Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib
Mohammed bin al-Tayyib محمد بن الطيب | |
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| Born | 1698 |
| Died | 1756 |
| Main interest(s) | Linguistics, History, Islamic jurisprudence, Hadith |
| Notable work(s) | Rihla ila al-Hijaz, Commentary on Sahih al-Bukhari |
| Occupation | Scholar, Historian, Linguist |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Creed | Maliki |
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Mohammed bin al-Tayyib (Arabic: محمد بن الطيب) or Abu Abdallah Mohammed bin Mohammed bin Musa bin Mohammed al-Sharqi al-Sumayli ibn Tayyib al-Fasi al-Alami (1698–1756) was a famous Moroccan linguist, historian and scholar of fikh (law) and hadith. He is the author of sixteen books on grammar and morphology, nine books on lexicography, many books on quranic interpretation and exegesis, hadith, sufism, fiqh and biographies of famous poets and scholars of Al-Andalus. He also wrote The Companion of the Performer (al-Anis al-Mutrib). One of his many teachers was the music theorist Bu 'Isami (d. ca. 1103 AH/1690 AD). Ibn al-Tayyib is the author of a well known rihla, Rihla ila al-Hijaz.