Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani

Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani (; 1897–1970), also known as Abu Hamid ibn Marzuq () was an Algerian Maliki jurist (faqih), Ash'ari theologian, Hadith scholar (muhaddith), historian (mu'arrikh), and a genealogist (nassāba), who was the Imam 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, as found in his book entitled, ' ().

• ' (). In this book, he criticized the doctrinal views advocated by Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728/1328) and his student Ibn al-Qayyim (d. 751/1350), and Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1207/1792) and his followers.
• Al-Ta'aqqub al-Mufid 'ala Hadyy al-Zar'i al-Shadid (). In this book, he criticized Ibn al-Qayyim's book Zad al-Ma'ad.
• Tahzir al-'Abqari min Muhadarat al-Khudari (). In this book, he criticized the Egyptian legal historian (d. 1345/1927).

Death

He died in 1390 AH/1970 AD in Mecca and was buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, next to the tomb of Asma' bint Abi Bakr (d. 73/692).

See also

• Sulayman ibn Abd al-Wahhab
• Ahmad Zayni Dahlan
• Muhammad Zahid al-Kawthari
• Abdullah al-Ghumari
• Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri
• Muhammad 'Abid al-Sindi
• Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti
• 'Ali Gum'a
• Ahmad Karima
• Sa'id Foudah

References

External links

• Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani's page on Goodreads