Ibn Safran al-Qahtani
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Muhammad ibn Husayn ibn Safran al-Qahtani is a contemporary Saudi Islamic researcher and compiler based in Riyadh, known for his legal compilation Fatawa al-Aimma fi al-Nawazil al-Mudlahima ("Fatwas of the Imams on Overwhelming Crises") .
Lineage and Education
His full name is Muhammad ibn Husayn ibn Sa'id ibn Hadi ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Hasan ibn Safran al-Qahtani . He studied under Salih ibn Abd al-Aziz Al al-Shaykh, whom he acknowledged as his first teacher and mentor .
Scholarly Activity and Reception
Ibn Safran focused on compiling and organizing authoritative judicial determinations on contemporary political and theological strife, terrorism, and acts of destruction in Fatawa al-Aimma fi al-Nawazil al-Mudlahima wa-Tabri'at Da'wat wa-Atba' Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab min Tuhmat al-Tatarruf wal-Irhab . His stated editorial criterion for contemporary verdicts was to restrict selections to members of the Saudi Council of Senior Scholars, alongside rulings by the hadith scholar Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani and his teacher Salih ibn Abd al-Aziz Al al-Shaykh .
His compilation received a commendatory introduction from the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah Al al-Shaykh, who praised it as a valuable reference that directs Muslims during times of crisis and discord back to grounded religious authorities .
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Fatawa al-Aimma fi al-Nawazil al-Mudlahima ("Fatwas of the Imams on Overwhelming Crises") is a single-volume legal and theological compilation. The work gathers judicial verdicts, official statements, and authoritative texts by prominent Islamic scholars addressing critical contemporary crises, extremist violence, declarations of apostasy (takfir), and civil strife, while aiming to exonerate the call and followers of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab from accusations of extremism and terrorism.