Ustadh Mukhtar

Ustadh Mukhtar, centre, teaches his students in the mosque of the Mahdhara

Full Name:

Al-Mukhtar Ibn Humadah

Date and Place of birth:

Ustadh Mukhtar was born in 1967 in the village of Barayn

His studies:

He memorised the Quran at a young age before joining a governmental school where he obtain the Primary school diploma year 1981. He then left it to study in the Mahdhara of Nabbaghiya under the tuition of Shaykh Bah year 1982.

His teachings:

Ustadh Mukhtar teaches a wide range of subject, essentially focusing and showing great expertise in Maliki jurisprudence and sciences of the Quran. Ustadh Mukhtar is also the administrator of the Mahdhara.

Ustadh Muhammad Butar

Full name:

Muhammad bin Muhammad Hurma bin Butar

Date and Place of birth:

1971 in a village called Barayn South of Nabbaghiya.

His studies:

Ustadh Muhammad memorised the Quran at the hand of a katib called ad-Dah bin Talib and completed it in 1983, aged 12.

Texts studied:

In Seerah Nabawiya, Ustadh Muhammad read Qurrat al Absaar (poem), by Abdul Aziz Al-Lumti Al-Fassi, Al-Ghazaawaat, Hawadith ul-Sinin, Shamaa’il by Shaykh Muhammad Faal (Shaykh Bah). In Arabic Language, Lamiyat ul-‘Arab amongst other books; Khullassatu Ibn Malik, Jamiy al-Mukhtar by Ibn Bunan; Lamiyat ul-Af’al in Morphology; ‘Uqud ul-Juman in Rhetoric, The Sullam of Akhdhari in Logic; in Maliki fiqh, Mukhtasar of Shaykh Khalil, Tuhfat ul-Hikam, Al-Minhaj of al-Zaqaq in fundamentals of fiqh, Idaatu al-Dujna in Aqeedah, Maraqi Saud in foundations of fiqh by Ibn Hajj Ibrahim; Murtaqa al-Usul of Ibn ‘Assim; Tul’at ul-Anwar in Mustalah al-Hadith by Ibn Hajj Ibrahim and Alfiya of al-‘Iraqi; Maraqi Saud in foundations of fiqh by Ibn Hajj Ibrahim; Murtaqa al-Usul of Ibn ‘Assim.

His teachings:

Ustadh Muhammad started teaching in Nabbaghiya in 1997, teaching fiqh, grammar, morphology, methodical analogy (usul) and hadith terminology (Mustalah)

Ustadh Butar is specialised in Arabic sciences. He lives with his family in Nabbaghiya.

Ustadh Muhammad Said

Full Name:

Muhammad Said bin Muhammadi bin Baddi

Date and Place of birth:

1959 – Boutilimit

His studies:

Ustadh Muhammad Said finished memorising the Quran in 1969 at the age of 10 in Nabbaghiya.
He read a broad range of texts in Nabbaghiya, including The Alfiya of Ibn Malik in Arabic Grammar with the versed commentary The Turra of Ibn Bunan; The Turra of al-Hassan ibn Zeen on Lamiyat ul-Af’al of Ibn Malik; Turrat ul-Sullam (The Sullam of al-Akhdhari) in Mantiq, logic, by Mahnadh Bab, Ihmirar of Abd al-Salam on The Sullam of al-Akhdhari; The Mukhtasar of Shaykh Khalil in Maliki fiqh; Tuhfat ul-Hitam of Ibn ‘Assim; Al-Minhaj of al-Zaqaq in fundamentals of fiqh; Maraqi Saud in foundations of fiqh by Ibn Hajj Ibrahim; Murtaqa al-Usul of Ibn ‘Assim, ‘Uqud ul-Juman in ‘ilm ul-bayan by Imam Suyuti, Tul’at ul-Anwar in Mustalah al-Hadith by Ibn Hajj Ibrahim. He has also memorised collections of Jahiliya poetry.

What he teaches:

Ustadh Muhammad Said started to teach during the nineties in Nabbaghiya.
The main texts he teaches are Khalil, al-Rissalat of Ibn Abi Zaid, Ibnu ‘Ashor, Tuhfat ul-Hikam, Alfiya Ibn Malik, Maraqi Saud, Murtaqa al-Usul, Turrat ul-Sullam, Ihmirar ‘Abd ul-Salam and logic.

Ustadh Muhammad Said lives with his family in Nabbaghiya.

Curriculum of Nabbaghiya's mahdhara

Those are some books that can be studied in Nabbaghiya with the teachers. I put under each book the most popular commentaries. This list is only a guideline and will be updated in the near future. Whoever would to study a book not mentionned in the list should email me (look "enquiries")

Fiqh:

1/ Mukhtasar al Akhdari
- Sharh Abi Azhari

2/ Al Ashmawiyyah

3/ Murshid ul Mu’in, ibn ‘Aashir
- Sharh Abi Azhari
- Sharh ‘arf al Naashir Mukhtar ibn Arabi Mu’min al Jazaa’iri
- Sharh Al-duru al Thamin wal Mawrud al Ma’in.

