Musa Shahin Lashin
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- 1430 AH
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Musa Shahin Lashin (d. 1430 AH / 2009 CE) was an Egyptian scholar of hadith and academic administrator who served as the dean of the Faculty of Usul al-Din at Al-Azhar University. He is best known for his multi-volume commentary on Sahih Muslim, titled Fath al-Mun'im Sharh Sahih Muslim (The Opening of the Bestower: Commentary on Sahih Muslim).
Education and Academic Career
Lashin pursued his religious education in Egypt, where his teachers included the Quranic reciter and scholar Abd al-Fattah al-Qadi. He advanced through the academic ranks at Al-Azhar University, eventually serving as the dean of the Faculty of Usul al-Din in Cairo. Beyond Egypt, he served as the senior expert at the Center for Sunna and Sirah Research at Qatar University.
During his academic tenure, Lashin supervised and evaluated numerous graduate dissertations in hadith and Islamic studies. In 1397 AH, he supervised Muhammad ibn Abd Allah Uwaydah's study on al-Darimi, and in 1398 AH (1978 CE), he presided as the supervisor on the doctoral defense committee for Ahmad ibn Ma'bad Abd al-Karim's dissertation on al-Hafiz al-Iraqi alongside examiners Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi and Abu al-Ula Ali Abu al-Ula.
Scholarly Contributions
Lashin focused his scholarly output on hadith commentary and the legal authority of the Prophetic Sunna. In Fath al-Mun'im Sharh Sahih Muslim, he provided an extensive analytical exposition of the hadith collection of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj. He also addressed contemporary legal-methodological debates regarding the legislative nature of the Prophet's actions and statements in his treatise al-Sunnah Kulluha Tashri' (The Entire Sunna is Legislation).
Death
Lashin died in 1430 AH (2009 CE).
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List of Works
al-Sunnah Kulluha Tashri (The Entire Sunnah is Legislation) is a legal and theological treatise that argues against the contemporary division of the Prophet Muhammad's traditions into legislative (tashri'iyyah) and non-legislative (ghayr tashri'iyyah) categories. The work builds upon classical principles of Islamic jurisprudence to assert that every deliberate or natural act, utterance, or approval from the Prophet conveys legal guidance and establishes a normative legal ruling.
Al-Sunna wa al-Tashri (The Sunna and Legislation) is a treatise defending the authoritative and legislative status of the Prophetic Sunna against contemporary skepticism. Written as a critical refutation of modern views regarding worldly transactions, the work focuses on deconstructing the claims that the Prophet Muhammad's legal rulings were fallible personal opinions rather than permanent legislation, and that such rulings can be altered in modern times in pursuit of public interest.
al-Manhal al-Hadith fi Sharh al-Hadith (The Modern Spring in the Explanation of Hadith) is a simplified commentary on selected traditions from Sahih al-Bukhari. Composed as an educational textbook for secondary students, it presents each hadith through structured pedagogical sections covering its general meaning, Arabic and linguistic inquiries, legal rulings and derived lessons, and review questions.
Fath al-Munim Sharh Sahih Muslim is a multi-volume Arabic commentary on Sahih Muslim. Designed to provide an accessible academic study of the collection, the work examines each hadith through three distinct analytical sections: the general meaning, Arabic linguistic and rhetorical inquiries, and the jurisprudence and legal rulings derived from the text.