Biography of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Biography of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab" border="0" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNABGOe9ePAJ5f4HOuSTCU_BiFJ86DYa69sXMb3ow9BViaN4ckCNBlwX5WhdOZ4noFKXyRV8ua2KjHwucluL0jcvF5jJvEau9ght1RJXduKm3wG-GJCwpquXSkWOhICKUspYe_9V0yFiLL/s1600/short-biography-shaykh-muhammad-ibn-abdul-wahhab.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="Biography of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab" width="710"> </div> <p>He was the Imaam, the Shaykh, Muhammad ibn 'Abdul-Wahhaab ibn Sulaymaan ibn 'Alee ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Raashid ibn Burayd ibn Muhammad ibn Mushrif ibn 'Umar, from a branch of the tribe of Banoo Tameem. </p> <p> This scholar was born in the town of 'Unayzah in the year 1115 H in a household known for knowledge, nobility and attachment to the religion. His father was an eminent scholar, and his grandfather was the scholar of Najd in his time. He himself memorized the Qur'aan before reaching the age of ten, and studied fiqh (details of Islamic law and practice) of which he learned a great deal. Indeed his father was greatly pleased at the strength of his memory. He devoted a great deal of time to studying the books of tafseer (explanation of the Qur'aan) and hadeeth (the sayings and actions of the Prophet). He sought knowledge day and night and he used to memorise the books of the various branches of Islamic knowledge. He also travelled throughout Najd and to Makkah and studied the books of knowledge with the scholars. Then he travelled to al-Madeenah and studied under the scholars there. From them was the great scholar Shaykh 'Abdullah ibn Ibraaheem ash-Shammaree. He also studied under his son who was well versed in the laws of inheritance, Ibraaheem ash-Shammaree, the author of <i>al-'Adhbul-Faa'id fee Sharh Alfiyyatil Faraa'id.</i> It was they who introduced him to the famous scholar of hadeeth Muhammad Hayaat as-Sindee. With him he studied the sciences of hadeeth and sciences related to its narrators. He also granted him permission (ijaazah) to narrate the source books of hadeeth. </p></div>

Biography of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab

He was the Imaam, the Shaykh, Muhammad ibn 'Abdul-Wahhaab ibn Sulaymaan ibn 'Alee ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Raashid ibn Burayd ...

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