al-Maghravi
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Abu Sahl Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Maghravi is a contemporary Moroccan scholar and theologian known for his advocacy of Salafi creed and methodology.
Career and Education
Al-Maghravi served as a professor of graduate studies at the University of al-Qarawiyyin and was a member of its university council. He also served as the president of the Association for Call to the Quran and Sunnah (Jam'iyyat al-Da'wa ila al-Qur'an wa al-Sunna) in Morocco. Among the scholars he studied under was Muhammad al-Amin al-Shanqiti.
Scholarly Orientation and Reception
Al-Maghravi is noted for his focus on establishing and defending the theological positions of early Muslim scholarship (the salaf). In the study of Quranic commentary, he composed al-Mufassirun bayn al-Ta'wil wa al-Ithbat fi Ayat al-Sifat (Quranic Commentators Between Figurative Interpretation and Affirmation Regarding the Verses of Divine Attributes), surveying classical exegeses to evaluate their doctrinal approaches to the divine attributes. His principal compilation, Mawsuat Mawaqif al-Salaf fi al-Aqida wa al-Manhaj wa al-Tarbiya (Encyclopedia of the Stances of the Salaf in Creed, Methodology, and Nurturance), spans ten volumes and documents more than 9,000 historical stances and statements from over 1,000 scholars spanning fifteen centuries.
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List of Works
Mawsuat Mawaqif al-Salaf fi al-Aqida wa al-Manhaj wa al-Tarbiya (The Encyclopedia of the Stances of the Salaf in Creed, Methodology, and Nurturance) is a ten-volume reference work. It compiles over 9,000 statements, actions, and positions of more than 1,000 Islamic scholars spanning fifteen centuries, focusing on matters of theological creed (aqida), methodology (manhaj), and moral cultivation (tarbiya).