Hasan ibn Muhammad Mishat

Hasan ibn Muhammad Mishat (1317–1399 AH / 1899–1979 CE) was a Makkan Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, educator, and judge who taught at the Great Mosque of Mecca and al-Madrasa al-Sawlatiyya Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…+1.

Early Life and Education

Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Mashat was born in Mecca on 3 Shawwal 1317 AH (another report gives his birth year as 1319 AH / 1901 CE) Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…+1. Before his birth, his father had vowed that if he had a son, he would dedicate him to serving the sanctuary Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. At the age of seven, he entered a traditional elementary school (kuttab), where he learned Quranic recitation and tajwid under Muhammad al-Sinnari and Abdullah Hamduh al-Sinnari, while studying penmanship, orthography, and arithmetic under Sayyid Ali Hasan al-Laythi Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn ….

In 1329 AH, he enrolled in al-Madrasa al-Sawlatiyya, graduating on 1 Muharram 1336 AH Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. Alongside his formal studies, he attended the learning circles held in the Great Mosque of Mecca and sought out visiting scholars during the pilgrimage season Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…+1. During the 1337 AH pilgrimage, he read portions of Mukhtasar Khalil in Mecca and Mina with the Algerian scholar Hamdan ibn Sidi Hamad al-Jaza'iri al-Wanisi Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. His teachers in Mecca also included Muhammad Abdullah Zaydan, Abd al-Rahman al-Dahhan, Isa Rawas, and Muhammad Ali al-Maliki Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …+1. During the Saudi-Hashemite war in 1343 AH, he temporarily relocated with his family to Jeddah Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn ….

Teaching and Judicial Career

Upon graduating from al-Madrasa al-Sawlatiyya, the administration appointed him to its teaching staff Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. He was also granted teaching licenses (ijazas) by his instructors to deliver lessons in the Great Mosque of Mecca, drawing a wide circle of students from the Hijaz and abroad Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…+1.

In 1361 AH, al-Mashat was appointed a member of the Court of Cassation (Hay'at Mahkamat al-Tamyiz) Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…. At the beginning of 1365 AH, he became deputy to the chief judge of the Grand Islamic Court (al-Mahkama al-Shar'iyya al-Kubra) Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…. He maintained his judicial posts while continuing his lessons until 1375 AH, when he resigned from government service to devote himself entirely to teaching in the Great Mosque Tatimmat al-Aalam - Muham…+1.

Among his prominent students were Sayyid Muhsin ibn Ali al-Musawa, Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani, Zakariyya ibn Abdullah Bila, Ali Bakr Sulayman al-Kanawi, Abdullah al-Lahji, Sayyid Muhammad ibn Alawi al-Maliki, and Abd al-Wahhab Abu Sulayman Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …+1.

Scholarly Contributions

Al-Mashat specialized in Maliki jurisprudence, legal theory (usul al-fiqh), and hadith studies Inarat al-Duja fi Maghazi…+1. In 1341 AH, he authored al-Jawahir al-Thamina fi Adillat 'Alim al-Madina, an exposition examining the principles of derivation and legal evidence in the school of Malik ibn Anas Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. In the field of hadith terminology, he produced al-Taqrirat al-Sunniya, an explanatory commentary on the introductory didactic poem al-Manzuma al-Bayquniyya Inarat al-Duja fi Maghazi…+1.

Death

On 23 Ramadan 1399 AH, after leading the Tarawih prayer and completing the Quranic recitation alongside his student memorizers at the mosque he had built near his home in the Umm al-Daraj quarter outside Mecca, al-Mashat suffered a sudden stroke and was admitted to Dr. Ahmad Zahir Hospital Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. He died on 7 Shawwal 1399 AH and was buried in al-Ma'lat Cemetery in Mecca Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn …. His funeral was attended by scholars and notables, and absentee funeral prayers were held for him across numerous mosques in Indonesia Alam al-Hijaz fi al-Qarn ….