Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim
- Died
- 1421 AH
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Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Qasim (d. 1421 AH / 2000 CE) was a Saudi Hanbali scholar and editor, best known for compiling and publishing major collections of Islamic legal rulings and theological treatises .
Scholarly Contributions
He was the son of the Najdi Hanbali jurist Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim . Working alongside his father, he assisted in gathering, collating, and arranging manuscripts for the expansive compendium Majmu Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya (Compendium of Legal Rulings of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya) . He subsequently gathered further uncollected treatises and legal answers by Ibn Taymiyya, publishing them in five volumes under the title al-Mustadrak ala Majmu Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya (Supplement to the Compendium of Legal Rulings of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya) in 1418 AH .
In addition to editing classical texts, he collected and arranged the rulings of contemporary authorities. Following the death of the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh, he spent five years between 1392 AH and 1397 AH compiling and transcribing the Mufti's legal verdicts, which were later published in thirteen volumes as Fatawa wa-Rasail Samahat al-Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh (Fatwas and Treatises of His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh) .
Death
He died in 1421 AH (2000 CE) .
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List of Works
Mawduat Saliha lil-Khutab wal-Waz (Suitable Topics for Sermons and Exhortation) is a collection of thirty-seven Friday sermons compiled, arranged, and published to serve as a practical resource for preachers and orators. The sermons are extracted, arranged, and adapted from existing classical texts, primarily the writings of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, with editorial commentary, condensed phrasing, and appended source references.
Aal Rasul Allah wa Awliya'uhu (The Family of the Messenger of Allah and His Allies) is a theological treatise abridging and arranging material from Ibn Taymiyyah's Minhaj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah. It examines the Prophet's household, his allies, and the respective positions of Sunni and Shi'i scholarship regarding their creeds, virtues, and jurisprudence.
Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Afdal al-Sahaba wa Ahaqquhum bil-Khilafa (Abu Bakr al-Siddiq: The Best of the Companions and Most Entitled to the Caliphate) is a theological treatise demonstrating the preeminence of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq and his legitimate right to the Caliphate after the Prophet Muhammad. It abridges and thematically reorganizes dispersed arguments from Ibn Taymiyya's Minhaj al-Sunna al-Nabawiyya into a focused, accessible volume.