Biography of muhammad ibn abdul wahhab books

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 central 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 by his followers but rather employed by 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