Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani ( ar, محمد العربي التبّاني; 1897–1970), also known as Abu Hamid ibn Marzuq ( ar, أبو حامد بن مرزوق) was an Algerian Maliki jurist (faqih), Ash'ari theologian, Hadith scholar (muhaddith), historian (mu'arrikh), and a genealogist (nassāba), who was the

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of the Great Mosque in Mecca in his time. He is considered one of the most prominent hadith scholars of his era; and he is perhaps best known for his criticism of Wahhabism/

Salafism The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a Islah, reform branch movement within Sunni Islam that originated during the nineteenth century. The name refers to advocacy of a return to the traditions of the "pious predecessors" (), the first three g ...

, as found in his book entitled, '' Bara'at al-Ash'ariyyin min 'Aqa'id al-Mukhalifin'' ( en, The Innocence/Dissociation of the Ash'aris from the Doctrines of the Dissenters/Opponents). His name 'al-Tabbani' is derived from the town and commune of

Ouled Tebben Ouled Tebben is a town and commune in Setif Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is located in the Hodna Mountains The Hodna Mountains ( ar, جبال حضنة, french: Monts du Hodna) are a mountain massif in northeastern Algeria. It rises ...

Birth

He was born in

Ras el-Oued Ras El Oued is a town and commune in Bordj Bou Arréridj Province Bordj Bou Arréridj ( ar, ولاية برج بوعريريج) is a province (''wilaya'') in northern Algeria around 200 km from the capital Algiers. It is considered as a cr ...

in 1315 AH/1897 AD.

Lineage

His lineage reaches back to 'Abd al-Salam b. Mashish (d. 625/1228), whose lineage ends with al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Abi Talib (d. 49/669).

Teachers

He studied under many scholars, among them are: * 'Abd al-Hamid ibn Badis. *

Yusuf al-Nabhani Yusuf bin Ismail bin Yusuf bin Ismail bin Muhammad Nâsir al-Dîn an-Nabhani (1849–1932) born in Ijzim in Palestine, was a Palestinian Sunni Islamic scholar, judge, prolific poet, and defender of the Ottoman Caliphate. He died in Beirut. ...

. * Muhammad Bakhit al-Muti'i. * Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Kattani. * Muhammad al-Makki ibn 'Azuz. * Hamdan ibn Ahmad al-Wanisi. * Ahmad ibn al-Khayyat al-Zakari. * Mushtaq Ahmad al-Hindi.

Students

Among his celebrated students are: * 'Alawi ibn 'Abbas al-Maliki and his son

Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Hasan bin ‘Alawi bin ‘Abbas bin ‘Abd al-‘Aziz (1944–2004), also knowing as Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki, was one of the foremost traditional Sunni Islamic scholar of contemporary times from Saudi Arabia. He was ref ...

. *

'Abdullah al-Harari Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Yusuf Al-Harariyy ( ar, عبد الله بن محمَّد بن يوسف بن عبد الله بن جامع الشَّيبي العبدري الهرري) (1906) – September 2, 2008) was a Harari muhaddith and scholar ...

. * Muhammad Nur Saif. * Hasan al-Mashshat. * 'Abdullah b. Sa'id al-Lahji. * Muhammad Amin Kutbi. * 'Abd al-Qadir b. Ahmad al-Jaza'iri.

Works

Among his books are the following: * '' Bara'at al-Ash'ariyyin min 'Aqa'id al-Mukhalifin'' ( ar, براءة الأشعريين من عقائد المخالفين, lit=The Innocence/Dissociation of the Ash'aris from the Doctrines of the Dissenters/Opponents). In this book, he criticized the doctrinal views advocated by

Ibn Taymiyya Ibn Taymiyyah (January 22, 1263 – September 26, 1328; ar, ابن تيمية), birth name Taqī ad-Dīn ʾAḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm ibn ʿAbd al-Salām al-Numayrī al-Ḥarrānī ( ar, تقي الدين أحمد بن عبد الحليم � ...

(d. 728/1328) and his student Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751/1350), and

Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman al-Tamimi ( ar, محمد بن عبد الوهاب بن سليمان , translit=Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī; 1703–1792) was an Arabs, Arabian Islamic scholar, Islamic theology, ...

(d. 1207/1792) and his followers. * ''Al-Ta'aqqub al-Mufid 'ala Hadyy al-Zar'i al-Shadid'' ( ar, التعقب المفيد على هدي الزرعي الشديد). In this book, he criticized Ibn al-Qayyim's book

Zad al-Ma'ad ''Zad al-Ma'ad Fi Hadyi Khair Al 'Ibaad'' ( ar, زاد المعاد في هدي خير العباد) is a 5-volume book, translated as Provisions of the Hereafter in the Guidance of the Best of Servants, written by the Islamic scholar Ibn al-Qayyim. ...

. * Tahzir al-'Abqari min Muhadarat al-Khudari ( ar, تحذير العبقري من محاضرات الخضري). In this book, he criticized the Egyptian legal historian Muhammad al-Khudari (d. 1345/1927).

Death

He died in 1390 AH/1970 AD in Mecca and was buried in

Jannat al-Mu'alla Jannat al-Mu'alla ( ar, جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit=The Most Exalted Paradise), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" ( ar, مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة, link=no ') and ''Al-Ḥajūn'' ( ar, ٱل ...

cemetery, next to the tomb of Asma' bint Abi Bakr (d. 73/692).

References

External links

Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani's page
on Goodreads {{Authority control 1897 births 1970 deaths People from Sétif Asharis 20th-century Muslim theologians Algerian Maliki scholars Sunni imams Arab historians Hadith scholars Critics of Ibn Taymiyya Critics of Ibn al-Qayyim Critics of Wahhabism Muslim reformers Burials at Jannat al-Mu'alla Imams of Masjid al-Haram