Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab
محمد الأمين المثقب
1875 CE · 1292 AH – 1962 CE · 1382 AH
A Mauritanian scholar and teacher from a learned family.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Contemporary Era
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab, whose full name is Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab Hamin ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammadi al-Alawi. A Mauritanian scholar and teacher from a family of learning. 1
He was born in 1875 CE (1292 AH) and died in 1962 CE (1382 AH). These dates are traditional, from one source, and need an additional source. 1
People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO, p.304
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islam.museum contributors. “Muhammad al-Amin al-Mithqab”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/muhammad-al-amin-al-mithqab/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.