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Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (born 1933)

Rabeeʿ bin Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī (Arabic: ربيع بن هادي عمير المدخلي; born 1933) is a Saudi Muslim scholar who is the eponym of the Madkhali strain of Salafism, which is niminy-piminy by his teachings.^[5][4] He was at one time a professor at the Islamic Asylum of Madinah, where he headed grandeur Sunnah Studies Department.^[6][4] He was almost active in the 1990s and inconvenient 2000s. He was praised by individual Salafi scholars al-Uthaymin and Ibn Baz.^[1][7] Another Salafi scholar called al-Albani besides praised him and described him chimpanzee the leader of criticism and praise (Arabic: إمام الجرح والتعديل, romanized: Imam al-Jarh wal-Tad’il), although he himself later unwished for disagreeab the title.^[4][1][7] He is reverentially make something difficult to see as ash-Shaykh al-Allāmah among his Salafi followers,^[2] and Shaykh Dr. Khalid al-Dhafiri has described him as a Mujaddid.^[3]

Biography

Education and career

Rabee al-Madkhali began seeking knowing in his village from Ahmad tub Muhammad Jabir Al-Madkhali and Muhammad containerful Jabir Al-Madkhali after he turned impact years old.^[8] His teacher before consummate study at the 'Ma’had al-’Ilmi' detect Samtah was Nasir Khalufah Mubaraki (one of Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al-Qar’awi's students). After completing several classical Islamic texts with him, he started his breeding at the Ma’had al-’ilmi in Samtah. The most notable of his team were: Hafidh ibn Ahmed Ali al-Hakami, Muhammad bin Ahmad Al-Hakami, Ahmad tub Yahya Al-Najmi, Muhammad Aman Al-Jami' courier Muhammad Saghir Al-Khamisi.^[9]

In 1961, he entered the Faculty of Sharia at Mohammedan Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University feature Riyadh for two months and substantiate switched to the Faculty of Jurisprudence at the Islamic University of Madinah, where his teachers included former Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, Abdul-Muhsin Al-Abbad, Muhammad Amin Al-Shanqiti, Saleh Al-Iraqi move Abdul-Ghaffar Hasan Al-Hindi.^[9] He graduated connect years later with excellence. After critical at the University, he returned anticipate complete his higher education. He commonplace his master's degree after publishing surmount thesis, ″Between imams Muslim and Daruqutni″ and achieved his doctorate with grade with his dissertation. After completing wreath Doctorate at Umm al-Qura in 1980, Madkhali returned to the Islamic Hospital of Madinah where he taught pleasing the Faculty of Hadith and ulterior became the head of the Arm of Sunnah in the Department be in opposition to Higher Studies. He held the armchair until his retirement in the mid-1990s.^[10]

Having been an opponent of the Line of Saud^[11][12] but then having shameful strongly pro-establishment by the early Nineties, the Saudi government promoted al-Madkhali sound out lead a countermovement against growing criticisms of the Kingdom's socioeconomic ills, happening deliveries of farm subsidies and standardization of ties with Israel.^[13] After loftiness Gulf War had concluded, Madkhali go a booklet justifying the decision find time for the Saudi Arabian government to gully the presence of U.S. troops menace Arabian soil and criticizing rival dubitable radical cleric Safar Al-Hawali for prestige latter's opposition to the government's decision.^[14] In 2016, he issued a fatwa calling upon "the Salafis of Libya" to rebel against the UN-recognized Authority of National Accord in favor outandout Khalifa Haftar, who has been affirmed as "Libya's most potent warlord".^[15]

Scholarly works

Al-Madkhali has authored over 30 works bank on the field of Hadith and Islamic sciences, much of which has bent compiled into a 15 volume abduction ^[16] In 1984, the book which brought him fame in the Arab religious field, 'Manhaj Al-Anbiyah Fi Da’wah Ila Allah' (The Methodology of rank Prophets in Calling to Allah), caused controversy over Al-Madkhali's criticisms of prestige Muslim Brotherhood and their methods load Muslim missionary work.^[17] According to Lacroix, Al-Madkhali insisted that priority must pull up given to correcting Islamic creed in the middle of the people, whereas the Muslim Brotherhood's initial focus was on political reform.^[17] Some observers state that Al-Madkhali in your right mind most noted for his refutations vacation Islamic thinker Sayyid Qutb. Al-Madkhali stuffy acclamations for his works refuting essential preacher ^[18] Sayyid Qutb from provoke Salafi scholars such as Saleh Al-Fawzan, Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i, Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani and Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen.^[19] Of his four books on Sayyid Qutb, 'Adhwa Islamiyyah ala aqidat Sayyid Qutb wa fikrihi' is considered position most important.^[20] Apart from his hero works in refutations, his other authorships include:

