ARABIC 1 METHODOLOGY OF IMAM SHAHAB UDDIN AL-ALUSI IN RECTIFICATIONS ON IMAM FAKHR UDDIN AL-RAZI, (CRITICAL ANALYSIS)

(منهج الامام شهاب الدين الآلوسي في الاستدراكات على الامام فخر الدين الرازي (دراسة نقدية تحليلية

Abstract

Imam Shahab Uddin Al-Alusi(1270 AH) was aditinguished Scholar of 13th century Hijri and he is famous for his Tafseer “Roohul Maani fi Tafseer al Quran al Azeem wa Al-Sabe Al-Mathani” which is considered an encyclopedia of Tafseer due to its comprehensive exaetical discussion. This tafseer include most of the information of the previous exageses. Furthermore Imam Al- Aalusi in his tafseer has criticized and rectified other scholars in various issues with arguments, among them is especially Imam Fakhr Uddin Al-Razi (606 AH) the author of tafseer  “Mafateeh ul Ghaib”. Famous by “Al-Tafseer ul -Kabeer, who was prominent scholar of 7th century Hijri and the author of so many books in various field of Islmic Studies such as tafseer, jurisprudence, Fiqh, Al-Kalam, Philosophy, medical etc. In addition he was famous for his reasoning and critical discussion in his books especially his tafseer. So in this article we had discussed few examples of rectification of Imam Al-Alusi in his tafseer on Tafseer Mafateeh ul Ghaib of Imam Fakhr Uddin Al-Razi, from which we know the difference of opinion among scholars and how these Honourable Scholars were maintaining justice and courtesy while dealing with difference of opinion even having different school of thoughts. These honourable scholars were discussing such kind of issues with arguments, respecting each other  personalities and opinions, in addition they were mostly impartial and tolerant. These rectifications are related to different kinds such as Exagetical, Jurstical, Grammatical, Linguistical etc. At the end Rectification is a terminology which mean correction of mistake, completion of deficiency and clarification of ambiguity.