Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki

محمد بن علوي المالكي

1944–2004 · Saudi Arabia (Mecca) · Hadith scholar, Maliki jurist and teacher at the Sacred Mosque in Mecca

Muhammad ibn ‘Alawi al-Maliki al-Hasani was born in Mecca in 1944 into a family of Maliki scholars who, over several generations, had served as teachers and prayer leaders at the Sacred Mosque. His first and main teacher was his father, ‘Alawi ibn ‘Abbas al-Maliki, and he is reported to have received licences to teach (ijazas) from a number of scholars in Mecca, Medina and further afield. He later taught in his own right at the Haram and in his house in Mecca, attracting students from many countries; the English-language biography of him names the Egyptian scholar Ali Gomaa and the translator Gibril Haddad among those who studied with him.

He is generally presented as the leading Hijazi representative of a Sufi-leaning, Ash’ari and Maliki orientation in a country whose religious institutions were dominated by Salafi scholarship. His books deal with hadith, the Prophet’s life and character, legal theory, the sciences of the Qur’an, and with contested devotional questions such as visiting the Prophet’s tomb in Medina and celebrating the Prophet’s birthday. Several of them, including Mafahim yajib an tusahhah (“Concepts that Must Be Corrected”), were written as answers to criticism from the Salafi side, and they provoked sharp counter-responses from some Saudi scholars.

His works have been translated into Urdu, Malay, Indonesian and English and are widely read among Sufi-oriented Muslims in South and Southeast Asia and the Arab world. He died in Mecca in 2004 and was buried in the Mu’alla cemetery.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Biography sources: en.wikipedia.org · openlibrary.org

Works

Books 6

BOOK 1983 · Arabic

Sharh Manzumat al-Waraqat fi Usul al-Fiqh شرح منظومة الورقات في أصول الفقه

A commentary on a versified version of the classic short primer of legal theory known as al-Waraqat.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

Cite

al-Maliki, Muhammad ibn 'Alawi. Sharh Manzumat al-Waraqat fi Usul al-Fiqh. 1983. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/NOuarakat. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-alawi-al-maliki/#muhammad-alawi-al-maliki-sharh-manzumat-al-waraqat-fi-usul-al-fiqh

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BOOK 1985 · Arabic

Mafahim Yajib an Tusahhah مفاهيم يجب أن تصحح

A work, usually rendered "Concepts That Must Be Corrected", in which the author takes up religious ideas he considered mistaken, chiefly on matters of creed and devotional practice.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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al-Maliki, Muhammad ibn 'Alawi. Mafahim Yajib an Tusahhah. 1985. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-alawi-al-maliki/#muhammad-alawi-al-maliki-mafahim-yajib-an-tusahhah

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BOOK Arabic

Al-Dhakha'ir al-Muhammadiyya الذخائر المحمدية

A large compilation of material on the Prophet's person, conduct and example, whose introduction stresses that following him depends on knowing him fully.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Maliki, Muhammad ibn 'Alawi. Al-Dhakha'ir al-Muhammadiyya. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/dhakhaer-arabic. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-alawi-al-maliki/#muhammad-alawi-al-maliki-al-dhakhair-al-muhammadiyya

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Al-Ziyara al-Nabawiyya bayna al-Shar'iyya wa-l-Bid'iyya الزيارة النبوية بين الشرعية والبدعية

A treatise on whether visiting the Prophet's grave in Medina is a legitimate act of devotion or an innovation, as its title puts it.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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al-Maliki, Muhammad ibn 'Alawi. Al-Ziyara al-Nabawiyya bayna al-Shar'iyya wa-l-Bid'iyya. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-alawi-al-maliki/#muhammad-alawi-al-maliki-al-ziyara-al-nabawiyya-bayna-al-shariyya-wa-l-bidiyya

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Khasa'is al-Umma al-Muhammadiyya خصائص الأمة المحمدية

A study of the distinguishing virtues attributed to the community of the Prophet Muhammad in the Qur'an and hadith.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: Internet Archive

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al-Maliki, Muhammad ibn 'Alawi. Khasa'is al-Umma al-Muhammadiyya. Internet Archive, https://archive.org/details/FakirlerinHizmetcisi_20150823_0216. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-alawi-al-maliki/#muhammad-alawi-al-maliki-khasais-al-umma-al-muhammadiyya

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Muhammad, the Perfect Human Being محمد الإنسان الكامل

A book on the person and character of the Prophet Muhammad, presenting him as the complete human exemplar.

Archived 19 October 2026 · Source: openlibrary.org

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al-Maliki, Muhammad ibn 'Alawi. Muhammad, the Perfect Human Being. Archived 19 October 2026 in Islamic Internet Archives: Archive of Modern Islamic Thought. https://islamicarchives.org/authors/muhammad-alawi-al-maliki/#muhammad-alawi-al-maliki-muhammad-the-perfect-human-being

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