Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di

Abdul-Rahman al-Sa'di
عبد الرحمن السعدي
Personal
Born	(1889-09-07) 7 September 1889 Unayzah, KSA
Died	January 24, 1957(1957-01-24) (aged 67) Unayzah, KSA
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Saudi Arabian
Home town	Unayzah, Saudi Arabia
Ethnicity	Arab
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Creed	Athari
Movement	Salafi
Military service
Senior posting
Influenced by Ahmad ibn Hanbal Ibn Taymiyyah Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Influenced Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen

Abū ‘Abdillāh ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir ibn ‘Abdillāh ibn Nāṣir al-Sa’dī from al-Sa’dī, the Shaykh, descended of the Tamīm tribe, was born in the town of ʿUnaizah in al-Qaṣīm on the 12th of Muḥarram in the year 1307H. His mother died when he was four years old, and his father died when he was seven. As a result, he grew up an orphan but he had a stable upbringing. He was an Islamic Scholar from Saudi Arabia. And also was a teacher and a author in Unaizah, Saudi Arabia. He authored more than 40 books in several different fields including tafsir, fiqh, and 'aqidah.

He had already attracted attention at a young age with his intelligence and his strong enthusiasm for learning. After the death of his father, he had read the Qurʾān, then thoroughly memorised it by the time he was eleven years old. Then he began learning from the learned men of his town and those who visited it. He worked hard until he acquired a respectable amount of knowledge in every field. When he reached the age of twenty-three, he began teaching. Like that, he used to both learn and teach, and the entirety of his time was spent doing that. It was like that until in the year 1351H, he was placed in charge of education in his town, and became a mentor for all the students.

Other websites

• Media related to Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di at Wikimedia Commons
• Biodata at MuslimScholars.info