Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni

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'''Muhammad 'Ali al-Sabuni''' ({{langx|ar|محمد علي الصابوني|Muḥammad ʿAlī aṣ-Ṣābūnī}}) (1 January, 1930 – 19 March, 2021) was a prominent [[Syrian]] [[Hanafi]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.elbalad.news/4743726|title=وفاة الشيخ محمد علي الصابوني.. مفسر العصر الذي تعلم في الأزهر|language=Arabic|newspaper=صدى البلد|date=20 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407014405/https://www.elbalad.news/4743726|archive-date= 7 April 2021|quote=ووفقا لموقعه الرسمي، هو مفسر العصر العلامة، أبو أيمن محمَّد علي بن العالم الفاضل الشيخ محمَّد جميل بن علي الصابوني '''الحنفي''' الحلبي}}</ref> scholar.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://primetimezone.com/world/gulf-news/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-tweet/ |title=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 |website=primetimezone.com |date=19 March 2021 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ilke News Agency |url=https://ilkha.com/english/analysis/one-of-prominent-islamic-scholars-al-sabuni-dies-at-age-of-91-12326 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=ilkha.com}}</ref>

== Works == Sabuni authored dozens of works in various sciences including:

*''[[Safwat al-Tafasir|Ṣafwat al-Tafāsīr]]'' ({{Langx|ar|صفوة التفاسير|4=The Choicest of Exegeses|rtl=yes}}), his most well-known work which condenses and presents conclusions from various classical Sunni Qur'anic exegeses.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://onlineislamicbook.com/arabic-safwat-al-tafasir-3-volume-set-by-muhammad-ali-sabuni/ |title=Arabic: Safwat Al-Tafasir (3 Volume Set) By Muhammad Ali Sabuni |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=كتاب صفوة التفاسير - المكتبة الشاملة |url=https://shamela.ws/book/8967 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=shamela.ws}}</ref> *''Al-Mawārīth fī al-Sharī‘ah al-Islāmiyyah fī Ḍaw’ al-Kitāb wa-l-Sunnah'' ({{Langx|ar|المواريث في الشريعة الإسلامية في ضوء الكتاب والسنة|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'' ({{Langx|ar|الزواج الإسلامي المبكر سعادة وحصانة|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'' ({{Langx|ar|السنة النبوية المطهرة قسم من الوحي الإلهي المنزل|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'' ({{Langx|ar|التبيان في علوم القرآن|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'' ({{Langx|ar|آمنت بالله|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 ({{Langx|ar|شرح رياض الصالحين|4=Commentary on the Gardens of the Righteous}}), a commentary on the hadith work [[The Meadows of the Righteous|Riyad al-Salihin]] by [[al-Nawawi]]. *''Qabs min Nūr al-Qur’ān al-Karīm'' ({{Langx|ar|قبس من نور القرآن الكريم|4=A Firebrand of Light from the Holy Qur'an}}) *''Mawsū‘at al-Fiqh al-Shar‘ī al-Muyassar'' ({{Langx|ar|موسوعة الفقه الشرعي الميسر|4=A Simplified Encyclopedia of Islamic Jurisprudence}}) *''Tafsīr al-Wāḍiḥ al-Muyassar'' ({{Langx|ar|التفسير الواضح الميسر|4=The Clear and Accessible Exegesis}}) *''Al-Mahdī al-Nabawī al-Ṣaḥīḥ fī Ṣalāt al-Tarāwīḥ'' ({{Langx|ar|المهدي النبوي الصحيح في صلاة التراويح|4=The Correct Prophetic Guidance on Tarawih Prayers}}) *''Al-Nubuwwah wa-l-Anbiyā’'' ({{Langx|ar|النبوة والأنبياء|4=Prophethood and Prophets}}) *''Mawqif al-Sharī‘ah al-Gharrā’ min Nikāḥ al-Mut‘ah'' ({{Langx|ar|موقف الشريعة الغراء من نكاح المتعة|4=The Resplendent Shariah's Stance on Temporary Marriage}}) *''Risālah fī Ḥukm al-Taṣwīr'' ({{Langx|ar|رسالة في حكم التصوير|4=A Treatise on the Ruling on Photography}}) *''Al-Mahdī wa-Ashrāṭ al-Sā‘ah'' ({{Langx|ar|المهدي وأشراط الساعة|4=The Mahdi and the Signs of the Hour}}) *''Al-Shubuhāt wa-l-Abāṭīl ḥawl Ta‘addud Zawjat al-Rasūl'' ({{Langx|ar|الشبهات والأباطيل حول تعدد زوجات الرسول|4=Abstrusities and Calumnies around the Polygyny of the Messenger}}) *''Muktasar tafsir Ibn Kathir, (in Arabic: مختصر تفسير ابن كثير).''<ref>{{Cite web |title=كتاب مختصر تفسير ابن كثير - المكتبة الشاملة |url=https://shamela.ws/book/21549 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=shamela.ws}}</ref> *''From Treasures Of The Sunnah (In Arabic: من كنوز السنة).''

== See also == {{Portal|Islam|Biography}} *[[Wahbah al-Zuhayli]] *[[Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti]] *[[List of Hanafis]] *[[List of Ash'aris and Maturidis]]

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