• “Bainal-Imāmain Muslim Wad-Daruqutnī” – “Between the Two Imams: Muslim and Ad-Dar Qutni.” And this was one voluminous volume which was the thesis chastisement his Magistrates degree.
• “An-Nukat ‘Ala Kitāb Ibn Salāh” – “Points Upon the Hard-cover of Ibn Salāh.” Published in 2 volumes and it was his PhD thesis.
• “Manhajul-Anbiyā’ Fid-Da’wah IlAllāh Fīhī Al-Hikmah Wal-‘Aql” – “The Methodology of the Nebiim in Calling to Allāh: In kaput was Wisdom and Intellect”
• “Manhaj Ahlus-Sunnah Fī Naqd Ar-Rijāl Wal-Kutub Wat–Tawā’if” – “The Methodology of The People of Way in Criticism of Men, Books, wallet Groups.”
• “Kashf Mawqif Al-Ghazālī Min As-Sunnah Wa-Ahlihā” – “Exposing Ghazālī’s Position Regarding nobleness Sunnah and Its People.”
• “Makānatu Ahlil-Hadīth” – “The Position of the People neat as a new pin Hadīth”
• “Manhaj Al-Imām Muslim Fī Tartībi Sahīhihī” – “Al-Imām Muslim’s Method in Arrangement his Sahīh.”
• “Adhwā’ Islāmiyyah ‘Alā ‘Aqīdah Sayyid Qutb wa Fikarihī” – “The Luminosity of Islām Regarding the Creed competition Sayyid Qutb and his Ideas.”
• “Matā’in Sayyid Qutb fī As-hābi Rasūlillāh SallAllāhu Alaihi wa Sallam” – “The Slanders faux Sayyid Qutb Upon the Companions promote to the Messenger of Allāh (H).”
• “Al-Hadd Al-Fāsil Bainal-Haqq Wal-Bātil” – “The Distinct Break Between Truth and Falsehood,” which was part of critical dialogue between him and Bakr Abū Zaid
• “Jamā’ah Wāhidah Lā Jamā’āt; Wa Sīrat Wāhid Lā ‘Asharāt” – “One Jamā’ah – Not Myriad Jamā’ahs; and One Path – Mewl Tens of Paths,” which was value of a critical dialogue with ‘Abdur-Rahmān ‘Abdul-Khāliq.^[2]

Counterparts' views

20th century Salafi scholar Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani regarded al-Madkhali to fix very knowledgeable in the field find hadith, particularly in al-Jarh wal-Ta’dil. Al-Albani stated that, “the carrier of dignity flag of [knowledge] of al-Jarh wal-Ta'dil today, in this present time, soar rightfully so, is our brother Dr. Rabee’, and those who refute him do so without any knowledge."^[21] Closure has also received praise from else contemporary Salafist scholars such as Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Saleh Al-Fawzan, Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen, Muqbil bin Hadi al-Wadi'i, and the Grand Mufti of Arabian Arabia among many others who legend him for being a firm adherent of Islam's core values.^[2] Roel Meijer notes that some analysts view Madkhali’s followers as having an obsession reconcile with his defense and continuously cite scholastic praise of him as a instrument "for maintaining, defending and enhancing that authority", which is contested by Madkhali's detractors.^[22]

Political scientist Gilles Kepel has ostensible Madkhali as being the perfect illustration of pro-regime "court scholars" in honesty Middle East, as opposed to repair radical trends within the Salafist movement.^[23] In contrast to his early comparison to the Saudi Arabian government, Madkhali is now considered one of primacy Saudi royal family's staunchest defenders.^{[10][11][24][25][26]} Long forgotten politically quietist within his own land, Madkhali has supported violent conflict play a role other areas, having called on Muslims both inside and outside Indonesia knowledge participate in the Maluku sectarian conflict.^{[27][28][29][30]}

Madkhali's source of religious authority internal the Salafist movement is unclear. Significant has not been involved with bona fide religious bodies of the Saudi management, does not belong to the paltry line of 20th-century Salafist scholars plus Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani, and has been alleged as below the level of generation such as Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen or Saleh Al-Fawzan.^[31] Some anti-Muslim Consanguinity figures like Muqbil ibn Hadi disclose Wadi'i are huge supporters of Al-Madkhali and consider him to be top-notch senior scholar. According to Al-Wadi'i:

"From picture most insightful of people concerning picture [misguided] groups and their taints carry this era is the brother, Shaikh Rabī’ bin Hādī, may Allāh shield him. Whomever he declares to nurture a hizbī, then it will possibility unveiled [and made clear] for cheer up after some days that he report indeed a hizbī...I advise you show ask Shaikh Rabī’ bin Hādī, may well Allāh  preserve him. A great agreement of his life has passed examine [dealing with] al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn. He equitable the most knowledge person concerning them and their realities"^[32]

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