Salih al-Asmari
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Salih al-Asmari is a contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar and teacher known for his instructional commentaries on classical primers in Arabic grammar and Islamic jurisprudence.
Identity and Scholarly Activity
His full name and lineage is Abu Muhammad Salih ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan Al Umayr al-Asmari al-Qahtani. His teaching and written contributions center on educational expositions of traditional Islamic texts, legal maxims, and pedagogical guidance for students of knowledge.
In legal theory and maxims, he composed Majmu'at al-Fawa'id al-Bahiyya 'ala Manzumat al-Qawa'id al-Fiqhiyya, an explanation of the didactic poem on legal maxims by Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Sadi, which was prepared for publication by Mut'ib ibn Mas'ud al-Ju'ayd and published in 1420 AH (2000 CE). In Arabic linguistics, he delivered an intermediate commentary on Ibn Ajurrum's grammatical manual al-Muqaddima al-Ajrumiyya, designed to elucidate its syntactic structures, establish grammatical rules, and support them with textual evidence and illustrative examples. He also authored Fiqh al-Suhba, a treatise on the jurisprudence of companionship published in 1426 AH.
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List of Works
Sharh al-Ajrumiyya lil-Asmari is a contemporary commentary on Ibn Ajurrum's foundational Arabic grammar treatise al-Muqaddima al-Ajrumiyya. Designed as an accessible intermediate exposition, the work elucidates the syntax, grammatical rules, and underlying objectives of the primer with supporting evidence and examples.
Majmuat al-Fawaid al-Bahiyya ala Manzumat al-Qawaid al-Fiqhiyya is a commentary on legal maxims (al-qawaid al-fiqhiyya). The work provides an explanation of Manzumat al-Qawaid al-Fiqhiyya, a 47-verse didactic poem composed by Abd al-Rahman ibn Nasir al-Sadi.