Uthman bin Shaykh Ali

Uthman bin Shaykh Ali, fully identified as Uthman bin Muallim Mahmud bin Shaykh Ali, is a contemporary Islamic scholar and author known for his polemical treatise Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin (Doubts of the Quranists) Fatawa Yasalunak+1.

Scholarly Focus and Treatise

Uthman bin Shaykh Ali authored Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin, published by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran in Medina al-Muaaradat al-Fikriyya …. The work focuses on defending the authority and necessity of the Prophetic Sunnah and refuting the arguments advanced by modern groups that reject the Hadith corpus Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin.

The treatise is structured into an introduction and two primary chapters:

• The first chapter comprises three subsections addressing the necessity of relying on the Sunnah for a sound comprehension of the Quran, an overview of scholarly defenses of the Sunnah throughout Islamic history, and the Islamic legal ruling concerning those who reject the Sunnah Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin.
• The second chapter specifically examines and refutes eight principal arguments raised by the Quranist tendency in the Indian subcontinent Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin.

In compiling the arguments of the Quranist group, he drew upon the research of Khadim Husayn Ilahi Bakhsh in al-Quraniyyun wa-Shubuhatuhum hawla al-Sunnah, while relying on classical Islamic sources for scriptural arguments and textual commentary Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin.

Reception

His treatise has been cited in contemporary literature alongside major works on the status of the Sunnah, including writings by Mustafa al-Siba'i, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, and Abd al-Rahman al-Mu'allimi al-Quraniyyun, Nasha'uhum…. Contemporary jurists and researchers reference his work as a specialized refutation of the Quranist doctrine Fatawa Yasalunak+1.