User:Eleminos/ʻAbd Allāh ibn Ibrāhīm al-ʻAlawī

Sidi Abd Allah Ould Hajj Ibrahim or Abd Allah ibn Ibrahim al-Alawi, is a prominent scholar and poet in the 18th century in the land of Chinguetti, modern day Mauritania, and in all of the Middle East.

Lineage
His lineage is the following: Sidi Abdullah bin Al-Hajj Ibrahim bin Al-Imam Abderrahman bin Al Imam Muhannad Ahmed Al-Alawi Al-Hassani, named after the Alawite Al-Hassani tribe, Idou Ali, one of the Mauritanian tribes famous for its poets, writers, and scholars.

Childhood and Life
He was born, after the middle of the twelfth century AH, in the Tidjikja in the Tagant region of Mauritania. His father took care of him from a young age until he memorized the Qur’an, as is the custom of the people of that country. When he reached the age of manhood, he prepared to seek knowledge and began his journey there with the scholars of his country. He learned from Sheikh Al-Mukhtar bin Buna Al-Jakni, Sheikh Sidi Abdullah Al-Fadil Al-Yaqoubi, Al-Hajj Ahmed Khalifa Al-Alawi, and others from the eminent scholars of his region. After obtaining what they had, he headed to Fez and Marrakesh in Morocco and resided there. For nine years, he learned from their scholars and they learned from him. Then he headed to the Mecca to perform the Hajj, so he passed through Egypt and met with the scholars of Cairo and fulfilled his desired wish .He benefited from them and they benefited from him, and he met the ruler of Egypt at the time, Muhammad Ali Pasha, and honored him, and gave him a horse from the horses of Egypt. Then he headed to Mecca as part of the delegation sent by the Sultan of Morocco at that time, Moulay Mohammed bin Abdullah, and thus had the opportunity to meet with the most prominent scholars in Mecca and Medina. Then he returned to Morocco after performing the Hajj, and his sultan honored him and gave him a treasure trove of rare books with which he returned to his homeland and his birthplace. He sat teaching people and writing books and his knowledge became famous across the horizons. He remained in pursuit of knowledge for forty years, taking it from whomever he found to have additional knowledge, until he achieved the desired goal and achieved the desired wish.

Death
On the night of Friday, the 18th of Rabi’ al-Thani in the year 1233 AH, at the age of eighty, close to Tidjikja.

Works

 * مراقي السعود ألفية في أصول الفقه.
 * نشر البنود وهو شرح على مراقي السعود يقع في جزئين طبع مرتين بالمغرب.
 * 1) نيل النجاح في مصطلح الحديث: حققه الأستاذ محمد الكبير العلوي بالمغرب.
 * 2) فيض الفتاح على نور الأقاح. في علم البيان طبع بالمغرب عام 1329 هـ.
 * 3) طلعة الأنوار وشرحها هدى الأبرار في مصطلح الحديث اختصر بها ألفية العراقي طبع بشرح وتحقيق الشيخ حسن المشاط رحمه الله.
 * 4) طرة الضوال والهمل ألفه في الرد على الأعراف المخالفة للشرع وردا على فتاوى الفقهاء الشاذة.
 * 5) صحيحة النقل رسالة في أنساب العلويين والبكريين وتاريخ عمارة شنقيط وحروب قبائلها.
 * نوازله وهي مجموعة فتاوى ورسائل ألفها في شتى الموضوعات، وقد اعتنى بها العلماء فجمعوها ورتبوها، ونظمها الشيخ محمد العاقب بن مايابي الجكنى وطبعت بليبيا بتحقيق التواتي بن التواتي الجزائري.
 * 1) رشد الغافل. نظم، وشرحه في كتاب، وموضوعه الإرشاد للقرآن العظيم والابتعاد عن علوم الطلاسم.