Mishari Saeed al-Mutrafi
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Mishari Saeed Humayd al-Mutrafi is an Islamic theological researcher known for his critical study Ārāʾ Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā al-ʿAqāʾidiyyah fī Ashrāṭ al-Sāʿah al-Kubrā wa-Āthāruhā al-Fikriyyah ("The Doctrinal Views of Muhammad Rashid Rida Regarding the Major Signs of the Hour and Their Intellectual Implications") .
Scholarly Focus and Methodology
Al-Mutrafi's primary research centers on Islamic creed (ʿaqīdah), with a focus on defending traditional doctrinal stances regarding the major portents preceding the Day of Judgment against modernist rationalist critiques . His work systematically investigates and critiques the theological views and objections advanced by Muhammad Rashid Rida in his exegesis Tafsir al-Manar .
In this study, al-Mutrafi specifically addresses four major eschatological events: the emergence of the False Messiah (al-Masih al-Dajjal), the advent of al-Mahdi, the descent of Jesus son of Mary, and the rising of the sun from the west . He counters arguments that dismiss or reinterpret sound prophetic narrations on these topics on claims of rational inconsistency, perceived contradictions, or solitary transmission (ahad), arguing for the authority of authentic hadiths contained in compilations such as Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim . His method combines inductive collection of statements from exegesis and theological treatises, deductive reasoning grounded in scriptural proofs, and critical textual analysis .
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This theological study examines, analyzes, and critiques the doctrinal stances and objections raised by Muhammad Rashid Rida regarding the major signs of the Day of Judgment in his Quranic exegesis, Tafsir al-Manar. Written to address doubts raised against these signs, the research specifically focuses on four major portents: the emergence of the False Messiah (al-Masih al-Dajjal), the advent of al-Mahdi, the descent of Jesus son of Mary (Isa ibn Maryam), and the rising of the sun from the west.