Tāhir al-Jazā'irī

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Sheikh Tāhir al-Jazā'irī ( Arabic طاهر الجزائري Ṭāhir al-Ǧazāʾirī ; born 1852 in Damascus ; died 1920 in Damascus) was an Islamic reformer and hadith scholar from Syria . He was referred to as the " Muhammad Abduh of Syria".

He came from an Algerian family who had fled the French occupation . He first studied with his father Muhammad Salih (d. 1868), the Maliki legal scholar and authorized mufti of the Maliki madhhab in Damascus.

He mastered Arabic, Berber , Turkish and Persian, and he also learned French, Syriac , Hebrew and the Ethiopian language .

From Muhibb ad-Dīn al-Chatīb (1886-1969) he was described (in a review published in 1926) as "the founder of the Syrian current movement, father of his freedom fighters and leader of his enlightened scholars".

He was one of the founders of the “Islamic Welfare Society” ( Jamiya al-chairiya al-islamiya ) in Damascus and a member of the so-called “Greater Damascus Circle” ( halqatu Dimashq al-kabirah ).

He wrote many books on various subjects, including ʿAqīda , ʿUlūm al-Qur'ān, Tajschwīd , Hadith , Sīrah , Uṣūl, Arabic rhetoric, Arabic literature , philosophy, history and introductions to many Islamic manuscripts.

His reform of the educational system is reminiscent of that of the aforementioned Muhammad Abduh (1849–1905) at the same time. Most of the future leaders of Syrian nationalism or their predecessors took part, including Muhammad Kurd Ali (1876–1953) and Jalal al-Din al-Qasimi (1866–1914).

He was also active in setting up the Ẓāhirīyya library in Damascus and the Chālidīyya library in Jerusalem .

His Tawdschīh al-naar, for example, is a work of hadith studies valued by Sheikh Abu Ghudda (1917–1997) - the leader of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood .

literature

  • ʿAdnān al- Ḫaṭīb: aš-Shaiḫ Ṭāhir al-Ǧazāʾirī: rāʾid an-nahḍa al-ʿilmīya fī bilād aš-Šām wa-aʿlām min ḫirriǧī madrasatihī [Ṭāhir al-azāʾirī, the most important scholarly graduates of his school: the renaissance of the Syriac ]. al-Qāhira: Maṭbaʿat al-Ǧablāwī, 1971
  • Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi: Muhibb ad-Din al-Khatib: a portrait of a Salafi Arabist (1886–1969). PhD thesis Simon Fraser University 1991. Available online at: http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/3579/b1411415x.pdf
  • Joseph H. Escovitz: "He Was the Muhammad Abduh of Syria" a Study of Tahir al-Jazairi and His Influence. International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 18, No. 3. (1986), pp. 293-310 ( partial view )
  • Shaykh Shoayb Ahmed: Muslim Scholars of the 20th Century: A Concise History. Al-Kawthar Publications, 2006
  • TÂHİR el-CEZÂİRÎ (Diyanet Islam Ansiklopedisi 39. Cilt 395, Abdullah Emin Çimen, available online at http://www.fizan.net/tahir-el-cezairi.html )

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References and footnotes

  1. ↑ cf. Joseph E. Escovitz in "International Journal of Middle East Studies", 1986 vol. 18,3 p. 293ff
  2. ↑ ilmgate.org: Shaykh Tahir al-Jaza'iri (Shoayb Ahmed): “He was the authorized muftī of the Māliki madhhab in Damascus.” - Retrieved July 1, 2014
  3. ↑ sabyl.forumactif.com: Tahir al-Jazairi - accessed July 1, 2014
  4. ↑ ilmgate.org: Shaykh Tahir al-Jaza'iri (Shoayb Ahmed)
  5. ↑ after Rizvi, p. 18 ("the founder of Syria's present movement, father of its freedom fighters and leader of its enlightened scholars")
  6. ↑ cf. Rizvi, p. 18 ff. (The Circle of Shaykh Tâhir al-Jazâ´iri). - For the smaller circle, see Muhibb ad-Dīn al-Chatīb (As a political activist in the Ottoman Empire)
  7. ↑ ilmgate.org: Shaykh Tahir al-Jaza'iri (Shoayb Ahmed) - with a short overview of his works. - Retrieved July 1, 2014
  8. ↑ sabyl.forumactif.com: Tahir al-Jazairi - accessed July 1, 2014
  9. ↑ ilmgate.org: Shaykh Tahir al-Jaza'iri (Shoayb Ahmed) - accessed July 1, 2014
  10. ↑ ilmgate.org: Shaykh Tahir al-Jaza'iri (Shoayb Ahmed) - accessed July 1, 2014
  11. ↑ SUB GÖ
personal data
SURNAME Tāhir al-Jazā'irī
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jazāʾirī, Tāhir al-; الجزائري, طاهر (Arabic); Ṭāhir al-Ǧazāʾirī; Ṭāhir Ibn-Ṣāliḥ al-Ǧazāʾirī; Ṭāhir Ibn-Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Ǧazāʾirī; Ṭāhir Ibn-Ṣāliḥ Ibn-Aḥmad Ibn-Mauhūb al-Waghlīsī al-Djazāʾirī; Tahir Ibn Salih Jaza'iri; Ṭāhir Ibn-Ṣāliḥ al-Ǧazāʾirī; Tahir al-Jaza'iri; Ṭāhir Ibn-Ṣāliḥ Ibn-Aḥmad Ibn-Mauhūb al-Waghlīsī al-Djazāʾirī; Ṭāhir ibn Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad al-Jazāʼirī al-Dimashqī
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Islamic reformer and hadith scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1852
PLACE OF BIRTH Damascus
DATE OF DEATH 1920
Place of death Damascus