Fara'id al-Samtain...
Fara'id al-Samtain, by Hamawaini (Abu Is'haq Ibrahim Ibn Sa'd al-Din Ibn al-Hamawiyia), section 14 Nudhum Durar al-Samtain, by Jaml al-Din al-Zarandi al-Rashfah, by al-Hadhrami, p24 Countless scholars of Quran, Arabic grammar, and literature have interpreted the word MAWLA as Awla which means "having more authority." The following Sunni specialists all confirmed the above meaning: al-Wahidi (d. 468), in "al-Wasit" al-Akhfash Nahwi (d. 215), in "Nihayat al-Uqul" al-Tha'labi (d.
427), in "al-Kashf wal Bayan" Ibn Qutaybah (d. 276), in "al-Qurtayan", v2, p164 al-Kalbi (d. 146, quoted in "Tafsir al-Kabir", by al-Razi, v29, p227) al-Farra' (as quoted in "Ruhul Ma'ani", by al-Alusi, v27, p178) al-Nasafi (d. 701), in his "Tafsir", v4, p229 al-Tabari (d. 310), in "Tafsir al-Tabari", v9, p117 al-Bukhari (d. 215), in "Sahih al-Bukhari",