Ahmad Salih Muhayri

Ahmad Salih Muhayri (also written Ahmad ibn Salih Muhayri) is an Islamic scholar and researcher who graduated from the College of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah and served as an envoy for Saudi Arabia's religious and missionary directorate al-Mutamar al-Alami li-Ta…+1.

Career and Missionary Work

After completing his studies at the College of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, Muhayri served as an emissary sent by the Saudi religious authorities (the General Presidency of Scholarly Research, Ifta, Da'wah, and Guidance) on foreign missions al-Mutamar al-Alami li-Ta…+1. He was dispatched to Sierra Leone, where he observed the religious and social conditions of the local Muslim community and documented them in his treatise al-Islam fi Siyraliyun (Islam in Sierra Leone), published in the journal of the Islamic University of Madinah Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl….

Muhayri was later stationed as an emissary in Brazil Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. In Rajab 1398 AH (June 1978 CE), he undertook an overland inspection tour across seven Brazilian cities—Curitiba, Ponta Grossa, Campo Grande, Cuiabá, Goiânia, Presidente Prudente, and São José—to investigate livestock and poultry slaughtering procedures at facilities exporting meat to Saudi Arabia, submitting his findings directly to Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz Majallat al-Buhuth al-Isl…+1. He also represented the delegation from Brazil at the World Conference on Directing Islamic Da'wah and Preparing Preachers, addressing atheistic trends and movements hostile to Islam al-Mutamar al-Alami li-Ta…+1.

Scholarly Contributions

In the field of Quranic exegesis and early tradition, Muhayri collected and critically edited Tafsir Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah (The Exegesis of Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah), an edition published in Beirut in 1403 AH al-Matalib al-Aliya Muhaq…+1. He also wrote articles discussing contemporary socio-economic matters and usury in academic periodicals Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl….