The Opinion on al-Shawkani's Tafsir
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Question:
This questioner asks, Shaykh, about al-Shawkani's tafsir. What is the Shaykh's opinion of this book?
Answer:
Yes, al-Shawkani's tafsir is *Fath al-Qadir*. It is a good tafsir that he compiled from several tafsirs, but what is taken against him (may Allah have mercy on him) is that he may transmit the figurative interpretations (ta'wil) of Allah's names and attributes, without commenting on them, from al-Zamakhshari and others. This is what is taken against him (may Allah have mercy on him); otherwise, it is a good, useful, and comprehensive book on the sciences of the Qur'an. Yes.
This questioner asks, Shaykh, about al-Shawkani's tafsir. What is the Shaykh's opinion of this book?
Answer:
Yes, al-Shawkani's tafsir is *Fath al-Qadir*. It is a good tafsir that he compiled from several tafsirs, but what is taken against him (may Allah have mercy on him) is that he may transmit the figurative interpretations (ta'wil) of Allah's names and attributes, without commenting on them, from al-Zamakhshari and others. This is what is taken against him (may Allah have mercy on him); otherwise, it is a good, useful, and comprehensive book on the sciences of the Qur'an. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (159) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1438-04-06] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (7:03)
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