ibn 'Abd Al-Wahhab
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab, was born in 1115 H. in the city of
Uyainah, seventy kilometers northwest of Riyadh, the capital of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He acquired his primary education from his
esteemed father at his native place and was nurtured under his guidance.
He was intelligent enough to memorize the Qur'an by heart at the very
tender age of ten only. He read the books on Tafseer (exegesis), Hadith
and Fiqh. From the very outset, he was greatly interested in studying
the works of early scholars, particularly those of Sheikh-ul-Islam Ibn
Taimiyah and his noble disciple Allamah Ibn Qaiyim. He went through all
those books and well grasped the contents.
On attaining the age of maturity, he set out to perform Hajj at Makkah
and derived benefits from the scholars there. He then proceeded to
Al-Madinah, met the learned ones there, and adopted the studentship of
two renowned erudite, Sheikh Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Sa'id Najdi and
Sheikh Muhammad Hayat Sindhi for a long period. Out of the curiosity for
higher education, he took also the journey to Iraq and Basrah and got
himself benefited there.
In the Name of Allâh, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab, was born in 1115 H. in the city of
Uyainah, seventy kilometers northwest of Riyadh, the capital of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He acquired his primary education from his
esteemed father at his native place and was nurtured under his guidance.
He was intelligent enough to memorize the Qur'an by heart at the very
tender age of ten only. He read the books on Tafseer (exegesis), Hadith
and Fiqh. From the very outset, he was greatly interested in studying
the works of early scholars, particularly those of Sheikh-ul-Islam Ibn
Taimiyah and his noble disciple Allamah Ibn Qaiyim. He went through all
those books and well grasped the contents.
On attaining the age of maturity, he set out to perform Hajj at Makkah
and derived benefits from the scholars there. He then proceeded to
Al-Madinah, met the learned ones there, and adopted the studentship of
two renowned erudite, Sheikh Abdullah bin Ibrahim bin Sa'id Najdi and
Sheikh Muhammad Hayat Sindhi for a long period. Out of the curiosity for
higher education, he took also the journey to Iraq and Basrah and got
himself benefited there.