Biography of al maghili

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Maghili (Arabic: المغيلي), commonly known as Muhammad al-Maghili (c.1440 – c.1505) was a Berber'alim from Tlemcen, the capital of the Kingdom of Tlemcen, now in modern-day Algeria.

Al-Maghili was responsible for converting the ruling classes to Islam among Hausa, Fulani, and Tuareg peoples in West Africa.^[2]

Al-Maghili toured North and West Africa, observing the state of sharia and challenging the status of dhimmis within the region.

His radical views on such subjects would set him against many notable Maghrebian scholars and authorities of the time.^[3][4] In the confines of his theological views, Maghili advanced his political thought in the form of legal advice at the courts of West African rulers and still practiced his crafts in the art of Islamic sciences.^[3][5] Though not ushering in drastic change, Maghili played a great role in the Islamization of West Af