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Salih bin Abdullah al-Abbud

Aqidat Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Salafiya wa Atharuha fi al-Alam al-Islami

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Aqidat Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab al-Salafiya wa Atharuha fi al-Alam al-Islami (The Salafi Creed of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Its Impact on the Islamic World) is an academic treatise in Islamic theology authored by Salih bin Abdullah al-Abbud . It provides a detailed exposition of the doctrinal methodology of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and examines the historical dissemination and influence of his teachings across the Muslim world .

Background and Composition

The book originated as a doctoral dissertation submitted to the Department of Creed in the Faculty of Da'wah and Usul al-Din at the Islamic University of Madinah . The author's stated aim in undertaking the study was to articulate the doctrinal foundations of the movement through direct scholarship and textual evidence, reaffirming its connection to the traditional creed of the early generations (al-salaf al-salih) and analyzing its historical role in the unification of Saudi Arabia .

Structure and Contents

The work is organized into an introduction, a preliminary entrance (al-madkhal), two comprehensive parts, and a conclusion :

  • Preliminary Entrance: Comprises two foundational studies. The first examines the historical and religious conditions prevailing across the Islamic world during the author's era. The second provides a biographical survey of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, outlining his early upbringing, scholarly travels, teachers, students, authored treatises, and death .
  • Part One (The Salafi Creed of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab): Divided into four chapters dealing systematically with his theological doctrine:
    1. His methodology in creed and advocacy (da'wah), beginning with a summary of the approach of the early generations .
    2. A general overview of his creed .
    3. His stance on theological monotheism (tawhid) across its declarative (khabari) and practical/devotional (talabi) dimensions .
    4. His warnings against doctrines that negate the creed of the Salaf or diminish its completeness .
  • Part Two (The Impact of the Salafi Creed on the Islamic World): Spans five chapters tracing the historical reception and geopolitical reach of the movement:
    1. The emergence of the call and the core factors and principles of its influence .
    2. Its impact during the first phase of the Saudi state .
    3. Its impact during the second phase of the Saudi state .
    4. Its impact during the third phase of the Saudi state .
    5. Its influence outside the territories ruled by its supporters, examining its reach in Yemen, the Levant, the Arabian Gulf, Iraq, Persia, India, and Egypt . In this chapter, the author investigates whether links existed between the movement and various modern political and religious revivalist movements—such as the Sanusiyya in Libya, the Faraizi movement and Ahmad Shahid in India, the Padri in Indonesia, Muhammad Abduh, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Sharia Society in Egypt, the Mahdist movement in Sudan, Ish Muhammad Kul in Turkestan, and Abd al-Hamid ibn Badis in Algeria—concluding that direct doctrinal influence cannot be substantiated for these entities .
  • Conclusion: Summarizes the primary findings and results of the research .

Publication History

The work was first published in two volumes by the Scientific Council of the Islamic University of Madinah in 1408 AH (1988 CE) . A second edition was issued by the Deanship of Scientific Research at the same university in 1424 AH (2004 CE) .

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