At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Development of law, theology and institutions
Place in the story
- JuristTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu al-Tayyib Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tafilalti al-Maliki al-Maghribi, a Moroccan mufti from Tafilalt. He was a Maliki who later became a Hanafi. 1
Death
He died in 1191 AH (around 1777 CE). 1
The museum's data do not record his birth, his teachers or his works, which need an additional source.
People and things also explored
Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Hired worker (ajir)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO , p.366
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad al-Tafilalti”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-al-tafilalti/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.