{"id":1637,"date":"2011-09-17T19:32:41","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T19:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bakkah.net:\/en\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2016-01-27T15:33:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T15:33:52","slug":"biography-shaykh-abdur-rahmaan-naasir-as-sadee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakkah.net\/en\/biography-shaykh-abdur-rahmaan-naasir-as-sadee.htm","title":{"rendered":"Biography: Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir as-Sa’dee"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Name of Allaah…<\/em><\/p>\n

He was the shaykh, Aboo ‘Abdillaah, ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Naasir ibn ‘Abdillaah ibn Naasir as-Sa’dee<\/strong>, from the tribe of Tameem.<\/p>\n

He was born in the city of ‘Unayzah, in Saudi Arabia, on the 12th of Muharram, 1307<\/strong>.\u00a0 He memorized the Qur’aan and mastered its recitation before reaching the age of 11.\u00a0 He then engaged himself in seeking knowledge, studying with\u00a0the scholars of his city and those who visited it.<\/p>\n

The shaykh had many teachers, the most famous of whom was likely the great scholar of Tafseer<\/em>, Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen ash-Shinqeetee<\/strong> (d.1393)*, who resided in ‘Unayzah for four years.<\/p>\n

Shaykh as-Sa’dee had exemplary character.\u00a0 He was extremely humble with the young and old alike.\u00a0 He would talk to all individuals according to their level of understanding and he would lead them to things of benefit.\u00a0 He was indifferent and aloof from the splendor and temptations of this worldly life, and he did not seek positions of authority.<\/p>\n

In the early years of his studies, he learned fiqh<\/em> according to the Hanbalee school.\u00a0 At that time, it was considered blameworthy in his\u00a0society to go against the positions of the Hanbalee school.\u00a0 However, it was by way of the books of Ibn Taymiyyah and\u00a0Ibn al-Qayyim that he and other scholars of the era began to shun the blind following of the math-hab<\/em>.\u00a0 After realizing the need to return all affairs\u00a0back to the Book and the Sunnah upon the\u00a0understanding of the Salaf<\/em>, Allaah\u00a0raised his status and caused the people to seek him out.\u00a0 It was then that he began to author books and gain prominence.<\/p>\n

He was a shining light of guidance in his time, by Allaah’s\u00a0Permission.\u00a0 He admonished the people both publicly and privately, gave khutbahs<\/em>, issued religious verdicts, and authored many valuable books in different Islamic sciences.\u00a0 From them:<\/p>\n