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Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAlī aš-Šaukānī

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Born: 1760
Died: 1834 · Sanaa.
Occupation: qadi · theologian · islamic jurist · mufti · poet · muhaddith · qur'anic exegete · judge
Known for: al-Badr al-ṭāliʻ bi-maḥāsin min baʻda al-qarn al-sābiʻ
Languages: Arabic

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1.ibn Ali al Shawkani, Muhammad. A Critique of the ruling of Al-Taqlid. Dar al Arqam Publishing. 3–4, 12–13. 2009. 978-1-9164756-4-9.
2.Princeton University Press. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. 606. 2013. 978-0-691-13484-0.
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4.Ahmed, Chanfi. West African ʿulamāʾ and Salafism in Mecca and Medina Jawāb al-Ifrῑqῑ—The Response of the African. Brill. 97. 2015. 978-90-04-27031-2.
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6.Saint-Prot, Charles. Happy Arabia : from antiquity to Ali Abdullah Salih, the Yemeni unifier. University of Michigan. 31. 1999. 9781107136335.
7.Ala Hamoudi, Cammack, Haider, Mark. Islamic Law in Modern Courts. Aspen Publishing. 576. 2018. 9781454830399.
8.Ali, Mohamed Bin. "Salafis, salafism and modern salafism: what lies behind a term?." (2015).
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14.Haykel, Bernard. Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy of Muhammad Al-Shawkani. Cambridge University Press. 104. 2003. 9780521528900.
15.Beránek, Ťupek, Ondřej, Pavel. The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam: Iconoclasm, Destruction and Idolatry. Edinburgh University Press. 7, 47, 73. 2018. 978-1-4744-1757-0.
16.Nafi, Basheer M. "Abu al-Thana'al-Alusi: An Alim, Ottoman Mufti, and Exegete of the Qur'an." International Journal of Middle East Studies 34.3 (2002): 465-494. "...al-Shawkani (1760–1834), were all, in varying degrees, interested in Ibn Taymiyya's intellectual legacy."
17.Oxford University Press. Islam in Yemen: Oxford Bibliographies Online Research Guide. 6. 1 May 2010. 9780199804351.
18.Princeton University Press. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought. 606. 2013. 978-0-691-13484-0.
19.Moreau, Schaar, Odile, Stuart. Subversives and Mavericks in the Muslim Mediterranean: A Subaltern History. University of Texas Press. 139. 2016. 978-1477319956.
20.Saint-Prot, Charles. Happy Arabia: From Antiquity to Ali Abdullah Salih, the Yemeni Unifier. University of Michigan. 31. 1999. 9781107136335.
21.Ala Hamoudi, Cammack, Haider, Mark. Islamic Law in Modern Courts. Aspen Publishing. 576. 2018. 9781454830399.
22.Thurston, Alexander. Salafism in Nigeria Islam, Preaching, and Politics. Cambridge University Press. 47–48. 2016. 978-1-107-15743-9.
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24.Pall, Zoltan. Lebanese Salafis between the Gulf and Europe. Amsterdam University Press. 18. 2013. 978-90-8964-451-0.
25.Moussa, Mohammed. Politics of the Islamic Tradition: The Thought of Muhammad al-Ghazali. Routledge. 56–59. 2016. 978-1-138-84121-5.
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28.Carr, Mahalingam, Brian, Indira. Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy. Routledge. 931. 1997. 0-203-01350-6.
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30.Al-Badr at-Taali' bi Mahaasin man Ba'd al-Qarn as-Sabi' , Vol. 2 p. 214.
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33.Hanssen, Weiss, Jens, Max. Arabic Thought Beyond the Liberal Age: Towards an Intellectual History of the Nahda. Cambridge University Press. 95. 2016. 9781107136335.
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35.Knysh, Alexander. Islam in Historical Perspective. Routledge. 238. 2017. 978-1-138-19369-7.
36.Messick, Brinkly The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society, Berkeley 1993, p. 145.
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38.Hallaq, Wael B. Was the Gate of Ijtihad Closed?. International Journal of Middle East Studies. Cambridge University Press. 16. 1. 32–33. 1984. 10.1017/S0020743800027598.
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41.Abualrab, Jalal. Biography and Mission of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab. Madinah Publishers and Distributors. 497. 2013. 978-0-9856326-9-4.
42.ul Haq, Asim. Imam al-Shawkani (d. 1250H) on the Writings, Da'wah and Adversaries of Shaykh Muhammad Bin Abd Al-Wahhab. 'Wahhabis'.com. August 2011.
43.M. Bunzel, Cole. Manifest Enmity: The Origins, Development, and Persistence of Classical Wahhabism (1153-1351/1741-1932). Princeton University. 223. 2018.
44.Peters, Rudolph. Ijtihad and Taqlid in 18th and 19th century Islam. Die Welt des Islams. University of Amsterdam. XX, 3-4. 134. September 1980.
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47.Afzal Upal, M. Cusack, Muhammad, Carole. Handbook of Islamic Sects and Movements. Brill. 220. 2021. 978-90-04-42525-5.
48.ul Haq, Asim. Al Shawkani refuted the notion that followers of Shaykh Muhammad bin Abdil Wahaab are Khawarij. System of Life. 16 September 2020.
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50.Beránek, Ťupek, Ondřej, Pavel. The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam: Iconoclasm, Destruction and Idolatry. Edinburgh University Press. 12, 77, 223. 2018. 978-1-4744-1757-0.
51.Rand Corporation. Regime and Periphery in Northern Yemen: The Huthi Phenomenon. 72. 28 Apr 2010. 9780833049742.
52.I.B.Tauris. A History of Shi'i Islam. 2 Dec 2013. 9780857735249.
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60.Ahmad S. Dallal, Islam without Europe: Traditions of Reform in Eighteenth-Century Islamic Thought, UNC Press Books (2018), p. 11.
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