Aba Butayn
Abā Buṭayn | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1780 |
| Died | 1865 (aged 84–85) |
| Era | Early modern period (Early Saudi era) |
| Region | Najd, Arabian Peninsula |
| Main interest(s) | |
| Notable work(s) | Kitāb Rasā'il wa Fatāwā Abā Butayn |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Ḥanbalī |
| Creed | Atharī[1] |
| Muslim leader | |
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Influenced | |
ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Sulṭān ibn Ḫamīs Abā Buṭayn (Arabic: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ سُلْطَانِ بْنِ خَمِيسٍ أَبَا بُطَيْنٍ; 1780–1865) known simply as Abā Buṭayn, was a Muslim scholar and jurist, belonging to the Hanbali school of thought. A supporter of the Wahhabi movement, he was a critic of the famous Qasīdat al-Burdah poem that is popular amongst Sufis. He was also the great-grandfather of Salih al-Fawzan, the fourth and current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.
Biography
'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Sultan ibn Hamis was born in 1780 in Sudair, an area in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula.[2][3][4] In adulthood, he travelled to Syria to study religion with his teacher Muhammad ibn Tarad al-Dusari and later he also studied with clerics of the Wahhabi movement. Upon his return to Najd, he was appointed as the Qadi (Islamic judge) by Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud, ruler of the Second Saudi State.[3][4] Even after Turki bin Abdullah was assassinated, his successors were very close with Aba Butayn and continued to appoint him as a Qadi in the Hijaz. Aba Butayn died in 1865 after his retirement in the city of Unaizah.[3][4]
Aba Butayn's great-grandson is Salih al-Fawzan on his mother's side, the fourth and current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.[5]
Support of Wahhabism
Aba Butayn was a staunch supporter of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab and the Wahhabi movement, having studied under Wahhabi clerics.[6] He defended the violent actions of the Wahhabis, claiming that it was necessary because the victims of said violence were polytheists.[7] Influenced by the Wahhabi views on Sufism, Aba Butayn wrote a two-volume treatise refuting the Qasīdat al-Burdah, a popular poem that was written and composed by the scholar al-Busiri.[8]
Works
- Mukhtaṣar Badā'i al-Fawa'id (Treatise on The Wonders of Benefits)[2]
- Al-Intisār lil Ḥanābilah (The Victories of Hanbalis)[2]
- Kitāb Rasā'il wa Fatāwā Abā Butayn (The Collection of Fatwas and Letters of the Hanbali Sheikh of Najd, Aba Butayn)[6]
- Ta'sīs al-taqdīs fī kashf talbīs Dāwūd ibn Jarjīs (The Establishment of the Sacred in Exposing the Deception of Dawud ibn Jarjis)[9]
- Al-Radd ʿalā al-Burdah (A Response to the Burdah)[8]
See also
References
- ^ Abdul Rahman al-Bassam (1999). ʿUlamāʾ Najd khilāl thamāniyat qurūn [Scholars of Najd from over eight centuries] (in Arabic) (2 ed.). Saudi Arabia: Dar al-Asimah.
- ^ a b c Al-Zirikli (2002). Al-A'lām [Eminent Personalities] (in Arabic). Vol. 6 (15 ed.). Lebanon: Dar al-'Ilm lil-Malayin.
- ^ a b c Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Latif (1972). Mashāhīr ʿUlamāʾ Najd wa-Ghayrihim [Famous Scholars of Najd and Others] (in Arabic) (1 ed.). Saudi Arabia: Dar Al-Yamamah.
- ^ a b c Ibn Humayd (1996). Bakr ibn 'Abdullah Abu Zayyd; 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Sulayman al-'Uthayymin (eds.). Al-Suḥub al-Wābilah ʿAlā Ḍarāʾiḥ al-Ḥanābilah [The Rain Clouds over the Graves of the Hanbalis] (in Arabic). Vol. 1. Beirut: Mu'asasat al-Risala – via The Internet Archive.
- ^ "A brief biography of His Eminence Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan". saaid.org. Retrieved 2025-12-26.
- ^ a b Aba Butayn (2013). Khalid bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Sakran al-Tamimi; Sultan Abdul Rahman Al-Eid (eds.). Kitāb Rasā'il wa Fatāwā Abā Butayn [The Collection of Fatwas and Letters of the Hanbali Sheikh of Najd, Aba Butayn] (in Arabic). Riyadh: Dar Al-Minhaj Library Publications. ISBN 9786038034873 – via The Internet Archive.
- ^ Aba Butayn (2013). Khalid bin Muhammad bin Ibrahim al-Sakran al-Tamimi; Sultan Abdul Rahman Al-Eid (eds.). Kitāb Rasā'il wa Fatāwā Abā Butayn [The Collection of Fatwas and Letters of the Hanbali Sheikh of Najd, Aba Butayn] (in Arabic). Riyadh: Dar Al-Minhaj Library Publications. ISBN 9786038034873 – via The Internet Archive.
وقتال [الشَّيْخ - رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وهو مُحَمَّدُ (۲) بن عبدِ الوَهَّابِ - قاتل ] (٣) مَن قَاتَلَهُ ليسَ لِكَوْنِهِم بُغَاةٌ؛ وَإِنَّمَا قَاتَلَهُمْ عَلَى تَرْكِ الشِّرْكِ، وَإِزَالَةِ المُنْكَرَاتِ، وعلى إقام الصَّلاة وإيتاء الزكاة، والَّذِينَ قاتلهم الصدِّيقُ الله والصَّحابَةُ ؛ لأَجْلِ مَنْعِ الزَّكَاةِ، وَلَمْ يُفَرِّقُوا (٤) بَيْنَهُم وبَيْنَ المُرتَدينَ في القَتْلِ وأَخْذِ المال (٥ [Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab, he did not fight those who fought him because of them being bughāh, but rather he fought them (so they) leave shirk.]
- ^ a b Aba Butayn (1865). Abu Abdul A'la Khalid Muhammad (ed.). Al-Radd ʿalā al-Burdah [A Response to the Burdah] (in Arabic). Vol. 1. Saudi Arabia: Dar Al-Athar – via Al-Maktaba al-Shamela.
- ^ Aba Butayn (2001). Ta’sīs al-taqdīs fī kashf talbīs Dāwūd ibn Jarjīs [The Establishment of the Sacred in Exposing the Deception of Dawud ibn Jarjis] (in Arabic) (1 ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Mu’assasat al-Risālah.