Al-Saffarini

Sheikh
Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Saffārīnī
محمد بن أحمد السفاريني
Personal life
BornShams al-Din Abu al-Aun Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Saffarini
شمس الدين أبو العون محمد بن أحمد السَّفّارِيني
1701
Saffarin
Died1774(1774-00-00) (aged 72–73)
Nablus
CitizenshipOttoman Empire
Era18th century
RegionLevant
OccupationScholar of Islam
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanbali
CreedAthari

Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Saffārīnī al-Hanbali (1114 AH, 1702/3 CE, Saffarin, Tulkarm – 1188 AH, 1774 CE, Nablus) was a Levantine Hanbali cleric, jurist, muhaddith, writer and historian.

Biography

His full name was Shams al-Din Abu al-Aun Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Salim bin Sulayman al-Saffarini al-Nablusi. He was born in Saffarin village of Tulkarm Governorate in 1114 AH / 1701 CE. He completed his education of Qur'an in the village. He studied under Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi. He also studied the book "Dalīl aṭ-Tālib li-Nail al-Maṭālib" of the author Mar'i al-Karmi.

Works

He was the author of several books in many subjects such as Fiqh, Aqeedah and Tafsir including:

References

  1. ↑ "Saffārīnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad". Virtual International Authority File.
  2. ↑ "Saffārīnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, 1702 or 3-1774 – Fihrist". www.fihrist.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Scholar of Renown: Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Saffarini". Arab News. 25 October 2001. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Adi, Muhammad Ubadah (2008). A Study and an Edition of Imam Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Salim al-Saffarini al-Hanbali Book Kitab al-Buyu from Kashf al-Litham li Sharh Umdat al-Ahkam (doctoral thesis). University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
  5. ↑ Rifai, Sayyid Rami Al (3 July 2015). The Islamic Journal |03|: From Islamic Civilisation to the Heart of Islam, Ihsan, Human Perfection. Sunnah Muakada. p. 35.
  6. ↑ The Safarini Translation, pp. 9–10.
  7. ↑ المنجد، محمد صالح، شرح منظومة ابن فرح اللامية (Al-Munajjid, Muhammad Salih, Explanation of Ibn Farah Al-Lami's System).
  8. ↑ Voll, John (1975). "Muḥammad Ḥayyā al-Sindī and Muḥammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab: An Analysis of an Intellectual Group in Eighteenth-Century Madīna". Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. 38 (1): 32–39. doi:10.1017/S0041977X00047017. JSTOR 614196. Many of his students became men of some importance... Although Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab is now the best-known 'revivalist' among his students, he was not the only student with that approach. The others included... Muhammad al-Saffarini, who came to dominate Hanbali scholarship in: Nablus, one of the smaller centres of the madhhab.
  9. ↑ ثبت مفتي الحنابلة بدمشق الشيخ عبد القادر التغلبي، ص13، 1998.
  10. ↑ "Lawāmiʻ al-Anwār al-Bahīyah wa-Sawāṭiʻ al-Asrār al-Atharīyah". Virtual International Authority File. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "Durrah al-Muḍīyah fi ʻAqd al-Firqah al-Mardīyah". Virtual International Authority File. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.