Dr. Mustafa as-Siba’ee
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The Sunnah and its Role in Islamic
Legislation is a groundbreaking effort by Dr. Mustafa as-Siba’ee, for it
has a completeness to it in two regards: first, the author manages to
cover all topics related to the Sunnah—its status, its legislative
force, the stages that led to its recording, just to mention a few—in a
comprehensive and organized manner. Second, he presents the views of
those that have attacked the Sunnah throughout history, detailing their
arguments and then refuting them. Among those groups from the past were
the Shi’a and the Mu’tazilah; today, they are mainly the Orientalists
and those that are influenced by them.
Shaykh as-Siba’ee takes us through the
historical development of the Sunnah, from the early stages of
revelation to the recording of the Sunnah during the era of the great
Imams of Hadith. Throughout that account, he highlights the
contributions of the scholars in preserving the Sunnah and cleansing it
from fabrications and lies. Shaykh as-Siba’ee gives a clear account of
the revolutionary methods and scholarly principles that were established
in order to authenticate historical reports and narrations. The author
shows us that the fruits of that endeavor were the preservation of the
authentic Sunnah and the birth of the Hadith sciences.
This book has been a perennial source of
knowledge for Arabic-speaking students of Islam, for its clarity,
readability, and insightful research. New English-speaking students too
have available to them this authoritative treatise on the Sunnah of our
beloved Prophet Muhammad ) may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon
him)
About Author
Dr. Mustafa As-Siba’i was born in 1915 in
the city of Hams, Damascus. He memorized the Qur’an at a very young
age. He studied the Islamic Sciences with his father Shaykh Hasani Sibai
and in circles with great scholars and jurists of Hams. His teachers
included Shaykh Tahir Al-Atasi (Mufti of Hams at the time), Shaykh Zahid
Al-Atasi, Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yasin, Shaykh Anis Kalalib and others.
From the young age of eighteen he used to
deliver the Friday khutbahs in the absence of his father. In 1933, he
went to Egypt and enrolled at the Univesity of Al-Azhar to study fiqh.
Upon completing his studies of fiqh, he
enrolled at the Usul al-Deen Faculty of Al-Azhar and excelled in his
studies. In 1949, he completed his PhD on the theme of ‘The Position of
Sunnah in Legislation’.
He is currently Dean of Faculty of Islamic Jurisprudence, and professor
of Individual Rights in the Faculty of Sharia, Damascus University.
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