Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Latif ibn Abd Allah Al al-Shaykh
- Died
- 1405 AH
- Born in
- Riyadh
Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Latif Al al-Shaykh (1332–1405 AH / 1913–1985 CE) was a Saudi historian and biographer from Najd, best known for his biographical dictionary Mashahir Ulama Najd wa Ghayruhum ("Notable Scholars of Najd and Others") .
Lineage and early life
He was Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd al-Latif ibn Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Latif ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab . He was born in Riyadh in 1332 AH (1913 CE) and was raised there . He studied the Quran under the reciter Abd Allah ibn Mufayrij until he completed its memorization .
Education
After finishing his Quranic studies, he regularly attended the study circles held by Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh at the mosque in the Dakhna quarter of Riyadh, listening to the recitations of students before the shaykh . He learned the introductory Islamic disciplines under Muhammad ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Ayyāf Al Miqrin .
In 1353 AH, he relocated with his father to Mecca, where he took knowledge from scholars visiting the city . He studied poetic meter and rhyme through al-Kafi fi Ilmay al-Arud wa-l-Qawafi under Abd Allah ibn Sulayman al-Mas'ari, and studied Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) under Abd al-Aziz ibn Nasir ibn Rashid . During his stays in Ta'if, he read Tafsir Ibn Kathir under the Syrian scholar Muhammad Bahjat al-Bitar, and studied jurisprudence and the laws of inheritance (fara'id) under Abd Allah al-Salih al-Khulayfi .
Scholarly pursuits and death
Al al-Shaykh engaged extensively in independent reading, maintaining an avid interest in the writings of Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, and the Najdi scholarly treatises compiled in al-Rasa'il wa-l-Masa'il al-Najdiyya . He cultivated an extensive knowledge of history, biographical literature, and classical Arabic poetry . His historical and biographical writings include Dawat al-Shaykh wa Manasiruha ("The Call of the Shaykh and Its Supporters") as well as his biographical work on the scholars of the region .
He died in a car accident between Mecca and Ta'if in the month of Sha'ban 1405 AH (May 1985 CE) .
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List of Works
Mashahir Ulama Najd wa Ghayruhum ("Notable Scholars of Najd and Others") is a biographical dictionary documenting prominent deceased scholars of the Najd region from the emergence of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab down to the modern era, along with several non-Najdi reformist scholars.