al-Hilālī, Taqī al-Dīn - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Lauzière, Henri
Leiden
Brill
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Muḥammad Taqī al-Dīn al-Hilālī (1894-1987) was a Muslim activist, traveller, and scholar with a specialisation in Arabic language and ḥadīth studies. Born in al-Farkh in the Tāfīlālt region of southern Morocco, his family was also rooted in Tunisia and claimed Arab descent through the Banū Hilāl and ultimately to the prophet Muḥammad through Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī. Al-Hilālī's father was a local jurist and a deputy qāḍī . Al-Hilālī began his religious education at home and soon joined the Tijāniyya Ṣūfī order. Around 1916 he