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Rashid Rida

1865 - 1935

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Sayyid Muhammad Rashīd Rida Al-Hussaini (Arabic: سيد محمد رشيد رضا الحسيني, romanized: Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā; 1865 – 22 August 1935) was an Islamic scholar, reformer, theologian and revivalist. An early Salafist, Rida called for the revival of hadith studies and, as a theoretician of an Islamic state, condemned the rising currents of secularism and nationalism across the Islamic world following the abolition of the Ottoman sultanate. He championed a global pan-Islamist program aimed at re-establishing a Caliphate to unite diverse peoples under a single global Islamic authority. As a young hadith student who studied al-Ghazali and Ibn Taymiyya, Rida believed reform was necessary to save the Muslim communities, eliminate Sufist practices he considered heretical, and initiate an Islamic renewal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rashid Rida is the 950th most popular religious figure (down from 855th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Lebanon and the 7th most popular Lebanese Religious Figure.

Rashid Rida was an Islamic scholar who helped to found the Salafi movement. He is most famous for his book "The Justification of Jihad" which he wrote in 1909.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Rashid Rida ranks 950 out of 3,187. Before him are Pietro Gasparri, Charles Maung Bo, Michael Czerny, Jude, brother of Jesus, Eugen Sandow, and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado. After him are Jane Frances de Chantal, Anthony de Mello, Arnold of Brescia, Romano Guardini, Jean Mabillon, and Mikao Usui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Rashid Rida ranks 36. Before him are Amélie of Orléans, Emma Orczy, Charles G. Dawes, Gabriel Narutowicz, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, and Charles Proteus Steinmetz. After him are Mikao Usui, Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke, Gérard Encausse, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Duan Qirui, and Ernst Troeltsch. Among people deceased in 1935, Rashid Rida ranks 39. Before him are Mihajlo Pupin, Panait Istrati, Magnus Hirschfeld, Anna Ancher, Ali of Hejaz, and Paul Bourget. After him are Johan Halvorsen, Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom, Kurt Tucholsky, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Princess Anastasia of Montenegro, and Gareth Jones.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Rashid Rida ranks 23 out of 145. Before him are Amin Maalouf (1949), Émile Lahoud (1936), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), Najib Mikati (1955), Bachir Gemayel (1947), and Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073). After him are Frumentius (400), Amal Clooney (1978), Michel Suleiman (1948), Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (1940), Maria of Montferrat (1192), and Kamal Jumblatt (1917).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Lebanon

Among religious figures born in Lebanon, Rashid Rida ranks 7. Before him are Pope Sisinnius (650), Pope Constantine (664), Charbel Makhlouf (1828), Christina of Bolsena (210), Eusebius of Nicomedia (280), and Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir (1073). After him are Frumentius (400), Bechara Boutros al-Rahi (1940), Nimatullah Kassab (1808), Pamphilus of Caesarea (240), Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946), and Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (1920).

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