Abu Bakr Al-Haddad And The Sources of His Tafsir Al-Qur'an

Subject of this article is to introduce 8th Hijri century Yemenite mufassir and Hanafi faqih Abu Bakr al-Haddad and his tafsir entitled Kashf aI-tanzil fi tahqiq al-mabahith wa-al-ta'wil. It is intended to determine Al-Haddad's scholarly stature and his method of tafsir, thus ascertaining his contribution to science of exegesis, as well as to analyze his tafsir in terms of tafsir methodology and to elicit its prominence in tafsir history. In this context, the content of Tafsir al-Haddadis shortly presented and its general features are elaborated. Thereafter, the sources of the tafsir are introduced and it is compared with these sources to determine to what extent the mufassir utilized these works. Thus, it is aimed to determine Al-Haddad's contribution to Islamic sciences in general and the science of tafsir specifically.