al-Faharis al-Shamila li-Athar al-Shaykh al-Allama Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti
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al-Faharis al-Shamila li-Athar al-Shaykh al-Allama Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (Comprehensive Indices to the Works of Shaykh Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti) is a specialized bibliographic reference work compiled by Zahir bin Muhammad al-Shahri, indexing the complete corpus of the Mauritanian scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (d. 1393 AH / 1974 CE) .
Background and Composition
The idea for the work originated in 1418 AH (1997/1998 CE) when al-Shahri consulted Khalid ibn Uthman al-Sabt in Dammam, who suggested creating an exhaustive set of indices covering all printed books, unprinted manuscripts, recorded lectures, and audio lessons of al-Shinqiti . Work proceeded over several years, experiencing pauses during al-Shahri's completion of his master's degree .
Following the release of al-Shinqiti's collected works (Athar al-Shaykh al-Allama Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti) in nineteen volumes by Dar Alam al-Fawa'id in 1427 AH under the supervision of Bakr ibn Abd Allah Abu Zayd and funded by the Sulayman al-Rajhi Charitable Foundation, al-Shahri updated all page references to match this standard edition . Al-Sabt subsequently delivered the index files on compact disc to the editorial committee of the publishing project . Under the direction of Ali ibn Muhammad al-Umran, the committee restructured the columns for book format, merged cross-references, unified the Quranic script according to the Madinah Mushaf, and subjected the thematic issues index (Fihris al-Masa'il) to review by two academic referees while the remaining indices were vetted by one referee . Al-Sabt provided a foreword dated Rajab 1434 AH, al-Shahri completed his introduction in Rabi' al-Awwal 1435 AH, and the project editor finalized the work in Ramadan 1435 AH .
Structure and Scope
The work is organized into twenty-eight thematic and textual indices designed to provide direct access to al-Shinqiti's legal, exegetical, and linguistic outputs :
- Exposition of Quranic Verses: Verses interpreted across Adwa' al-Bayan and other writings, including cross-references .
- Verses in al-'Adhb al-Namir: Verses examined in al-Shinqiti's recorded Qur'anic lectures .
- Verses in Daf' Iham al-Ijtirab: Verses reconciled in his treatise on apparent discrepancies in scripture .
- Quranic Variants (Qira'at): 467 verses across 59 surahs where variant readings are discussed .
- Occasions of Revelation (Asbab al-Nuzul): 116 verses across 28 surahs .
- Hadith Narrations: 1,965 prophetic traditions, arranged alphabetically by their opening wording .
- Companions' and Successors' Reports (Athar): 484 non-prophetic traditions .
- Hadith and Athar Evaluations: 283 reports specifically judged by al-Shinqiti regarding their authenticity or chain of transmission .
- Biographical Criticism (al-Jarh wa-l-Ta'dil): 312 transmitters and scholars evaluated or discussed in terms of reliability .
- Poetry and Hemistichs: 1,661 complete poetic verses ordered by rhyme letter, along with a supplementary index of 15 single hemistichs .
- Verses from Ibn Malik's Alfiyya: 202 grammatical verses cited in the works .
- Verses from Maraqi al-Su'ud: 473 verses from Sidi Abd Allah al-Shinqiti's didactic poem on legal theory cited throughout the texts .
- Miscellaneous Didactic Poems (Manzumat): Citations from twenty-four distinct instructional poems alongside unattributed versified lines .
- Vocabulary and Lexical Definitions: 841 individual terms explicitly defined by al-Shinqiti .
- Divine and Legal Wisdoms (al-Hikam): 82 instances where the rationales or underlying wisdom of legal rulings were detailed .
- Proverbs (al-Amthal): 51 proverbs cited .
- Geographical Places and Cities: 163 locations .
- Tribes and Peoples: 135 entries .
- Sects and Theological Schools: 29 groups, including the Mu'tazilites, Ash'arites, philosophers, and materialist movements .
- Battles and Expeditions (al-Maghazi): 26 military campaigns from the prophetic era and later history .
- Index of Scholarly Issues (Fihris al-Masa'il): A comprehensive analytical index of theological, juristic, hadith, grammatical, rhetorical, and literary discussions, organized alphabetically by triconsonantal root from a-b-r to y-w-m .
- Legal and Linguistic Distinctions (al-Furuq): 132 distinguished terms and concepts .
- Terminological and Customary Usages (al-Itlaqat): 419 lexical and legal usages identified in his explanations .
- Debates and Disputations (al-Munazarat): 16 scholarly disputations .
- Scholarly Emendations (al-Istidrakat): 27 corrections made by al-Shinqiti regarding statements of earlier authorities .
- Refutations (al-Rudud): 97 theological, doctrinal, and jurisprudential refutations against opposing doctrines and scholars .
- Scholarly Sources (Mawarid): 235 referenced written works, omitting primary Hadith canonical collections to prevent inflation of length .
- Anecdotes and Historical Narratives (al-Hikayat wa-l-Nawadir): 66 stories and scholarly anecdotes .
In addition to the main nineteen volumes of the collected edition, the index incorporated two academic treatises dictated by al-Shinqiti at the Islamic University of Madinah that had been transcribed by Abd Allah ibn Ahmad Qadiri al-Ahdal .
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