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 Arabian Peninsula 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. Born to a family of jurists, Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab's early education consisted of learning a fairly standard curriculum of orthodox jurisprudence according to the Hanbali school of Islamic law, which was the school most prevalent in his area of birth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab is the 105th most popular philosopher (down from 84th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 17th 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 105 out of 1,267. Before him are Walter Benjamin, Jean Bodin, Al-Tabari, Friedrich Fröbel, Roger Bacon, and Boethius. After him are George Gurdjieff, Apollodorus of Athens, Jeremy Bentham, Antisthenes, Wilhelm von Humboldt, and Emil Cioran.

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Among people born in 1703, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 1. After him are François Boucher, Marie Leszczyńska, John Wesley, Louis, Duke of Orléans, Shah Waliullah Dehlawi, Jonathan Edwards, Anton Wilhelm Amo, Johann Theodor of Bavaria, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Aleksei Chirikov, and Johann Gottlieb Graun. 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, Maria Luisa of Spain, Frederick North, Lord North, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Joshua Reynolds, Richard Arkwright, Johann van Beethoven, Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ranks 23 out of 354. Before him are Ibn Saud (1875), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Aminah (557), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), and Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906). After him are Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Malik ibn Anas (711), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), Abd al-Muttalib (497), and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646).

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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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