Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di
| Islamic scholar Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di | |
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| Title | Shaykh |
| Born |
1889 Unaizah, Saudi Arabia |
| Died |
1956 Unaizah, Saudi Arabia |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Era | Modern era |
| Region | Saudi Arabian scholar |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
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Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di at-Tamimi (1889–1956) was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist, exegete, and Arabic grammarian with a great interest in poetry who contributed many works on a variety of subjects.[1]
Early life
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di was born in the city of Unayzah in the Qasim Province of Saudi Arabia on September 8, 1889 (12th of Muharram 1307 H).
Career
By the age of twenty-three, he was teaching students. He was considered an expert in fiqh and usool al-fiqh. Initially, he adhered to the Hanbali school of Islamic law (madhab), as did his early teachers. He went on to study the works of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, and, as he progressed in his studies, he no longer restricted himself to the Hanbali school. He also read books of tafsir (Quranic exegesis or commentary), which he studied under his teachers.
His Teachers and Students
His teachers included:
- Muhammad Amin as-Shanqiti
- Ali Nasir Abu Wadaye
- Salih ibn Uthman al-Qadi
- Muhammad ibn Abdul Kareem as-Shibil
His students include:
- Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen
- Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Aqeel
- Ali ibn Zamal Aslaim
- Aludin Kujab Qadaas
- Ruzbehan Nurbakhsh
- Abdullah Albassam
His Works
Books and treatise written by as-Sa'di include:
- Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman fee Tafsir al-Quran. Urdu-Books. Retrieved 2014-07-09. – Tafsir of the Quran and his most famous work
- Manhaj al-Salikin
- al-Qawaa'id wal-Usool al-Jaami'ah wal-Furooq wat -Taqaaseem al-Badee'ah an-Naafi'ah - Explanation of the principles in Usool al-Fiqh
- Haashiyah Fiqhiyyah
- Deewaan Khutab
- al-Qawaa'id al-Hisaan
- Tanzeeh ad-Deen
- Radd alaa al-Qaseemee
- al-Braansi Waaghir va-Jinna
- al-Haqq al-Waadhih al-Mubayyin
- Bahjatu Quloob al-Abraar
- ar-Riyaadh an-Naadhirah
- al-Durrat al-Fakhira (The Exquisite Pearl) ISBN 0-9542166-0-1
Death
as-Sa'di died at the age of 69 on a Thursday in the year 1956 C.E. of complications arising from an unidentified illness that he suffered from for approximately five years. He was buried in the city of Unayzah; his funeral prayer took place after the Dhuhur prayer in the grand mosque of that city.
References
- ↑ Google biography blurb (ed.). Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman fee Tafsir al-Quran. Urdu-Books. Retrieved 2014-07-09.
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