Salih bin Abdullah al-Furayh
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Salih bin Abdullah al-Furayh is a Saudi scholar and academic specializing in Islamic propagation (da'wah) and Islamic culture, known for his research on the history of Islamic reform and the methodology of forbidding wrong.
Academic Career and Research
Al-Furayh served as an assistant professor in the Department of Da'wah and Islamic Culture at the College of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. He also held membership in the Saudi Scientific Society for Da'wah Studies.
His academic research focuses on the history and application of Islamic da'wah and the doctrinal principles governing social correction. He prepared an academic dissertation titled Waqi' al-Da'wa ila Allah fi al-Dawla al-Sa'udiyya al-Thaniya ("The Reality of Islamic Propagation in the Second Saudi State") for the College of Da'wah and Media at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Riyadh. In the field of contemporary ideological studies, he authored Juhud A'immat al-Da'wa al-Salafiyya bi-Najd fi al-Tasaddi lil-'Unf wal-Irhab, which examines the historical scholars of Najd and their stance against extremism and violence through the jurisprudence of forbidding wrong (inkar al-munkar).
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This scholarly study examines the doctrinal and jurisprudential principles governing the duty of forbidding wrong and analyzes how the historical scholars of the Najdi reform movement addressed extremism and violence. Using an analytical and deductive methodology based on primary treatises, letters, and legal rulings, it clarifies the positions of Najdi scholars regarding violence and responds to claims linking the movement to contemporary radicalism.