Muhammad bin Abdullah Zarban al-Ghamidi

Muhammad bin Abdullah Zarban al-Ghamidi is a Saudi scholar, educator, and poet associated with the Islamic University of Madinah, known for his theological study Himayat al-Rasul Hima al-Tawhid ("The Prophet's Protection of the Sanctuary of Monotheism") Himayat al-Rasul Hima al-…+1.

Academic Career and University Service

Al-Ghamidi completed his postgraduate studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, carrying out his research in the Department of Higher Studies under the supervision of Ahmad bin Atiyyah al-Ghamidi Himayat al-Rasul Hima al-…. Alongside his academic responsibilities, he served as the Vice Dean of Student Affairs at the university Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. During his tenure at the institution, he was also noted for advising and assisting international students pursuing studies in the hadith sciences and other disciplines al-Talkhis al-Habir.

In addition to his administrative service, al-Ghamidi was active in literary composition, contributing essays and poems to the Journal of the Islamic University of Madinah Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1. His published poems include Hadith ma'a al-Bulbul ("A Conversation with the Nightingale") as well as Wasiyyah li-Mutakharrij ("Counsel for a Graduate"), which he delivered at the university's commencement ceremony at the end of the 1402–1403 AH academic year Majallat al-Jami'a al-Isl…+1.

Theological Studies and Editorial Work

Al-Ghamidi's scholarly work addresses Islamic creed (aqidah) and heresiography. His treatise Himayat al-Rasul Hima al-Tawhid examines the prophetic safeguards instituted to protect the core tenets of Islamic monotheism and block avenues leading to polytheism Himayat al-Rasul Hima al-…+1. In the study of historical sects, he critically edited and analyzed the classical treatise Aqa'id al-Thalath wa-al-Sab'in Firqah ("Doctrines of the Seventy-Three Sects") by the sixth-century AH scholar Abu Muhammad al-Yamani, which was published in Madinah in 1414 AH al-Ahadith al-Warida fi F…+1.