Sulayman al-Kharashi
- Died
- 1443 AH
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Sulayman al-Kharashi (d. 1443 AH / 2021 CE) was a contemporary Saudi Islamic writer and researcher known for his theological polemics and defense of traditional Sunni scholarship.
Theological and Intellectual Contributions
Sulayman ibn Salih al-Kharashi devoted much of his writing to defending traditional Sunni theology and addressing contemporary intellectual currents. In Ibn Taymiyya Lam Yakun Nasibiyan ("Ibn Taymiyya Was Not a Nasibi"), he defended Ibn Taymiyya against accusations of Nasibism and animosity toward Ali ibn Abi Talib, citing passages from Ibn Taymiyya's works to affirm Sunni veneration for Ali; the treatise was prefaced and commended by Salih al-Fawzan .
Addressing modern intellectual trends, al-Kharashi authored Shubuhat Asraniyya ma'a Ajwibatiha ("Modernist Doubts with Their Answers"), introduced by Sa'd ibn Abd Allah al-Humayd, in which he responded to ten modernist arguments and linked modernism's prioritization of reason over scriptural revelation to early Mu'tazilite thought . He also compiled al-Mustadrak 'ala Mu'jam al-Manahi al-Lafziyya ("Supplement to the Lexicon of Prohibited Verbal Usages"), expanding upon the work of Bakr Abu Zayd regarding religiously objectionable phrases and verbal expressions .
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List of Works
Naqd Usul al-Aqlaniyyin (Critique of the Foundations of the Rationalists) is a theological treatise examining the role of reason (ʿaql) in Islam and refuting intellectual currents that prioritize rational speculation over scriptural revelation.
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya Lam Yakun Nasibiyan (Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya Was Not a Nasibi) is a theological treatise defending the medieval Hanbali theologian Ibn Taymiyya against allegations of Nasibism, or harboring animosity toward Ali ibn Abi Talib.
al-Mustadrak ‘ala Mu‘jam al-Manahi al-Lafziyya (The Supplement to the Lexicon of Prohibited Verbal Usages) is a treatise written as a supplementary compilation to Bakr Abu Zayd's reference work Mu‘jam al-Manahi al-Lafziyya on religiously objectionable and prohibited expressions.