The prohibition: reality and future prospects or the first educational system

Dr. ‘Ahmad Eali Wulid ‘Ahmad ‘Abatah

(Pp:55-70)

Volume 4, Issue 2

Abstract: The Mahara is considered the traditional institution of education in Mauritania, the country of Chinguetti, which was able to pass through modern history by preserving its approach, method and performance that enabled the people to overcome difficulties and even spread Islam in the region and supply its outputs to remote Arab Islamic countries. The nomadic Bedouins in the land of Chinguetti adopted a unique method of disseminating knowledge and academic achievement through a private institution at the end of the Middle Ages that relied mainly on a sheikh who provided unlimited free teaching in a purely Bedouin environment based on solitude and travel in search of pasture. He received students from all walks of life, explained the texts, consolidated knowledge, and helped spread knowledge in areas described as being between two oceans (an ocean of water and an ocean of sand).The Shanqeetiyya Mobile Mahbar was unique in its memorization, encyclopedism, and clinging to the concerns of society. It was like a strong pillar in dark times, as was the case during colonialism, with its resistance and confrontation of the coloniser. It was also a source of spreading Islam in neighbouring countries, and it received students who later became bearers of the banner of Islam in Sudan and even in Africa. . Moreover, this distinguished educational system was able to graduate scholars who were on par with their peers in the Islamic East and left a living legacy of knowledge production, not to mention rich libraries in ancient cities and metropolises, most of whose contents are still being processed to provide the opportunity to benefit from them.

 Keywords: The prohibition, the first educational system.

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