Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Maqshi
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Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Maqshi is a contemporary scholar and academic specializing in Arabic linguistics and Islamic theology .
Scholarly Contributions and Reception
His full name is Muhammad ibn Abd Allah ibn Hammud al-Maqshi, and he holds a doctoral degree . In Arabic grammar and morphology, he authored Fath al-Karim al-Latif, an explanatory commentary on the pedagogical poem Bakurat al-Tarif bil-Muhimm min al-Tasrif by Muhammad Hammad ibn Ahmad al-Shinqiti . The commentary was praised for its clarity, precision, and pedagogical utility for students of Arabic morphology by scholars including Ibrahim Muhammad Abd Allah al-Shinqiti, Walid ibn Ahmad Mahmud, and Abd al-Wahid Abd Allah Ali al-Khamisi of Iman University in 1434 AH .
In theology, he compiled al-Majmu al-Thamin fi Hukm Dua Ghayr Rabb al-Alamin, which gathers textual passages from classical and later authorities across the four Sunni legal schools regarding the prohibition of supplicating deceased prophets and righteous individuals or seeking relief from them .
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This work is a contemporary commentary on Arabic morphology (sarf), written as a concise pedagogical exposition of Muhammad Hammad ibn Ahmad ibn Sayyid al-Jakani al-Shinqiti's didactic poem Bakurat al-Tarif bil-Muhimm min al-Tasrif. It aims to clarify the poem's vocabulary and core meanings in a direct manner without digression. Specifically dedicated to verb morphology and conjugation (tasrif al-fiel), the text covers essential topics including unaugmented trilateral and quadrilateral verb patterns.
This theological compilation gathers textual citations from prominent scholars across the four Sunni legal schools and other traditions, including the Salaf, Ahl al-Hadith, Ash'aris, and Maturidis. It examines the theological and legal rulings regarding supplicating other than God and seeking direct relief (istighathah) from deceased prophets and righteous figures. The text provides gathered sources to let readers evaluate the evidence, while explicitly omitting quotes from Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the Najdi tradition.
This theological compendium documents scholarly stances on affirming God's divine attributes and their intelligible meanings while consigning knowledge of their modality solely to God. Arranged chronologically across 117 numbered entries from the second to the fifteenth century AH, the compilation supports the traditional Athari position on divine names and attributes against figurative interpretation (ta'wil) and absolute consignment of meaning (tafwid al-ma'na).
This theological treatise examines the Ash'ari school's doctrine regarding the nature of the Quran in comparison with the Mu'tazila and early Sunni traditionalists (Ahl al-Hadith and the Salaf). It investigates the distinction between eternal inner speech (kalam nafsi) and the revealed, created Arabic text, arguing that the majority of Ash'ari theologians fundamentally align with the Mu'tazila regarding the createdness of the revealed Quran while presenting their stance in traditionalist phrasing.