A story says that this man's teacher told him about a weapon to prepare for any battle, and then took him to a house ofbooks to show the value of knowledge over violence.
A story says that this man's teacher told him about a weapon to prepare for any battle, and then took him to a house ofbooks to show the value of knowledge over violence. Early on, he studied in Basra under Muhammad Majmu'i, but they wereboth driven out of town, and wandered the desert together for days. The Âfirst chronicle of this man's life was composed byHusayn Ibn Ghannam, and a book refuting his ideas was composed by his brother Sulayman. In his hometown of Uyaynah,he gained the favor of a ruler named Uthman, whom he directed to begin a campaign of iconoclasm, destroying the domes onthe gravesites of Muhammad's companion. This man was then invited to settle in Diriyah, where he formed a pact to promotea type of SalaÂ teaching inspired by the medieval writings of Ibn Taymiyyah, preaching against all forms of bid'a and shirk.For 10 points, name this man who founded an eponymous branch of conservative Islam in the Hijaz region, after he formedan alliance with Ibn Saud.
A story says that this man's teacher told him about a weapon to prepare for any battle, and then took him to a house ofbooks to show the value of knowledge over violence.
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab [or the Shaykh Muhammad ivn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulayman ibn Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rashid al Tamimi]