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Muhammad al-Mukhtar al-Shinqiti

محمد المختار الشنقيطي

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† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Mauritania → Medina

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Roles
Scholar
Era
The Contemporary Era
Region
Maghreb
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: A. K. Fazlul Huq · Aaijaz Ahmad Salafi · Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani · Abbas Almohri · Abbas Hilmi II

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MauritaniaMedina

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Born in
Mauritania
Died in
Medina

People and things also explored

Mosque of the Two Qiblas· Prophet's Mosque· The Sanctuary of Medina· Judaism in Arabia before Islam· Medina's society at the Hijra· Sabil (public water fountain)· The utum (tower-fortresses) of Yathrib· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479

Sources

  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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Mosque of the Two Qiblas

The Banu Salama mosque of Medina, named 'of the two qiblas' because the qibla was turned in it: Ibn Zabala reports that a man of Banu Salama reached them at dawn prayer with word of the change and they turned mid-prayer to the Kaaba — while al-Zamakhshari and the sira tradition make the change fall at zuhr when the Prophet had prayed two rak'as with his Companions, then turned to face the Mizab, the men and women exchanging places; Ibn Hajar reconciles the reports, and al-Majd notes that on Ibn Zabala's version Quba mosque would better deserve the name. Ibn Zabala ascribes the mosque to Banu Sawad ibn Ghanm of Banu Salama by al-Midhad, against al-Matari's ascription to Banu Haram.