The Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him) interpretation of the Qur'an and the books of tafsir based on athar
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Question:
And among them is the one who buys, and the one who delays, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and whatever is well-known of that, and how much of that there is, even though the last one is upon the believer, from the Shami interpretations, the state of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Answer:
We transmit what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted with, and it is returned to us, preserved, and narrated. There are interpretations that have not been returned to us. In any case, the Messenger did not compose a tafsir for the Qur'an. Rather, he interpreted some verses, or some generalities, or some matters. He did not compose a general tafsir for the entire Qur'an from beginning to end. Rather, he specified the interpretation of certain verses and taught his Companions the interpretation of certain verses.
And they narrated to us from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The greatest or best of the books in tafsir by athar, as I mentioned to you, is the tafsir of Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari. This is the source of interpretations because it is a great tafsir that came, and he is called the Imam of the Mufassirun (commentators). Everyone who came after him from the Mufassirun is dependent upon him, may Allah have mercy on him.
And there are interpretations dedicated to tafsir by the transmitted (al-mathur), such as al-Durr al-Mansur by Imam al-Suyuti in interpreting the Qur'an by the transmitted, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him. He meant by interpretation what he mentioned in the introduction of his book, Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim, that he stated that the interpretation of the Qur'an is on these aspects that I mentioned to you at the beginning of Ibn Kathir's tafsir, and he means by interpreting the Qur'an with the Sunnah. As long as he finds the interpretation of the Qur'an with the authentic Sunnah, he does not turn away from it. And if he mentions other interpretations, it is only in the context of gathering, collecting what was said about the verse.
And among them is the one who buys, and the one who delays, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and whatever is well-known of that, and how much of that there is, even though the last one is upon the believer, from the Shami interpretations, the state of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).
Answer:
We transmit what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) interpreted with, and it is returned to us, preserved, and narrated. There are interpretations that have not been returned to us. In any case, the Messenger did not compose a tafsir for the Qur'an. Rather, he interpreted some verses, or some generalities, or some matters. He did not compose a general tafsir for the entire Qur'an from beginning to end. Rather, he specified the interpretation of certain verses and taught his Companions the interpretation of certain verses.
And they narrated to us from the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). The greatest or best of the books in tafsir by athar, as I mentioned to you, is the tafsir of Imam Ibn Jarir al-Tabari. This is the source of interpretations because it is a great tafsir that came, and he is called the Imam of the Mufassirun (commentators). Everyone who came after him from the Mufassirun is dependent upon him, may Allah have mercy on him.
And there are interpretations dedicated to tafsir by the transmitted (al-mathur), such as al-Durr al-Mansur by Imam al-Suyuti in interpreting the Qur'an by the transmitted, such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir, may Allah have mercy on him. He meant by interpretation what he mentioned in the introduction of his book, Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Azim, that he stated that the interpretation of the Qur'an is on these aspects that I mentioned to you at the beginning of Ibn Kathir's tafsir, and he means by interpreting the Qur'an with the Sunnah. As long as he finds the interpretation of the Qur'an with the authentic Sunnah, he does not turn away from it. And if he mentions other interpretations, it is only in the context of gathering, collecting what was said about the verse.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 19 من 36 /شرح العقيدة الواسطية (شرح قديم)/وجوه يومئذ ناضرة/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:21)
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