Muhammad As-Sūmālī

Muhammad ibn Abdullāh as-Sūmālī
Muhammad ibn Abdullāh as-Sūmālī
	A portrait of Muhammad bin Abdullāh as-Sūmālī
Title	As-Sūmālī, ash-Shaykh, al-Muhaddith
Personal
Born	early 1900, ; Ogaden, Ethiopia
Died	11. December 1999, ; Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Religion	Islam
Era	20th century
Region	Horn of Africa/Arabian Peninsula
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i
Main interest(s)	Science of Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic Exegesis
Alma mater	Dar al-Hadith al-Makkiyyah University, Saudi Arabia
Muslim leader
	Disciples Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i[1];

Muhammad as-Sūmālī (Arabic: محمد الصومالي), full name: Muhammad bin Abdullāh bin Ahmad as-Sūmālī (Arabic: محمد بن عبدالله بن أحمد الصومالي) (early 1900–2000), often simply known as as-Sūmālī or al-Muhaddith, was a Somali scholar and muhaddith who studied Hadīth in Dār al-Hadīth al-Makkiyyah University located in Makkah.

Education

Sheikh Muhammad began to study early in his life, at the age of 7 or 8 years old. He began his studies with memorising the Quran with his Quran teacher Sheikh 'Ali Sheikh Hassan. Following that, he began studying Shāfi'i jurisprudence (Fiqh). He studied the book Safinah an-Najah with his teacher 'Ali Sheikh 'Abd ar-Rahmān 'Awl. Completing this book he began studying Ajrumiyyah, an Arabic grammar and language, with his teacher 'Ali Sheikh Muhammad Nur Hirsi as well as Sharh of Al-'Ashmawi, Mulha al-I'rāb, Lāmiyyah al-Af'āl and al-Minhāj. Then he learned (listened) al-Minhāj from 'Ali Sheikh al-Hajj Tima'adde (Tima Cadde).

Biography

Muhammad as-Sūmāli was born in the early years of the 20th century in region called Nugub which is located in the Ogaden Region of Ethiopia.

References

De Bellaigue, Christopher (2017). "1: Cairo". The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason 1798 to Modern Times. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-0-87140-373-5.

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[1] De Bellaigue, Christopher (2017). "1: Cairo". The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason 1798 to Modern Times. New York: Liveright Publishing Corporation. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-0-87140-373-5.