Khalid al-Muslih
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Khalid al-Muslih (b. 1385 AH / 1965 CE) is a Saudi jurist, academic, and professor of Islamic jurisprudence known for his scholarly writings and legal commentary .
Background and education
Khalid ibn Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Muslih was born in Mecca in 1385 AH (1965 CE) . He completed his primary through secondary education between Mecca and Jeddah . He initially pursued higher education at the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, earning a bachelor's degree from the Department of Information Systems in the College of Industrial Management .
Al-Muslih subsequently transitioned to religious studies, enrolling in the College of Sharia at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (Qassim branch), where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Islamic jurisprudence . He went on to earn a master's degree with a thesis examining the rulings of commercial purchasing incentives (al-Hawafiz al-muraghghibah fi al-shira'), and prepared a doctoral dissertation on the Islamic legal rulings governing monetary inflation (Ahkam al-tadakhkhum al-naqdi) . He later served on the faculty as a lecturer and academic in the Department of Jurisprudence at the College of Sharia in Qassim .
Scholarly teachers and legal contributions
Al-Muslih studied under several prominent contemporary scholars, most notably the Saudi jurist Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin, becoming one of his close students and interlocutors on legal matters .
His legal scholarship has extensively addressed contemporary financial transactions as well as classical Sunni theology. In commercial jurisprudence, his study on promotional and commercial incentives (al-Hawafiz al-tijariyyah al-taswiqiyyah) is widely cited on issues concerning paid commercial discount cards, which he held to be impermissible due to contractual uncertainty and risk (gharar) . In theological studies, he authored an explanatory work on Ibn Taymiyya's creedal treatise, Sharh al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya min Kalam Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, compiling and elucidating its tenets directly through Ibn Taymiyya's broader writings .
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List of Works
Sharh Kashf al-Shubuhat is an Islamic theological commentary explaining the treatise Kashf al-Shubuhat (The Clarification of Doubts) by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH / 1792 CE). Formatted across instructional lessons, the work provides an analytical exposition dedicated to elucidating the creed of Islamic monotheism (tawhid) and refuting specious arguments (shubuhat) regarding acts of worship directed to intermediaries and righteous figures.
Sharh al-Fatwa al-Hamawiyya is an extensive commentary on Ibn Taymiyya’s theological treatise al-Fatwa al-Hamawiyya al-Kubra, focusing on the methodology of the early generations (al-Salaf) regarding the divine names and attributes. It explains Ibn Taymiyya's response to an inquiry sent from Hama concerning the approach of religious authorities to scriptural texts on divine attributes, expounding the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah as a middle path between negation and anthropomorphism.
Sharh al-Usul al-Sitta (Commentary on the Six Principles) is a theological work providing a detailed commentary on the treatise al-Usul al-Sitta (also known as Sittat Usul 'Azimah Mufidah) by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (d. 1206 AH). Originating as a series of six recorded audio lessons, it follows the thematic structure of the base text to explain six foundational principles that are made plainly evident in the Quran yet frequently misunderstood.
Durus lil-Shaykh Khalid al-Muslih (Lessons of Shaykh Khalid al-Muslih) is a compilation of transcribed audio lectures and educational courses delivered by the contemporary Saudi jurist and academic. The collection encompasses pedagogical explanations of classical and foundational texts in Islamic theology and jurisprudence, prepared from spoken study circles and recorded lessons for broader distribution.
Sharh Thalathat al-Usul is an explanatory work on the creedal treatise Thalathat al-Usul (also known as al-Usul al-Thalathah) by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. It elucidates the base text's concise phrasing and outlines the essential creedal obligations required of every Muslim regarding knowledge of God, the Prophet Muhammad, and the religion of Islam, substantiated with textual proofs from the Quran and Sunnah.
This theological commentary explains the classical creedal treatise formulated by Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi (d. 321 AH), aiming to elucidate Islamic theology and clarify core creedal matters for students of religious knowledge.
This contemporary theological commentary explains the classical creedal primer Lum'at al-I'tiqad al-Hadi ila Sabil al-Rashad by Ibn Qudama (d. 620 AH), expounding the doctrines of the early generations and Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jama'a on core Islamic tenets such as the Divine names and attributes, scripture, destiny, and the Companions.
This theological commentary on Ibn Taymiyya's creedal treatise al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya compiles and arranges excerpts directly from Ibn Taymiyya's broader writings to elucidate the concise statements and core objectives of the base text sentence by sentence.
This theological commentary on the foundational creedal treatise al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya by Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH / 1328 CE) elucidates the doctrines and tenets of Sunni theology (Ahl al-Sunna wa-l-Jama'a) articulated in the original text.