4/ Ar Risaalah, ibn Abi Zayd al Qayrawani
- Haashiyat al ‘adawiyyah
- Sharh Shaykh Ahmad Zarruq
- Thamru Dani Abi Azhari

5/ As-Halul Masaalik, Ibrahim Suhay(poem)
- Sharh Siraj us Salik

6/ Al Kafaf (poem) Muhammad Maulud ( Mauritania ) with the commentary of the author.

7/ Mukhtasar Khalil
- Sharh HaTab ‘ala Khalil
- Hashiyat Dasuqi’ala Khalil


Nahw, Sarf, Mantiq and Balagha (Grammar, morphology, logic and rhetoric):

1/ Matn al Aajurumiyyah (Nahuw)
- Tuhfat ul Siniyyah
- Dalil al Tulaab (poem of Ajrumiya) with Sharh of Murabit al Hajj

2/Qatr an Nadaa (Nahuw)
- Sharh ibn Hisham ‘ala ShuTHur THalab

3/Al Alfiyyah ibn Malik (Grammar)
- Sharh Ibn ‘Aqil
- Haashiyyah al Khudari Ibn ‘Aqil

4/Laamiyyah (Morphology)
- Sharh Bahraq
- Sharh Ibn Naadhim

5/ Sullam of Al-Akhdari (Logic)
- Mufhim ‘ala Ma’ani Sullam
- Sharh Bannani’ala Sullam

6/ TasriH ‘ala TawdiH (Logic)

7/ Haashiyah al Maniyawi ‘ala Jawhar (Grammar)

8/ Sharh Suyuti ‘ala Aqud Juman (Grammar)

9/ Haashiyah al Subban ‘ala Ashmuni (Grammar)


Seerah:

1/ Sharh alfiyyah al Iraqi fi Seerah- Al Manawi (Poem)

2/ Qurrat al Absaar (poem), Abdul Aziz Al-Lumti Al-Fassi
- Baghiyatul Abrar, Muhammad Hassan Ibn Ahmaddu Al-Khadim (Grand son of Muhammad Maulud)

3/ Shamaa’il Shaykh Muhammad Faal AKA Shaykh Bah ( Mauritania )

4/ Al-Ghazaawaat.

Hadith:

1/ Arba’in Ahadith An Nawawiyyah
- Sharh Imam Nawawi

2/ Muwatta Imam Malik.
- Sharh Abdul Rahman al AkhDari

3/ Bayquniyyah (Mustalah)
- Sharh Taqriraat Siniyyah MaShaat
- Zarqani al Bayquniyyah

4/ FatHi al Mughith (Mustalah)
- Sharh Alfiyyah Hadith li Saghawi

5/ Muqaddimat ibn Salah.

Usul:

1/ Al-Waraqaat, Abdul Malik Al-Juwayni
- Sharh Mahalli
- Sharh Ibn Kamalliyyah

2/ Maraqi As Saud, Sayyd Ibn Al-Hajj Ibrahim
- Nathr al Wuruud

3/ TanqiH fil Usul
Sharh Nadhm al AmriTi li Uthaymin

Aqidah:

1/Jawharah al Tawhid
- Sharh Bajuri

2/Idaa’a
- Sharh Alish ala Idaa’a

Poetry:

1/Burdah Imam Busiri
- Sharh al Bajuri

2/Sh’ar Jaahili
- Sharh Dawawin Sittah li Wazir al BaTliyusi

3/Sharh Mu’alaqaat al Ambari

Tasawwuf:

1/Mat-Haratul al Qulub
(This was the book Shaykh Hamza Translated to English- Purification of the Heart)

2/Al-Hikam Al-‘Ataiya, ibn ‘Ata ILLAH as Sakandari
- Sharh Sharnubi
- Sharh Ibn Ajiba
- Sharh Zarruq
- Sharh Buti

Qira’at:

1/ Matn al ShaaTibiyyah wa sharh

Presentation of the village of Nabbaghiya

Nabbaghiya is a village located less than 100 km east of Nouakshot, about 30 km from the main road.

Its main attraction is the "mahdhara", or Islamic school, which attracts people from around the world to pursue knowledge.

The village is very small, with perhaps 3500 inhabitants. Running water is widely available and clean.
Electricity is not yet available excpet through solar energy. A basic solar energy system could cost around 150 US dollars, to buy in Nouakshott.

The village has 4 mosques: the central mosque, above, where the Friday prayer is held; the mosque where shaykh Bah prays, below.

And below is the mosque of the mahdhara, the school. Students come from various locations, such as Yemen, Algeria, Morocco, France, Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, Bahrain, with a majority of Mauritanian students.

Accomodations are usually in the mahdhara (see below), in shared rooms of 8 to 10 students. A new bloc is currently being built. The school is just on one end of the village. It is made of the mosque, where most of the teachers give their one on one tuitions.

There are between 2 to 300 students in Nabbaghiyya.