable Works — Safwat al-Tafasir • Occupation — Islamic Scholar Writer • Movement — Maturidi
Works
Works
Sabuni authored dozens of works in various sciences including: • Ṣafwat al-Tafāsīr (4=The Choicest of Exegeses), his most well-known work which condenses and presents conclusions from various classical Sunni Qur'anic exegeses. • Al-Mawārīth fī al-Sharī‘ah al-Islāmiyyah fī Ḍaw’ al-Kitāb wa-l-Sunnah (4=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 (4=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 (4=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 (4=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 (4=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 (4=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 (4=A Firebrand of Light from the Holy Qur'an) • Mawsū‘at al-Fiqh al-Shar‘ī al-Muyassar (4=A Simplified Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence) • Tafsīr al-Wāḍiḥ al-Muyassar (4=The Clear and Accessible Exegesis) • Al-Mahdī al-Nabawī al-Ṣaḥīḥ fī Ṣalāt al-Tarāwīḥ (4=The Correct Prophetic Guidance on Tarawih Prayers) • Al-Nubuwwah wa-l-Anbiyā’ (4=Prophethood and Prophets) • Mawqif al-Sharī‘ah al-Gharrā’ min Nikāḥ al-Mut‘ah (4=The Resplendent Shariah's Stance on Temporary Marriage) • Risālah fī Ḥukm al-Taṣwīr (4=A Treatise on the Ruling on Photography) • Al-Mahdī wa-Ashrāṭ al-Sā‘ah (4=The Mahdi and the Signs of the Hour) • Al-Shubuhāt wa-l-Abāṭīl ḥawl Ta‘addud Zawjat al-Rasūl (4=Abstrusities and Calumnies around the Polygyny of the Messenger) • Muktasar tafsir Ibn Kathir, (in Arabic: مختصر تفسير ابن كثير). • From Treasures Of The Sunnah (In Arabic: من كنوز السنة).
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Aleppo.
Birth place
Yalova.
Death place
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- 1.وفاة الشيخ محمد علي الصابوني. مفسر العصر الذي تعلم في الأزهر. صدى البلد. 20 March 2021.
- 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.
- 4.Arabic: Safwat Al-Tafasir (3 Volume Set) By Muhammad Ali Sabuni.
- 5.كتاب صفوة التفاسير - المكتبة الشاملة. shamela.ws.
- 6.كتاب مختصر تفسير ابن كثير - المكتبة الشاملة. shamela.ws.
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