Mahmud Muhammad al-Hantur
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Mahmud Muhammad al-Hantur is a contemporary Islamic scholar and academic who served as an assistant professor at the College of Daʿwah in Medina, a branch of Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University.
Academic Career and Scholarship
Al-Hantur specialized in Quranic sciences, exegesis, and legal theory. In his study al-Naskh ʿinda al-Fakhr al-Razi (Abrogation According to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi), he analyzed the categories, theories, and scriptural evidence regarding abrogation (al-naskh) in the Quran, examining the exegetical and theoretical methodology of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi in refuting those who rejected abrogation, notably Abu Muslim al-Isfahani. He also authored a study on exegetical methods titled Manhaj Siddiq Khan fi Tafsirihi Fath al-Bayan (The Methodology of Siddiq Khan in His Exegesis Fath al-Bayan), published in Cairo in 1998.
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List of Works
al-Naskh ‘inda al-Fakhr al-Razi (Abrogation According to Fakhr al-Din al-Razi) is a contemporary scholarly study that examines the theory and application of abrogation (al-naskh) in the Quran and Islamic jurisprudence as articulated by the classical theologian and exegete Fakhr al-Din al-Razi. It analyzes al-Razi’s methodology by synthesizing material from his primary exegesis, Mafatih al-Ghayb (al-Tafsir al-Kabir), and his manual of legal theory, al-Mahsul fi Ilm Usul al-Fiqh.