The sad news came from Turkey. 19th of March, a great scholar, mufassir, Sheikh Muhammad Ali ibn Jamil al-Sabuni al-Halabiy, the author of about 50 books, died near Istanbul.

He was one of the greatest alim of our time in the field of tafsir, hadith and fiqh. Sheikh Muhammad ' Ali al-Sabouni was born in the city of Halab (now Aleppo) in Syria in 1930 in a family of scientists. At a young age, he learned the Koran by heart. He graduated from Al-Azhar University in Cairo in 1952, then completed his specialization (tahassus) in 1954. He taught for several years in Halab, then was the ustaz of several universities in Noble Mecca for 28 years. Below are some of his works:

Tafsir and the Quranic Sciences:
1. Safwat at-tafasir (in 3 volumes)
2. Rawai ' al-bayan fi tafsir ayat al-ahkam (in 2 volumes)
3. At-Tafsir al-wadih al-muyassar
4. Kabas min nur al-Qur'an (in 8 volumes)
5. Muhtasar tafsir al-Tabari (in 2 volumes)
6. Tanvir al-azhan min tafsir Rukh al-bayan (in 4 volumes)
7. Ma'ani al-Qur'an al-Karim li Abi Ja'far al-Nahas (in 5 volumes)
8. Ijaz al-bayan fi makasid sur al-Qur'an
9. Tibyan fi ulum al-Qur'an
10. Muhtasar tafsir ibn Qasir

Hadith:
1. Sharh Sahih al-Bukhari
2. Sharh Riyad al-Salihin
3. Min Kunuz as-sunnah (40 hadiths with commentary)
4. An-nubuvwa wal-anbia

Fiqh:
1. Al-fiqh al-shar'i al-muyassar (ibadat) (in 4 volumes)
2. Al-fiqh al-shar'i al-muyassar (muamalat) (in 4 volumes)
3. Al-Mawaris fi al-Shari'ah al-islamiyah
4. Az-zivaj al-islami al-mubakkir