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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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