Abd al-Qadir al-Majlisi
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- 1337 AH
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Abd al-Qadir al-Majlisi (d. 1337 AH / 1918–1919 CE) was a Mauritanian Maliki jurist and Ash'ari scholar, best known for his prophetic biography commentary Nuzhat al-Afkar fi Sharh Qurrat al-Absar .
Lineage and education
He was Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad Salim al-Majlisi al-Shinqiti . He was raised in a scholarly family and received his foundational and advanced education under his father, the scholar Muhammad ibn Muhammad Salim . He was among his father's earliest students alongside his brothers Ahmad (d. 1328 AH), Habib Allah (d. 1337 AH), and Abd Allah (d. 1329 AH), living and studying with their father throughout his life . As the traditional school (mahdara) attracted large numbers of incoming students from various regions, al-Majlisi assisted his father in teaching and instructing them .
Scholarship
Al-Majlisi contributed to the fields of prophetic biography (sira) and Maliki jurisprudence. In prophetic biography, he composed Nuzhat al-Afkar fi Sharh Qurrat al-Absar, a comprehensive commentary on the didactic poem Qurrat al-Absar fi Sirat al-Nabi al-Mukhtar by Abd al-Aziz al-Lamati . In this commentary, he resolved the poem's obscure phrasing, clarified terminology for students, and documented the Prophet's military campaigns and expeditions, relying on reference works such as Muhammad al-Zarqani, the Sira of Zayn al-Din al-Iraqi with the commentary of Zayn al-Din al-Munawi, and Uyun al-Athar .
In jurisprudence, he authored Thiman al-Durar fi Tabyin Ma'ani al-Mukhtasar, an eight-volume abridgment of his father's extensive commentary on Mukhtasar Khalil, as well as a dedicated commentary on the estate and inheritance section of the same text (Sharh Tarkat Khalil) .
He died in 1337 AH (1918–1919 CE) .
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List of Works
Nuzhat al-Afkar fi Sharh Qurrat al-Absar is a two-volume commentary on the prophetic biography. It provides an extensive commentary on Qurrat al-Absar fi Sirat al-Nabi al-Mukhtar, a didactic poem on the life of the Prophet Muhammad by Abd al-Aziz al-Lamati. The work untangles the poem's expressions, elucidates its obscure passages, clarifies its terminology for students, and provides detailed coverage of the Prophet's military campaigns and dispatched detachments.