Abd al-Aziz bin Faisal al-Rajhi
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Abd al-Aziz bin Faisal al-Rajhi is a contemporary Saudi scholar and researcher based in Riyadh, known for his work in manuscript studies, Hadith transmission, and theological treatises .
Career and scholarship
Al-Rajhi served as the director of the Manuscripts Department at the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, where he assisted researchers in accessing its manuscript holdings . In Hadith studies, he was a student of the scholar and transmitter Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Ansari (1340–1417 AH), whose chains of transmission he extracted and documented in Hady al-Sari ila Asanid al-Shaykh Ismail al-Ansari ("Guidance of the Traveler to the Transmissions of Shaykh Ismail al-Ansari") .
Theological polemics and reception
In theology, al-Rajhi wrote polemical treatises defending traditional Sunni and Hanbali doctrines. He authored Qam al-Dajajilah al-Tainin fi Mutaqad Aimmat al-Islam al-Hanabilah ("Subduing the Impostors Who Attack the Creed of the Hanbali Imams of Islam") to refute Hasan ibn Farhan al-Maliki's critique of Hanbali creedal texts; the treatise was commended in a foreword by the scholar Salih ibn Fawzan al-Fawzan in 1423 AH . He also composed Mujanabat Ahl al-Thubur al-Musallin fi al-Mashahid wa-inda al-Qubur ("Avoiding the Ruined People Who Pray at Shrines and by Graves") to argue against the permissibility of praying at graves and mausoleums, completing it in Riyadh in 1422 AH with further additions in 1424 AH, which al-Fawzan also prefaced and praised as an effective refutation of grave-veneration .
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Qam al-Dajajilah al-Tainin fi Mutaqad Aimmat al-Islam al-Hanabilah is a contemporary theological treatise and polemical rebuttal. It was written to defend traditional Hanbali theology and the early authorities of Ahl al-Sunnah against criticisms leveled by Hasan bin Farhan al-Maliki.
Mujanabat Ahl al-Thubur al-Musallin fi al-Mashahid wa inda al-Qubur is a theological and legal treatise written to refute the permissibility of praying in cemeteries, at graves, and within shrines built over tombs.