Tabyīn al-Bayān wa-ʿAdam al-Kitmān

About the author

Dr. Ibrahim ibn Hasan Habannaka, known as al-Maydani, is the author of Tabyīn al-Bayān wa-ʿAdam al-Kitmān, published in Damascus in 2011 CE (1432 AH).

About the book

The book rests on three ideas that the author made its title: al-Bayān (the clear exposition), which is the Noble Qur’an, the word of the Lord of Might; al-Tabyīn (making it clear), the covenant Allah took from people of knowledge to explain it to others; and ʿAdam al-Kitmān (not concealing it), a call for whoever knows to teach whoever does not.

The author opens with the Istiʿādha, the Basmala, praise of Allah and blessings upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then Surah Al-Fātiḥa. He then explains the surahs of Juzʾ ʿAmma, from Surah An-Nabaʾ to Surah An-Nās, and closes with appendices and a chapter on the science of abrogation (naskh). He placed his commentary notes at the end of the book because, as he puts it, nothing should be put before the word of Allah.

The author’s family

The author carries the name of the Damascene Habannaka family and the epithet al-Maydani, after the al-Maydan quarter of Damascus. Notable members of the family include Shaykh Hasan Habannaka al-Maydani (1908–1978), a leader of the scholarly and religious revival in al-Maydan, and his son Shaykh ʿAbd al-Rahman Hasan Habannaka al-Maydani (1927–2004), author of many works on creed, tafsir and Islamic thought.

We have not yet found a published, documented biography of Dr. Ibrahim himself (his birth, upbringing, field of study, other works, and his relation to the family members mentioned above). This page will be completed when documented information is available.

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