Abd Allah ibn Salih al-Fawzan
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Abd Allah ibn Salih al-Fawzan (b. 1370 AH / 1950–1951 CE) is a Saudi Islamic scholar, educator, and author based in Buraydah, known for his works Minhat al-Allam fi Sharh Bulugh al-Maram and Tajil al-Nada bi-Sharh Qatr al-Nada.
Early Life and Education
Abd Allah ibn Salih ibn Abd Allah al-Fawzan was born in the city of Buraydah in the al-Qasim province in 1370 AH. Following his primary schooling, he enrolled at the Scientific Institute in Buraydah, where he studied under several prominent teachers, including Salih ibn Ibrahim al-Bulayhi, Salih ibn Ibrahim al-Sukayti, Ali ibn Ibrahim al-Dali', Salih ibn Abd Allah al-Muqbil, Hamad ibn Muhammad al-Muhaymid, and Fahd ibn Muhammad al-Mushayqih.
He subsequently pursued higher religious education at the College of Sharia in Riyadh, graduating with distinction in the academic year 1393–1394 AH (c. 1974 CE).
Teaching Career and Scholarship
Upon graduation, al-Fawzan was appointed as a teaching assistant at the College of Sharia in Riyadh, but he declined the position and requested a transfer back to the Scientific Institute in Buraydah. There, he taught a wide range of disciplines, including Quranic exegesis (tafsir) and its principles, Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and legal theory (usul al-fiqh), contemporary doctrinal trends, Arabic grammar (nahw), and rhetoric (balaghah). He continued teaching at the institute until 1412 AH (c. 1991/1992 CE), when he joined the faculty of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (al-Qasim branch) in the Department of Sunnah and Its Sciences.
Al-Fawzan composed several pedagogical commentaries that gained widespread use among students of Islamic knowledge. In Arabic grammar, he authored Tajil al-Nada bi-Sharh Qatr al-Nada, an explanatory work on Ibn Hisham al-Ansari's Qatr al-Nada wa-Ball al-Sada, based on lessons he delivered in the mosque between 1415 AH and 1417 AH; it focuses on practical parsing (i'rab) of Quranic verses and poetic citations while avoiding peripheral theoretical disputes. In hadith jurisprudence, he authored the multi-volume Minhat al-Allam fi Sharh Bulugh al-Maram, providing systematic legal analysis and source documentation for the legal traditions compiled in Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's Bulugh al-Maram.
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List of Works
Tajil al-Nada bi-Sharh Qatr al-Nada is an Arabic grammar commentary explaining Ibn Hisham al-Ansari's classical primer Qatr al-Nada wa-Ball al-Sada. Using a pedagogical approach suited for students who have completed al-Ajurrumiyyah, it clarifies the text with accessible phrasing, provides parsing for grammatical examples and Quranic verses, and adheres to the preponderant grammatical views while avoiding theoretical disputes.
Husul al-Mamul bi Sharh Thalathat al-Usul is a contemporary theological commentary explaining Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab's treatise Thalathat al-Usul wa-Adillatuha. Formatted as an intermediate-length work to facilitate study and comprehension, it examines core Islamic monotheistic tenets, provides textual commentary on cited Quranic verses and prophetic hadiths, and clarifies key doctrinal principles.
Minhat al-Allam fi Sharh Bulugh al-Maram is a multi-volume legal hadith commentary explaining the traditions compiled in Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani's compendium Bulugh al-Maram min Adillat al-Ahkam. It systematically analyzes both transmission and analytical aspects of the legal hadiths, addressing source documentation, vocabulary, and direct legal derivations.