Mustafa Bahou
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Abu Sufyan Mustafa Bahou is a contemporary researcher and scholar specializing in Hadith studies and Maliki jurisprudence .
Scholarly activities
Bahou, whose kunya is Abu Sufyan, has engaged in legal research and the study of Hadith methodology . In the field of Hadith criticism, he compiled a dedicated research study analyzing Hidden Defects in Hadith transmissions and their diverse categories, titled al-Ila wa Ajnasuha inda al-Muhaddithin (Defects and Their Categories According to the Hadith Scholars) .
His legal writings examine classical jurisprudence and contemporary intellectual topics from the perspective of the Maliki school. In 1419 AH (1998 CE), he completed Hukm al-Ghina fi Madhhab al-Malikiyya (The Ruling on Singing in the Maliki School), a treatise addressing legal deliberations regarding singing and musical instruments, which was reissued in a second edition in 1428 AH (2007 CE) following the exhaustion of its initial two-thousand-copy print run . He also authored al-Ilmaniyya wa al-Madhhab al-Maliki (Secularism and the Maliki School), published in Rabat in 1433 AH (2012 CE) as part of a research series analyzing ideological concepts in relation to Islamic jurisprudence . In addition to his original treatises, Bahou has been active in manuscript editing, preparing editions of classical Andalusian and North African legal and biographical texts .
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List of Works
al-Ilmaniyya wa al-Madhhab al-Maliki (Secularism and the Maliki School) is a contemporary treatise examining the incompatibility of secularism with Maliki jurisprudence and analyzing the historical implementation of Islamic law in Morocco. The work serves as the third installment in the research series Buhuth fi al-Ilmaniyya (Studies on Secularism), combining into a single study the relationship between secularism and the Maliki school alongside what the application of Sharia signifies within Maliki jurisprudence.
al-Ilmaniyya: al-Mafhum wa al-Mazahir wa al-Asbab (Secularism: Concept, Manifestations, and Causes) is a treatise examining the historical genesis, conceptual framework, and social and intellectual manifestations of secularism in the Western and Islamic worlds. Serving as the opening volume and general introduction to the multi-part research series Buhuth fi al-Ilmaniyya (Studies on Secularism), the work treats secularism as an ideological and cultural phenomenon rooted strictly in the historical trajectory of Western Christian civilization.
Hukm al-Ghina fi Madhhab al-Malikiyya (The Ruling on Singing in the Maliki School) is a contemporary legal treatise examining the stance of the Maliki school on singing and musical instruments. Written to address claims that Malik ibn Anas and the jurists of Medina permitted singing and instruments, the work compiles textual rulings, consensus reports, and legal verdicts from specialized monographs and foundational Maliki manuals to demonstrate the school's authoritative positions.
al-Ilmaniyyun al-Arab wa-Mawqifuhum min al-Islam (Arab Secularists and Their Position on Islam) is a critical treatise examining and critiquing the ideological foundations and discourse of contemporary Arab secularist intellectuals regarding Islam. The work constitutes the second volume in the specialized series Silsilat Buhuth fi al-Ilmaniyya (Researches on Secularism), exploring the premises of both explicit and pragmatic secularist writers.
Ulama al-Maghrib wa Muqawamatuhum lil-Bida wa al-Tasawwuf wa al-Quburiyya wa al-Mawasim (The Scholars of Morocco and Their Resistance to Innovations, Sufism, Grave-Veneration, and Seasonal Festivals) is a contemporary treatise examining historical Moroccan and Maliki scholarly opposition to innovations, Sufi practices, grave-veneration, and popular festivals. As the third installment in the series Buhuth fi al-Madhhab al-Maliki, it compiles historical rulings, texts, and excerpts from jurists, scholars, and rulers across multiple eras.