Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî

Shaykh Ahmad At Tijânî Ibn Bâba Al 'Alawî (date of birth unknown - 1888) was a Maliki jurist of the city of Chinguit in Mauritania, a theologian Ash'ari and Tijani imam. He is frequently called Ibn Ahmad Baba.

He was the author of many poems including his famous book on the Tariqah Tijaniyyah entitled Munyat Ul Murid, which was later commented by Shaykh Mohammed Larbi Sayeh, and a beautiful poem about the wives of Muhammad.

He died in Medina in 1888 and is buried in Al Baqi cemetery^[1] located next to the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.

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Muslim scholars of the Maliki School

• by century (AH
• CE)

2nd/8th

• Malik ibn Anas (founder of the school; 711–795)
• Ali ibn Ziyad (d. 799)
• Ibn Wahb (743–813)
• Ibn al-Qasim

3rd/9th

• Asad ibn al-Furat (759–828)
• Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (d. 848)
• Sahnun (d. 854/55)
• Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri (767–856)
• Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam (801–871)

4th/10th

• Abu al-Arab (d. 945)
• Ibn Abi Zayd (922–996)
• Al-Baqillani (950–1013)
• Sidi Mahrez (951–1022)
• Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab (973–1035)
• Abu Imran al-Fasi (d. 1039)

5th/11th

• Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 1071)
• Al-Baji (1013–1081)
• Al-Lakhmi (1006–1085)
• Al-Lamti

6th/12th

• At-Turtushi (1059–1126)
• Al-Maziri (1061–1141)
• Ibn Barrajan (d. 1141)
• Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076–1148)
• Qadi Ayyad (1083–1149)
• Al-Suhayli (1114–1185)
• Averroes (1126–1198)
• Al-Tamimi (d. 1207/08)

7th/13th

• Al-Qattan (d. 1231)
• Al-Azafi (1162–1236)
• Ibn al-Hajib (d. 1249)
• Al-Qurtubi (1214–1273)
• Al-Qarafi (1228–1285)
• Ibn Ata Allah (1259–1310)
• Al-Zarwili (d. 1319)
• Ibn Rushayd (1259–1321)

8th/14th

• Ibn al-Haj (d. 1336)
• Ibn Juzayy (d. 1340)
• Khalil ibn-Ishaq (d. 1365)
• Ibn Marzuq (d. 1379)
• Ash-Shatibi (1320–1388)
• Ibn Farhun (d. 1397)
• Ibn 'Arafa (1316–1401)
• Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)
• Al-Sakkak (d. 1415)
• Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Fasi (1373–1429)

9th/15th

• Ibn Faïd (1394–1453)
• Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (1384–1479)
• Ibn al-Azraq (1427–1491)
• Ahmad Zarruq (1442–1493)
• Ibn Hilal al-Sijilmasi (d. 1497/98)

10th/16th

• Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq (d. 1506/07)
• Al-Wansharisi (d. 1508)
• Ibn Abi Jum'ah (d. 1511)
• Al-Miknasi (1437–1513)
• Al-Hattab (1497–1547)
• Al-Akhdari (1512–1575)
• Al-Mandjur (1520–1587)
• Al-Tamgruti (d. 1594/95)

11th/17th

• Ibn Ashir (1582–1631)
• Al-Laqani (d. 1631)
• Mayyara (1591–1662)
• Al-Dila'i (d. 1678)
• Al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680)
• Al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685)
• Az-Zurqani (1611–1688)
• Muhammad al-Zurqani (1645–1710)

12th/18th

• Ibn al-Tayyib (1698–1756)
• Al-Bannani (1727–1780)
• Ad-Dardir (1715–1786)
• M'Hamed Al-Azhari (d. 1793/94)
• Al-Tawudi ibn Suda (1700–1795)
• Al-Qasim al-Sijilmasi (d. 1800)

13th/19th

• Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (1747–1809)
• Ad-Desouki (d. 1815)
• Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817)
• Al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817)
• Abdullahi dan Fodio (1766–1829)
• Muhammad 'Ilish (1802–1882)
• Al Alawi (d. 1888)
• Salim al-Bishri (1832–1916)
• Ahmed Harrak Srifi (d. 1925)
• Ahmed Skirej (1878–1944)

14th/20th

• Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani (1897–1970)
• Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour (1909–1970)
• Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur (1879–1973)
• Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki (1944–2004)

15th/21st

• Othman Battikh (1941–2022)
• Abdallah bin Bayyah (b. 1935)
• Ahmed el-Tayeb (b. 1946)
• Ahmad Karima (b. 1951)
• Hamza Yusuf (b. 1958)
• Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (b. 1963)
• Rashid Al Marikhi

Scholars of other Sunni Islamic schools of jurisprudence

• Hanafi
• Hanbali
• Shafi'i
• Zahiri