PHILOSOPHER

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

1703 - 1792

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Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī (1703–1792) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, theologian, preacher, activist, religious leader, jurist, and reformer, who was from Najd in central Arabia and is considered as the eponymous founder of the Wahhabi movement. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab has received more than 2,540,499 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab is the 84th most popular philosopher (up from 123rd in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 23rd in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Philosopher.

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab was a Muslim scholar who was born in 1703 and died in 1792. He is most famous for his book "Kitab at-Tawhid" which was written in the 18th century.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 84 out of 1,267. Before him are Nagarjuna, Carl von Clausewitz, Nicholas of Cusa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, and Mencius. After him are John of Damascus, Athanasius of Alexandria, Peter Abelard, Theophrastus, Johann Gottfried Herder, and Ibn Taymiyyah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1703, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 1. After him are Marie Leszczyńska, François Boucher, John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Jonathan Edwards, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Johann Gottlieb Graun, and Aleksei Chirikov. Among people deceased in 1792, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 2. Before him is Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Gustav III of Sweden, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Maria Luisa of Spain, Richard Arkwright, Johann van Beethoven, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Jacques Cazotte, Nguyễn Huệ, and Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 17 out of 354. Before him are Osama bin Laden (1957), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Hasan ibn Ali (624), Muawiyah I (603), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), and Aminah (557). After him are Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Ibn Saud (1875), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), Malik ibn Anas (711), and Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Saudi Arabia

Among philosophers born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 1. After him are Hasan al-Basri (642).

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