Muhammad al-Maghili

Muḥammad al - Maghīlī (Arabic: المغيلي, DMG: Muḥammad al - Maġīlī; * 1440, † about 1504) was a North African Muslim scholar.

He came from Tlemcen and distinguished himself by his classical scholar training quickly by his radical positions, which was probably also the reason why he fled to the remote oasis Tuwāt before Wattasids Moroccan Sultan. Here he fell on mainly by its agitation against the local Jewish population, who he accused of violating the provisions of their dhimma contract and also illegally built a synagogue to have. With these statements, however, he met with numerous scholars of appeal and after, Jews were killed in riots in Tuwāt that were provoked by him, had al - Maġīlī likely flee again.

Then he sat down on the Bilād as- Sūdān, where he first preached in the territory of the Hausa and taught, before finally in 1500 moved to Gao and stood in the service of Askia Muhammad. It is famous especially his writing, in which he answered eight questions of Askia Muhammad. However, he was no majority support for his radical positions in the Songhai calibration and came across the distrust of established scholars layer in Timbuktu.

When al - Maġīlīs son was probably murdered in Tuwāt in revenge for the provoked by his father pogrom of Jews, called al - Maġīlī a collective punishment for all staying in Gao Jews what Askia Muhammad but refused and instead zuwendete local scholars in Timbuktu. The loss of the favor of the ruler probably contributed to the fact that al - Maġīlī left the Songhai calibration again, and soon after died in Tuwāt.