al-Walid bin Abd al-Rahman al-Faryan
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al-Walid bin Abd al-Rahman al-Faryan is a contemporary Saudi scholar and professor of Islamic jurisprudence at the College of Sharia in Riyadh, known for his specialized legal monograph al-Qunut fi al-Witr ("The Qunut in the Witr Prayer") .
Academic Career and Contributions
His full name is al-Walid bin Abd al-Rahman bin Muhammad Al Faryan . He served as a professor in the Department of Jurisprudence (Fiqh) at the College of Sharia at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, where he took part in supervising and examining graduate research . In scholarly recollections, he recorded his appreciation of the piety, character, and adherence to early tradition demonstrated by the hadith scholar Hammad al-Ansari .
Alongside his jurisprudential writings, al-Faryan worked extensively on the verification and editing of classical Islamic manuscripts. Among his critical editions, he edited Abdullah Aba Butayn's theological defense al-Intisar li-Hizb Allah al-Muwahhidin ("The Victory for the Monotheist Party of God") . He also prepared an edition of Fath al-Majid ("Victory of the Glorious"), the creedal commentary composed by Abd al-Rahman bin Hasan Al al-Shaykh .
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al-Qunut fi al-Witr is a specialized jurisprudential monograph examining the legal status, formulations, and performance of the qunut supplication during the Witr prayer.