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SheikhMuhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni
محمد علي الصابوني
Personal life
Born1930 (1930)
Aleppo, Syria
Died19 March 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 91)
Yalova, Turkey
NationalitySyrian
Parent
  • Jamil al-Sabuni (father)
Notable work(s)Safwat al-Tafasir
Alma materAl-Azhar University
Religious life
ReligionIslam
MovementMaturidi
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 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.

Works

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.
  • 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 Accessible 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).
  • From Treasures Of The Sunnah (In Arabic: من كنوز السنة).

See also

References

  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.
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