Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat Abdullah al-Qusayr

Ṣafaḥāt Muḍīʾah min Ḥayāt al-ʿĀlim al-Rabbānī ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Quṣayyir: Durūs wa-Mawāqif wa-Fawāʾid ("Luminous Pages from the Life of the Godly Scholar Abdullah ibn Salih al-Qusayr: Lessons, Situations, and Benefits") is a biographical monograph authored by the Saudi researcher Khālid ibn Masʿūd ibn Ṣāliḥ Āl Fuṭayḥ Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …+1. The book chronicles the life, scholarly career, educational efforts, and personal anecdotes of the contemporary Saudi scholar and preacher Sheikh ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣāliḥ al-Quṣayyir Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …+1.

Background and Purpose

The author, Khalid Al Futayh, prepared this work as a dedicated biography of his teacher, following the classical scholarly practice of compiling individual monographs on the lives and virtues of exemplary scholars Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …. In the introduction, the author states that his goal was to document Sheikh Abdullah al-Qusayr's academic and missionary trajectory from his upbringing until his death, highlighting his public impact, personal character, devotion to Islamic theology, and his relationship with students and fellow scholars Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …+1.

The work opens with an endorsement letter written by Sheikh Abdullah al-Qusayr himself dated 20 Dhu al-Hijjah 1444 AH recommending the author, followed by a formal introduction from Sheikh Muhammad ibn Hasan Al al-Sheikh, member of the Council of Senior Scholars and the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta, who commended the book for preserving the fifty-year preaching and educational legacy of al-Qusayr Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …+1.

Contents and Structure

The book is organized into several biographical and thematic chapters, covering:

• Life and Education: Details regarding al-Qusayr's lineage (from the 'Amarat branch of the 'Anazah tribe), his birth on 25 Sha'ban 1370 AH in al-Shiqqah al-'Ulya near Buraidah in Al-Qassim, his schooling at scientific institutes in Buraidah and Riyadh, his undergraduate studies at the College of Sharia at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (graduating in 1396–1397 AH), and his master's thesis in Quranic exegesis (tafsīr) supervised by Sheikh Abdullah ibn Ghudayyan Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat ….
• Teachers and Career: His studies under prominent scholars, especially Sheikh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Bāz, under whom he worked starting in 1397 AH at the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat ….
• Teaching Schedules and Activities: Documentation of al-Qusayr's mosque study circles, such as his 1412 AH weekly lesson schedules teaching texts including Manār al-Sabīl, Mukhtaṣar Muslim, ʿUmdat al-Aḥkām, al-ʿAqīdah al-Wāsiṭiyyah, Kitāb al-Tawḥīd, and Zād al-Maʿād in Riyadh mosques Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat ….
• Elegies and Tributes: Poems and eulogies composed after al-Qusayr's death, including verses by Dr. Nasir al-Hamad, alongside testimonies from colleagues and students such as Dr. Aziz ibn Farhan al-Anazi Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …+1.
• Recommendations: Academic recommendations proposed by the author to encourage master's and doctoral dissertations on al-Qusayr's creed, pedagogical contributions, da'wah methods, and the collection of his complete written works Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat ….
• Recorded Benefits (Fawāʾid): A collection of scholarly observations, legal points, and biographical comments recorded directly from al-Qusayr during the last three years of his life, categorized into sections on seeking knowledge, creed, thought, fiqh, preaching, and biographical notices of preceding scholars Safahat Mudi'a min Hayat …+1.