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Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti

1907–1973 • Madinah • Maliki • Athari

Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1325–1393 AH / 1907–1973) wrote Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Qur’an by the Qur’an. He was Maliki in fiqh and Athari in creed, and he taught in the Prophet’s Mosque and the Islamic University.

1Book & work

About the Shaykh

Born1907
Died1973
PlaceMauritania
MadhhabMaliki
Scholar ofTafsir, Usul
CreedAthari
OfficeTeacher at the Prophet’s Mosque

MalikiTafsirUsul

Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1325–1393 AH / 1907–1973) wrote Adwa' al-Bayan, a tafsir that explains the Qur’an by the Qur’an. He was Maliki in fiqh and Athari in creed, and he taught in the Prophet’s Mosque and the Islamic University.

Ibn Uthaymeen and many Madinah students sat with him. His usul and tafsir remain in the Salafi curriculum of Madinah.

Legacy

The Madinah tafsir of the twentieth century for students who want Athari usul without kalam.

Areas of knowledge

TafsirReadings of the Qur’an with language, context, and the comments of earlier imams.
UsulHow rulings are drawn from the Book, the Sunnah, and the speech of the scholars.

His series & major works

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