Muhadarat al-Shinqiti

Muhadarat al-Shinqiti (Lectures of al-Shinqiti) is a compilation of public lectures and scholarly treatises delivered by the Mauritanian scholar Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1325–1393 AH / 1905–1974 CE), addressing Islamic legal theory, creed, ethics, and contemporary social questions al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+1.

Contents and Subjects

The collection brings together several formal lectures and short treatises delivered by al-Shinqiti across different venues, predominantly at the Islamic University of Madinah and the Prophet's Mosque al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+1:

• al-Islam Din Kamil (Islam is a Complete Religion): Delivered at the Prophet's Mosque in 1378 AH in the presence of King Muhammad V of Morocco al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+1. The lecture is an exposition of the Quranic verse الْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِي وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ الْإِسْلَامَ دِينًا ("Today I have perfected your religion for you, completed My favor upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion"), demonstrating through ten major societal and religious issues that Islam has left nothing necessary for creation unexplained al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن ….
• al-Masalih al-Mursalah (Unrestricted Public Interests): Dictated by al-Shinqiti and read on his behalf during the cultural season at the Islamic University of Madinah in 1390 AH, establishing the parameters and criteria for applying public interest in jurisprudence between excess and neglect al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+1.
• Manhaj al-Tashri' al-Islami wa-Hikmatuh (The Methodology and Wisdom of Islamic Legislation): Delivered at the opening of the cultural season at the Islamic University of Madinah in 1384 AH, discussing the underlying wisdom and rationale of various Islamic legal rulings al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+1.
• Manhaj wa-Dirasat li-Ayat al-Asma' wa-l-Sifat (Methodology and Studies on the Verses of Divine Names and Attributes): Delivered at the Islamic University of Madinah on 13 Ramadan 1382 AH, elucidating the foundational principles of the early generations (salaf) regarding the affirmation of the attributes of God without distortion or denial al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+1.
• al-Muthul al-'Ulya fi al-Islam (Supreme Ideals in Islam): An exposition of high ideals and perfection in Islamic creed, legislation, and morals al-Jumuu al-Bahiya lil-Aq…+1.
• Hawla Shubhat al-Raqiq (Regarding the Misconception of Slavery): A lecture delivered on al-Shinqiti's behalf by his student 'Atiyyah Muhammad Salim during the cultural season at the Islamic University of Madinah, aimed at resolving misconceptions regarding servitude and clarifying the Islamic stance al-Jumuu al-Bahiya lil-Aq…+1.
• Fatwa fi Tahrim al-Ta'lim al-Mukhtalat (A Ruling on the Prohibition of Co-Education): A legal treatise detailing the prohibition of mixed-gender schooling Adwa al-Bayan fi Idah al-….
• Bayan al-Nasikh wa-l-Mansukh min Ay al-Dhikr al-Hakim (Clarification of the Abrogating and Abrogated Verses of the Wise Quran): A treatise examining the verses of abrogation in the Quran Adwa al-Bayan fi Idah al-….

Publication History

Several of these lectures were initially published as individual treatises by institutions such as the Islamic University of Madinah and various printing presses Juhud al-Shaykh Muhammad …+1. Sayyid al-Amin ibn al-Mami al-Jakani compiled several of them into a collection titled al-Mu'in wa-l-Zarid fi al-Da'wah wa-l-Irshad, which also included other statements and elegies written for al-Shinqiti Juhud al-Shaykh Muhammad ….

The complete set of lectures was later incorporated into the collected works project Athar al-Shaykh al-'Allamah Muhammad al-Amin al-Shinqiti, supervised by Bakr ibn 'Abd Allah Abu Zayd, where it forms volume 11 of the series, published jointly by Dar 'Ata'at al-'Ilm and Dar Ibn Hazm, as well as by Dar 'Alam al-Fawa'id al-Islam Din Kamil - ضمن …+2.