Muhammad Subhi Hallaq
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- 1438 AH
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Muhammad Subhi Hallaq (d. 1438 AH / 2017 CE) was a contemporary Islamic scholar and researcher based in Sanaa, known for his works on hadith-based jurisprudence and text verification, including al-Adilla al-Radiyya li-Matn al-Durar al-Bahiyya fi al-Masail al-Fiqhiyya.
Education and scholarly life
Abu Mus'ab Muhammad Subhi ibn Hasan Hallaq resided and carried out his scholarly work in Sanaa, Yemen . He studied under the Yemeni jurist and judge Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-'Amrani, whom he regarded as his teacher and mentor, praising him as the "Shawkani of his age" .
Scholarly contribution
Hallaq dedicated much of his scholarship to hadith documentation and jurisprudence, emphasizing strict adherence to scriptural textual proofs from the Quran and the Sunnah . Among his authored writings is al-Adilla al-Radiyya li-Matn al-Durar al-Bahiyya fi al-Masail al-Fiqhiyya ("The Pleasing Proofs for the Text of al-Durar al-Bahiyya in Legal Issues"), in which he established textual evidences for the jurisprudence primer compiled by Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Shawkani . In addition to original compositions, he engaged extensively in textual editing and hadith verification, preparing a multi-volume critical edition of Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-San'ani's legal commentary Subul al-Salam ("Ways of Peace") .
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List of Works
al-Adilla al-Radiyya li-Matn al-Durar al-Bahiyya fi al-Masa'il al-Fiqhiyya is a single-volume legal commentary that extracts and documents the textual scriptural proofs from the Quran and the Sunnah for the legal positions outlined in al-Durar al-Bahiyya, a concise non-madhhab-based jurisprudence primer compiled by Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Shawkani.
al-Lubab fi Fiqh al-Sunnah wal-Kitab is a contemporary comprehensive legal manual expounding Islamic jurisprudence through direct derivation from the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah.