Muhammad ibn abdul wahhab biography
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Who Was Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab?
For anyone seeking to understand the man who remains a model for ISIS and other increasingly radical claimants to a 'true Islam,' a recent biography provides indispensable insight into his writings and how they have been interpreted over the decades.
ISIS is only the latest (and certainly most barbaric) interpretation of a current in Islamic thought known as Salafism -- an originalist approach to Islamic law and creed that relies exclusively on a narrow reading of the Qur'an and the hadith. Although the ideology has local roots across the Middle East, it has catapulted to a position of great influence in recent decades through the role of Saudi Arabia, and its version of this ideology known as Wahhabism. While geopolitical forces were certainly at play in this process (one cannot overstate the importance of oil) it is ultimately the appeal of the ideology's uniquely rigid doctrines and exclusivist truth claims that continue to att
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Islamic scholar, jurist, and eponym of Wahhabi movement (1703–1792) from Saudi Arabia
For other people with similar names, see Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab (disambiguation).
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī[Note 1] (1703–1792) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher, activist,[12] religious leader,jurist,[13] and reformer,[14] who was from Najd in huvud Arabia and is considered as the eponymous founder of the Wahhabi movement.[15] His prominent students included his sons Ḥusayn, Abdullāh, ʿAlī, and Ibrāhīm, his grandson ʿAbdur-Raḥman ibn Ḥasan, his son-in-law ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd, Ḥamād ibn Nāṣir ibn Muʿammar, and Ḥusayn āl-Ghannām.
The label "Wahhabi" is not claimed bygd his följare but rather employed bygd Western scholars as well as his critics.[16] Born to a family of jurists,[17] Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's early education consisted of learning
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Shaykh al-Islam Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab comes from the well-known tribe of Tameem. Many authors trace Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab’s lineage all the way back to the early Arab Adnan. For the purposes here, it is sufficient to state that he was Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab ibn Sulayman ibn Ali.
Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhab was born in al-Uyaynah in 1115 A.H. (1703 or 1704 C.E.) into the Family of Musharraf of the tribe of Tameem. Since the Tenth Hijri Century, this family was known for its religious scholars and leaders.
His Family
Muhammad’s grandfather Sulayman ibn Ali was probably the greatest scholar in Najd during the Eleventh Century. He was the judge of al-Uyaynah and the religious reference concerning disputed fiqh issues for the other scholars in the area. His students included his sons Abdul Wahhab, Ibrahim and Ahmad. Ibrahim was a scholar in his own right, writing a number of works and traveling to different areas to give religious ru