Muhammad bin Saad al-Shuwayir
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- 1442 AH
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Muhammad bin Saad al-Shuwayir (d. 1442 AH / 2020–2021 CE) was a Saudi scholar, historian, and editor, best known for editing Islamic research journals and authoring historical studies, including Tashih Khata Tarikhi Hawl al-Wahhabiyya (Correcting a Historical Error Concerning Wahhabism).
Career and Scholarly Work
Al-Shuwayir served as the editor-in-chief of Majallat al-Buhuth al-Islamiyya (Journal of Islamic Researches), a scholarly periodical published by the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta under the supervision of Saudi Grand Muftis Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and subsequently Abd al-Aziz Al al-Sheikh .
In addition to his editorial roles, al-Shuwayir undertook the transcription, compilation, and editing of the radio fatwas of Ibn Baz broadcast on Nur 'ala al-Darb. He transcribed the contents of 435 audio recordings and read them over regular sessions spanning multiple years in the presence of Grand Mufti Abd al-Aziz Al al-Sheikh .
As a historian and biographical writer, al-Shuwayir composed works on regional history and religious scholars, including a monograph on the town of Shaqra and the biographical study Min Mashahir Ulama'ina (Among Our Renowned Scholars) . He also compiled a manuscript documenting the lineage and branches of the Al Shuwayir family, being characterized as an active historian and writer . In his historical treatise Tashih Khata Tarikhi Hawl al-Wahhabiyya, he examined early Maliki legal rulings to distinguish between the eighteenth-century Najdi reform movement and an earlier eighth-century North African movement founded by Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam.
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Tashih Khata Tarikhi Hawl al-Wahhabiyya (Correcting a Historical Error Concerning Wahhabism) is a treatise addressing the conflation of the reformist movement of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab with an earlier North African sect bearing the name "al-Wahhabiyya." Through chronological and historical evidence, the work demonstrates that early Maliki legal rulings and condemnations targeted an eighth-century Ibadi Kharijite splinter faction founded by Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam, rather than the later Najdi reform movement.