Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di

Infobox_Philosopher
region = Saudi Arabian scholar
era = Modern era
color = #B0C4DE

image_caption = Saudi Arabia

name = Shaykh Abu 'Abdullaah 'Abdur-Rahmaan Ibn Naasir Aal Sa'dee
birth = 1889
death = 1956
school_tradition = Sunni

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di at-Tamimi (1889 – 1956 C.E.) was a prominent Islamic scholar, jurist, exegete, and Arabic grammarian with a great interest in poetry who contributed many works on a variety of subjects.

Early life

Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di was born in the city of Unayzah in the Qasim Province of Saudi Arabia on September 8, 1889 (12th of Muharram 1307 H). His mother died when he was four years old and his father when he was seven. He was raised by his stepmother until he became old enough to live with his brother.

As a child, he was known for his intelligence and memorized the Quran by the age of eleven. Even after memorizing the Qur'an, he continued to seek knowledge from the scholars of his town as well as those who passed through it, giving him experience in many Islamic disciplines.

Career

By the age of twenty-three, he was teaching students of his own. He was considered an expert in fiqh and usool al-fiqh. Initially, he adhered to the Hanbali school of Islamic law (madhab), as did his early teachers. He went on to study the works of Ibn Taymiyyah (d.1328) and Ibn al-Qayyim (d.1350) extensively, and, as he progressed in his studies, he no longer restricted himself to the Hanbali school, but rather followed the course he believed to be proven by the strongest evidences. He was also an expert in tafsir (Quranic exegesis or commentary), having read many books of tafsir and studied it under his teachers; he later authored a tafsir himself.

His Teachers and Students

His teachers included:

:*Muhammad Amin ash-Shanqeeti:*Ali Naasir Abu Waadaaye:*Saalih ibn Uthman al-Qaadi

His students include:

:*Muhammad ibn Saalih al-Uthaymeen:*Abdullah ibn Abd al-Aziz ibn Aqeel:*Ali ibn Zamal Aslaim:*Aludin Kujab Qadaas:*Ruzbehan Nurbakhsh

His Works

Books and treatise written by as-Sa'di include:

:*"Taysir al-Karim ar-Rahman fee Tafsir al-Qur’an"' - Tafsir of the Quran and his most famous work:*"Manhaj al-Salikin" :*"al-Qawaa'id wal-Usool al-Jaami'ah wal-Furooq wat -Taqaaseem al-Badee'ah an-Naafi'ah" - Explanation of the principles in Usool al-Fiqh:*"Haashiyah Fiqhiyyah":*"Deewaan Khutab":*"al-Qawaa'id al-Hisaan":*"Tanzeeh ad-Deen":*"Radd alaa al-Qaseemee":*"al-Braansi Waaghir va-Jinna":*"al-Haqq al-Waadhih al-Mubayyin":*"Bahjatu Quloob al-Abraar":*"ar-Riyaadh an-Naadhirah":*"al-Durrat al-Fakhira (The Exquisite Pearl) ISBN 0954216601

Death

as-Sa'di died at the age of 69 on a Thursday in the year 1956 C.E. of complications arising from an unidentified illness that he suffered from for approximately five years. He was buried in the city of Unayzah; his funeral prayer took place after the Dhuhur prayer in the grand mosque of that city, with numerous people attending.

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External links

* [http://www.understand-islam.net/Articles/BasingRulingsandFoundationsofFiqh-1.pdf Biography of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Naasir as-Sa'di]