Tamer Muhammad Mahmoud Metwally
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Tamer Muhammad Mahmoud Metwally is a contemporary scholar of Islamic theology, known for his academic research on the theological views of modern and classical figures .
Education and Academic Career
Metwally pursued his higher education at the Islamic University of Medina, where he conducted research at the Faculty of the Holy Quran in 1413 AH . He continued his graduate studies in the university's Department of Creed (Aqida), where he spent over three years preparing his master's thesis, titled Manhaj al-Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida fi al-Aqida ("The Theological Method of Shaykh Muhammad Rashid Rida") . The thesis was later published in 1425 AH (2004 CE) . He subsequently completed his doctoral dissertation in the same department, titled Juhud Shaykh al-Islam fi Tawdih al-Iman bi-l-Qadar ("The Efforts of Shaykh al-Islam in Clarifying Faith in Divine Destiny"), analyzing Ibn Taymiyyah's exposition of divine decree .
Scholarly Focus and Reception
Metwally's primary academic contributions lie in the critical evaluation of theological doctrines from the perspective of the Sunni Salafi tradition . His comprehensive study on Muhammad Rashid Rida, spanning nearly 985 pages, examines Rida's positions across several theological subjects, including the divine names and attributes, the oneness of worship (tawhid al-uluhiyya), intercession (tawassul), religious innovations (bida'), divine decree (qadar), angels, revealed scriptures, messengers, jinn, prophetic infallibility, miracles, and the signs of the Day of Judgment . Within this work, he also addressed and critiqued Rida's assertions regarding hadiths transmitted by meaning . Later researchers on modern theological trends have cited his study as one of the most prominent treatments of Rida's theological perspectives .
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This academic treatise in Islamic theology analyzes and evaluates the theological doctrine of the Islamic reformer Muhammad Rashid Rida in light of the Sunni Salafi tradition. Spanning nearly 985 pages, it examines conflicting assessments regarding Rida's theological orientation—whether he was primarily a Salafi reformer, an inheritor of Muhammad Abduh's rationalist school, or influenced by Western thought—evaluating his positions against the textual proofs of the Quran, the Sunnah, and the classical consensus of the Salaf.