Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi
عبد الرحمن الثعالبي
1385 CE · 786 AH – 1470 CE · 875 AH
An Algerian scholar linked to the Tha'aliba tribe, who lived on the Mitija plain.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Scripture and its sciencesLiterature
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
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People and things also explored
Qawwam al-Sunna, Isma'il ibn Muhammad· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)· Seeking knowledge· Connectedness of the isnad and proven hearing· The Qur'an as the speech of God (in the Tahawi creed)· The pause of revelation (Fatra)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abd-al-rahman-al-tha-alibi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.