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{{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}} scholar.{{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 }} 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.{{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}}

Works

Sabuni authored dozens of works in various sciences including:

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.{{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}}{{Cite web |title=كتاب صفوة التفاسير - المكتبة الشاملة |url=https://shamela.ws/book/8967 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=shamela.ws}}
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 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).{{Cite web |title=كتاب مختصر تفسير ابن كثير - المكتبة الشاملة |url=https://shamela.ws/book/21549 |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=shamela.ws}}
From Treasures Of The Sunnah (In Arabic: من كنوز السنة).