Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman al-Tamimi (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الوهاب بن سليمان, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb ibn Sulaymān al-Tamīmī; 1703–1792) was an Arabian Islamic scholar, theologian, preacher, activist, religious leader, and reformer from Najd in central Arabia, 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 1,992,523 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab is the 125th most popular philosopher (up from 128th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 24th 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.