Biography of
Shaykh Muhammad bin ‘Abdil Wahhaab
His Lineage
Muhammad bin ‘Abdil Wahhaab
bin Sulaymaan bin ‘Alee bin Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Raashid bin Burayd bin
Muhammad bin Burayd bin Mushrif al Wahbee at Tameemee.
His Birth
He was born in ‘Uyaynah, Saudi
Arabia, in 1115 AH (1703 CE).
His Teachers
The following are a
selection of his main teachers:
His Father, Shaykh
‘Abdul Wahhaab bin Sulaymaan.
Makkah: Shaykh ‘Abdullaah bin Saalim bin
‘Eesaa al Basree ash Shaafi’ee (d. 1134 AH).
Madeenah: ‘Abdullaah bin Ibraaheem bin Sayf (d. 1140
AH).
Muhammad Hayah bin Ibraaheem
as Sindee al Hanbalee (d. 1165 AH).
Ahsaa’: ‘Abdullaah bin Fayrooz (d. 1175).
‘Abdullaah bin Muhammad
bin ‘Abdil Lateef al Ahsaa’ee.
Muhammad bin ‘Afaaliq.
His Students
The Shaykh’s own
sons:
Hussayn,
‘Abdullaah,
‘Alee and
Ibraaheem.
The following were
from among his other students:
‘Abdul ‘Azeez al
‘Uraynee,
Hamad al Husayn,
Ahmad bin Mu’ammar,
Ahmad bin Suwaylam,
Husayn bin Ghanaam,
Sa’eed bin Hajjee,
al Imaam ‘Abdul
‘Azeez bin Su’ood,
al Imaam Su’ood bin
‘Abdil ‘Azeez and
‘Abdul ‘Azeez bin
Husayn, etc.
His Books
The most outstanding
of his works in the fields of ‘Aqeedah, Hadeeth, Fiqh, Tafseer and Seerah
include the following:
‘Aqeedah
1.
Kitaab at Tawheed.
2.
Kashf ash Shubuhaat
3.
Mufeed al Mustafeed fee Kufr Taarik at Tawheed
4.
Al Usool ath Thalaathah wa Adilatuhaa
5.
Masaa’il al Jaahiliyyah
6.
Kitaab al Kabaa’ir
7.
Fadl al Islaam
8.
Risaalah fee ar Radd ‘alaa ar Raafidah
Hadeeth
1. Ahaadeeth al Fitan wal
Hawaadith
Fiqh
1. Aadaab al Mashee ilas
Salaah
2. Mukhtasir al Insaaf wash
Sharh al Kabeer
Tafseer
1. Fadhaa’il al Qur’aan
2. Tafseer Aayaat min al
Qur’aan al Kareem
Seerah
1. Mukhtasir Seerah ar
Rasool (r)
2. Mukhtasir Zaad al Ma’aad
His Death
He passed away in
Dir’iyyah, Saudi Arabia,
in 1206 AH (1791 CE) when he was 91 years old (may Allaah have mercy upon him).
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TN: A few facts and figures about the Noble Shaykh to complement Shaykh Fawzaan’s introduction. Extracted and summarised by the translator from ‘Ad Da’wah al Islaahiyyah fee Bilaad Najd ‘alaa yad al Imaam al Mujadid ash Shaykh Muhammad bin ‘Abdil Wahhaab’ by ‘Abdullaah bin Muhammad bin ‘Abdil Muhsin al Mutawwaa’ (1424 AH/2003 CE)
