Yahya al-Samuli
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Abu Malik Yahya al-Samuli is a contemporary Egyptian scholar and poet affiliated with al-Azhar, known for his didactic poem Alfiyyat Umm al-Muminin Aisha (al-Rawdah al-Aniqah fi Nusrat al-Afifah al-Siddiqah).
Biography and Scholarly Activity
His full name is Abu Malik Yahya ibn Atiyyah ibn Yahya al-Samuli al-Azhari. An Egyptian affiliated with al-Azhar, he pursued Islamic scholarship with an emphasis on the Prophetic Sunnah and traditional reports (al-athar).
Al-Samuli composed a thousand-line didactic poem (alfiyyah) dedicated to the biography, virtues, and defense of the Mother of the Believers Aisha bint Abi Bakr, entitled Alfiyyat Umm al-Muminin Aisha (also designated as al-Rawdah al-Aniqah fi Nusrat al-Afifah al-Siddiqah). He submitted the composition to an international research competition established by Muhammad al-Arifi in defense of Aisha, where it received an award among the distinguished research submissions. Alongside the poetic text, he prepared an extensive commentary titled al-Sharh al-Wafi to explicate its theological, legal, and historical themes. Al-Samuli completed the introduction to the published text of the poem in al-Muqattam, Cairo, in Jumada al-Ula 1432 AH (April 2011 CE).
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This contemporary didactic poem in Arabic verse examines the life, virtues, and defense of the Mother of the Believers Aisha bint Abi Bakr. Structured as an alfiyyah of approximately one thousand lines, it presents a comprehensive poetic synthesis of her biography based on the Quran and the Prophetic Sunnah while addressing polemical claims and historical doubts raised against her.