Abū al-Thanā’ Shihāb ad-Dīn Sayyid Maḥmūd ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Ḥusaynī al-Ālūsī al-Baghdādī (Arabic:أبو الثناء شهاب الدين سيد محمود بن عبد الله بن محمود الحسيني الآلوسي البغدادي; 10 December 1802 – 29 July 1854 CE) was anIraqiIslamic scholar best known for writingRuh al-Ma'ani, anexegesis (tafsir) of theQur'an.[5]
He was born inBaghdad on the day of Jumu`ah, 14 Sha`ban 1217AH (Friday, 10 December 1802).[6][7]
He was a prominent Baghdad scholar in the Ottoman Empire. Because some of his phrases resembled that of theAhl al-Hadith[8][need quotation to verify] and Salafis suchIbn Taymiyyah andMuhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab, he was accused of supportingWahhabism.[9] This led to his dismissal in 1847. He sent histafsir to the authorities inIstanbul as proof for his loyalty to the established Islamic tradition and theOttoman Empire.[10] ʿĀrif Hikmet Bey was impressed by al-Alusi's deep knowledge and advised him to consultReşid Mehmed Pasha for his concern. Reşid Mehmed Pasha eventually assigned him as a member of themadrasa of theMurjan Mosque and the position of amufti.
He died on 5 Dhul-Q'dah, 1270 AH (29 July 1854)[6]
Mahmud al-Alusi had five sons who were also scholars: Sayyid Abdullah Bahauddin al-Alusi, Sayyid Sa'ad Abdulbaqi al-Alusi,Nu'man al-Alusi, Sayyid Mohammad Hamid al-Afandi and Sayyid Ahmed Shakir al-Afandi.[11] His tafsir was published for the first time in 1883.[12] Through his son Sayyid Abdullah Bahauddin al-Alusi, Mahmud had a grandson,Mahmud Shukri al-Alusi, who was a leading scholar of Baghdad and a religious reformist.[13]
^abcdAl-Alousi, Mahmoud Shukri (2016)."Allama Alusi" [Allama Alusi] (in Arabic). Baghdad.Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved2018-01-20.
^abAl-Alousi, Mahmoud Shukri (1930). Al-Jubouri, Abdullah (ed.).المسك الأذفر [Almisk Aldhfar] (in Arabic). Baghdad: Arab Encyclopaedia House. pp. 171–200.
^al-Musawi, Muhsin J.; Khaldi, Boutheina (2010).الوافي في تراث العرب الثقافي : الأندلس والمشرق العربي منذ سقوط الخلافة العباسية / al-Wāfī fī turāth al-ʻArab al-thaqāfī : al-Andalus wa-al-mashriq al-ʻArabī mundhu suqūṭ al-khilāfah al-ʻAbbāsīyah [The Exhaustive in the Cultural Heritage of the Arabs : Andalusia and the Arab East since the fall of the Abbasid caliphate] (in Arabic) (1st ed.). Beirut: al-Markaz al-Thaqāfī al-ʻArabī.
^GÖKKIR, Bilal, and Necmettin GÖKKIR. "Sufi or Salafi? Alusi’s Struggle For His Reputation Against Ottoman Bureaucracy With His Tafsir, Ruh al-Maani."
^GÖKKIR, Bilal, and Necmettin GÖKKIR. "Sufi or Salafi? Alusi’s Struggle For His Reputation Against Ottoman Bureaucracy With His Tafsir, Ruh al-Maani."
^Al-Alousi, Mahmoud Shukri (1930). Al-Jubouri, Abdullah (ed.).المسك الأذفر [Almisk al-Adhfar] (in Arabic). Baghdad: Arab Encyclopaedia House. pp. 171–200.
^GÖKKIR, Bilal, and Necmettin GÖKKIR. "Sufi or Salafi? Alusi’s Struggle For His Reputation Against Ottoman Bureaucracy With His Tafsir, Ruh al-Maani."
