Durus al-Shaykh Nasir al-Aql
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Durus al-Shaykh Nasir al-Aql (Lessons of Shaykh Nasir al-Aql) is a compilation of transcribed audio lessons, lectures, and media broadcasts delivered by the contemporary Saudi scholar and theologian Dr. Nasir al-Aql (Nasir ibn Abd al-Karim al-Aql) . The collection focuses primarily on Islamic theology (ʿaqīdah), modern ideological trends, and the defense of orthodox Sunni doctrines .
Background and Content
Nasir al-Aql served as a professor in the Department of Creed and Contemporary Sects at the College of Usul al-Din at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh . In addition to delivering regular mosque-based teaching circles, including weekly lessons at al-Dawsari Mosque in the al-Salam district and at the university campus mosque in Riyadh, he conducted educational lecture series broadcast across radio and television outlets, such as the Holy Quran Radio (Idha'at al-Qur'an al-Karim) .
The material preserved in Durus al-Shaykh Nasir al-Aql includes transcriptions of his theological and intellectual lecture series, notably episodes from the program Hirāsat al-ʿAqīdah (Guarding the Creed) . The work covers several major themes:
- Defense of Historical Reform Movements: Transcripts addressing the reality of the reform movement led by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, analyzing the nature of the controversies surrounding it and systematically responding to polemical accusations and misunderstandings .
- Critique of Rationalist Trends: Discussions examining contemporary rationalist thought (al-ittijāhāt al-ʿaqlāniyyah al-muʿāṣirah), their methodological principles, their stance toward religious texts and piety, and their manifestations and impact within Muslim societies .
- Sectarian Doctrines and Heresiography: Clarification of traditional Sunni positions concerning sects, theological deviations, innovation (bidʿah), and contemporary intellectual currents .
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