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al-Tawwati Muhammad al-Bashir ibn Muhammad al-Tahir

التواتي محمد البشير بن محمد الطاهر

1893 CE · 1311 AH

Scholar of Bejaia origin raised in Tunis, named al-Tawwati after a pious man of Tuwat with whom he was associated; died 1311 AH (1893 CE).

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Roles
Scholar
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Sunni
Era
The Colonial Era
Region
Maghreb
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Scripture and its sciences

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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Muhammad al-Bashir ibn Muhammad al-Tahir al-Tawwati, a scholar of Bejaian origin who grew up in Tunis. He was attributed to al-Tawwati because of his connection with a righteous man from the people of Tuwat. He died in 1311 AH (1893 CE). 1

People and things also explored

The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· The Prophetic Sunna· Command, prohibition and capacity· The Sunna as explanation of the Qur'an· Bid'a (religious innovation)

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.679
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The seven ahruf

The Prophet's saying 'the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, so read of it what is easy' — narrated through Umar's dispute with Hisham ibn Hakim over Surat al-Furqan; its exact meaning is one of the widest debates in Qur'anic sciences.