The Ruling on Abu al-Sa'ud's Tafsir and the Best Books of Tafsir
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The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The presenter:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the leader of the white-ankled ones, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Welcome, brothers and sisters, to a blessed meeting on the program Nur 'ala al-Darb. The guest of this meeting is the Honorable Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars and a member of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta. Welcome, Shaykh Salih, to this meeting. May Allah welcome you and bless you.
The questioner:
This is Abu 'Abdullah. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of Abu al-Sa'ud's tafsir? And what are the best books of tafsir that a Muslim should read? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, the tafsirs of the Qur'an are numerous, praise be to Allah, but they differ in their methodologies. Some focus on fiqh, such as the tafsir of al-Qurtubi and Ibn Jarir. Some focus on language and rhetoric, such as the tafsir of Abu al-Sa'ud and al-Zamakhshari. Some focus on tafsir by athar (reports from the Companions and successors), such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir and al-Baghawi. And some combine all of this in an easy style, such as the tafsir of Shaykh Ibn Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him). All of them, praise be to Allah, are beneficial, all are well-founded, and they contain great benefit for the Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The presenter:
Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the leader of the white-ankled ones, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Welcome, brothers and sisters, to a blessed meeting on the program Nur 'ala al-Darb. The guest of this meeting is the Honorable Shaykh Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan, a member of the Council of Senior Scholars and a member of the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta. Welcome, Shaykh Salih, to this meeting. May Allah welcome you and bless you.
The questioner:
This is Abu 'Abdullah. He says: Honorable Shaykh, what is your opinion of Abu al-Sa'ud's tafsir? And what are the best books of tafsir that a Muslim should read? May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. As for what follows, the tafsirs of the Qur'an are numerous, praise be to Allah, but they differ in their methodologies. Some focus on fiqh, such as the tafsir of al-Qurtubi and Ibn Jarir. Some focus on language and rhetoric, such as the tafsir of Abu al-Sa'ud and al-Zamakhshari. Some focus on tafsir by athar (reports from the Companions and successors), such as the tafsir of Ibn Kathir and al-Baghawi. And some combine all of this in an easy style, such as the tafsir of Shaykh Ibn Sa'di (may Allah have mercy on him). All of them, praise be to Allah, are beneficial, all are well-founded, and they contain great benefit for the Muslim. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/063 — archive.org (0:25)
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