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Muhammad Ahmad Abd al-Qadir al-Shinqiti al-Madani

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Muhammad Ahmad Abd al-Qadir al-Shinqiti al-Madani (fl. 1390 AH / 1970 CE) was a Mauritanian-born Islamic scholar and jurist based in Medina, known for his treatise of hadith criticism, Tanbih al-Hudhaq ala Butlan ma Shaa bayn al-Anam min Hadith al-Nur al-Mansub li-Musannaf Abd al-Razzaq ("Alerting the Discerning to the Invalidation of the Widely Circulated Hadith of Light Attributed to the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq") .

Background and Scholarly Focus

Muhammad Ahmad ibn Abd al-Qadir traced his lineage to the Quraysh, was raised in the region of Shinqit (Mauritania), and subsequently settled in Medina as his place of residence . Recognized as a jurist (faqih), his scholarly activity centered on theological and hadith critique, particularly the refutation of spurious narrations concerning the Prophet Muhammad .

His primary known treatise, Tanbih al-Hudhaq, was completed when eight nights remained in Shawwal 1390 AH (December 1970 CE) . In it, he examined the widely circulated report falsely attributed to the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq al-San'ani—which claimed that the primordial light of the Prophet was the first entity created by God and the origin of all creation—demonstrating its fabrication through textual and rational arguments .

Reception

The treatise received formal commendation and a foreword from Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baz, then president of the Islamic University of Medina, who endorsed its proofs and commended the author's demonstration that the narration was forged . The work was subsequently printed by the Islamic University of Medina and cited by later scholars addressing theological misconceptions regarding the creation of the Prophet .

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