Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi

محمد بن يوسف السنوسي

Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Sanusi — author of Umm al-Barahin, the compact epitome of tawhid doctrines, which he himself commented on 1.

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The imam Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn al-Husayn al-Sanusi, a scholar of the Maghrib. He wrote "Umm al-Barahin" on doctrine, a summary containing all the doctrines of monotheism, and ended it with the two words of the testimony. He then wrote a brief commentary on it. 2 See Umm al-Barahin.

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Umm al-Barahin fi al-'Aqa'id

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  1. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 635
  2. Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p.635
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Umm al-Barahin fi al-'Aqa'id

Al-Sanusi's Umm al-Barahin — 'the mother of proofs', the compact creed of tawhid ending with the two words of testimony, with the author's own short commentary.