Muhammad al-Khidr al-Shinqiti

Muhammad al-Khidr al-Shinqiti (d. 1353 AH / 1935 CE) was a Mauritanian Maliki jurist, hadith scholar, and theologian who served as the Maliki mufti of Medina and authored the multi-volume commentary Kawthar al-Ma'ani al-Darari fi Kashf Khabaya Sahih al-Bukhari. al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1

Life and Career

His full name was Muhammad al-Khidr ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Mayyaba al-Jakani al-Shinqiti al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1. He was born and raised in Shinqit in the Islamic West, where he received his early education and trained in Maliki jurisprudence al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1. He belonged to a prominent scholarly family; his brother was the hadith scholar Muhammad Habib Allah al-Shinqiti, and his son, Muhammad al-Amin, later served in high judicial and governmental offices al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1.

Al-Shinqiti eventually emigrated to the Hijaz and settled in Medina, where he was appointed to the official post of Maliki mufti al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1.

Scholarly Contributions

Al-Shinqiti was recognized primarily as a hadith scholar (muhaddith) and theologian (mutakallim) Mujam al-Muallifin. His most extensive work in hadith was Kawthar al-Ma'ani al-Darari fi Kashf Khabaya Sahih al-Bukhari ("The Abundant Stream of Shining Jewels in Uncovering the Hidden Treasures of Sahih al-Bukhari"), an expansive commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari Kawthar al-Ma'ani al-Dara…+1. In legal theory and defense of the schools of law, he wrote Qam' Ahl al-Zaygh wa-l-Ilhad 'an al-Ta'n fi Taqlid A'immat al-Ijtihad ("Suppressing the Deviant and Heretical from Slandering the Following of the Imams of Ijtihad") Mujam al-Muallifin+1. He also authored polemical theological works, including Mushtaha al-Kharif al-Jani fi Radd Zalaqat al-Tijani, directed against the doctrines of the Tijani order al-Alam lil-Zirikli+1.

Death

Al-Shinqiti died in Medina in the month of Dhu al-Qi'da 1353 AH (1935 CE) Mujam al-Muallifin, though another report records his death in 1354 AH Kawthar al-Ma'ani al-Dara….