Sharh Kashf al-Shubuhat by Ibn Uthaymeen (شرح كشف الشبهات) — Page 5

Arabic text · النص

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ.

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

تَرْجَمَةُ مُؤَلِّفِ الْمَتْنِ شَيْخِ الْإِسْلَامِ الْمُجَدِّدِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى:

A biography of the author, Sheikh al-Islam and reformer Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him.

هُوَ الْإِمَامُ الشَّيْخُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ رَاشِدِ بْنِ بَرِيدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُشَرِّفِ بْنِ عُمَرَ مِنْ أَوْهَبَةَ بَنِي تَمِيمٍ.

He is the Imam and Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab ibn Sulaiman ibn Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Rashid ibn Barid ibn Muhammad ibn Musharraf ibn Umar, from the Awbahah clan of Banu Tamim.

وُلِدَ هَذَا الْعَالِمُ فِي بَلْدَةِ الْعُيَيْنَةِ سَنَةَ أَلْفٍ وَمِائَةٍ وَخَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ هِجْرِيَّةً فِي بَيْتِ عِلْمٍ وَشَرَفٍ وَدِينٍ،

Born in the town of al-Uyaynah in 1115 AH, he grew up in a household defined by scholarship, honor, and piety.

فَأَبُوهُ عَالِمٌ كَبِيرٌ وَجَدُّهُ سُلَيْمَانُ عَالِمُ نَجْدٍ فِي زَمَانِهِ.

His father was a prominent scholar, and his grandfather, Sulaiman, was the leading scholar of Najd in his day.

حَفِظَ الْقُرْآنَ قَبْلَ بُلُوغِ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ وَدَرَسَ فِي الْفِقْهِ حَتَّى نَالَ حَظًّا وَافِرًا

He memorized the Quran before turning ten and pursued jurisprudence until he attained a deep mastery of the subject.

وَكَانَ مَوْضِعَ الْإِعْجَابِ مِنْ وَالِدِهِ لِقُوَّةِ حِفْظِهِ

His father greatly admired his exceptional memory.

وَكَانَ كَثِيرَ الْمُطَالَعَةِ فِي كُتُبِ التَّفَاسِيرِ وَالْحَدِيثِ وَجَدَّ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

He read extensively in the fields of exegesis and hadith, dedicating his nights and days to the pursuit of knowledge.

فَكَانَ يَحْفَظُ الْمُتُونَ الْعِلْمِيَّةَ فِي شَتَّى الْفُنُونِ

He committed to memory foundational academic texts across various disciplines.

وَرَحَلَ فِي طَلَبِ الْعِلْمِ فِي ضَوَاحِي نَجْدٍ وَفِي مَكَّةَ وَقَرَأَ عَلَى عُلَمَائِهَا

He traveled throughout the regions of Najd and to Makkah, where he studied under local scholars.

ثُمَّ رَحَلَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ النَّبَوِيَّةِ فَقَرَأَ عَلَى عُلَمَائِهَا وَمِنْهُمُ الْعَلَّامَةُ الشَّيْخُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الشَّمَّرِيُّ.

Later, he journeyed to the Prophetic City of Madinah to study with its scholars, including the erudite Sheikh Abdullah ibn Ibrahim al-Shammari.

كَمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى ابْنِهِ الْفَرَضِيِّ الشَّهِيرِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الشَّمَّرِيِّ مُؤَلِّفِ الْعَذْبِ الْفَائِضِ فِي شَرْحِ أَلْفِيَّةِ الْفَرَائِضِ

He also studied under his son, the renowned inheritance expert Ibrahim al-Shammari, who authored the commentary al-Adhb al-Fa'id on the Alfiyyat al-Fara'id.

وَعَرَّفَاهُ بِالْمُحَدِّثِ الشَّهِيرِ مُحَمَّدِ حَيَاةَ السِّنْدِيِّ فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ فِي عِلْمِ الْحَدِيثِ وَرِجَالِهِ وَأَجَازَهُ بِالْأُمَّهَاتِ.

They introduced him to the famous hadith scholar Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi, with whom he studied hadith and its narrators, eventually receiving authorization in the primary hadith collections.

وَكَانَ الشَّيْخُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى - قَدْ وَهَبَهُ اللَّهُ فَهْمًا ثَاقِبًا وَذَكَاءً مُفْرِطًا

Allah had blessed Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab—may He have mercy on him—with profound insight and extraordinary intelligence.

وَأَكَبَّ عَلَى الْمُطَالَعَةِ وَالْبَحْثِ وَالتَّأْلِيفِ وَكَانَ يُثْبِتُ مَا يَمُرُّ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ الْفَوَائِدِ أَثْنَاءَ الْقِرَاءَةِ وَالْبَحْثِ

He devoted himself to reading, research, and writing, carefully recording the insights he discovered during his studies.

وَكَانَ لَا يَسْأَمُ مِنَ الْكِتَابَةِ وَقَدْ خَطَّ كُتُبًا كَثِيرَةً مِنْ مُؤَلَّفَاتِ ابْنِ تَيْمِيَّةَ وَابْنِ الْقَيِّمِ - رَحِمَهُمَا اللَّهُ

Never tiring of the pen, he transcribed many works by Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on them both.

وَلَا تَزَالُ بَعْضُ الْمَخْطُوطَاتِ الثَّمِينَةِ بِقَلَمِهِ السَّيَّالِ مَوْجُودَةً بِالْمَتَاحِفِ.

Some of the precious manuscripts written in his fluid hand remain in museums today.

Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 65 nouns)

• رَحِمَ — to have mercy
• وَلَدَ — to be born
• حَفِظَ — to memorize
• بَلَغَ — to reach
• دَرَسَ — to study
• نَالَ — to obtain
• جَدَّ — to strive
• رَحَلَ — to travel
• قَرَأَ — to read
• عَرَّفَ — to introduce
• أَجَازَ — to authorize
• وَهَبَ — to grant
• أَكَبَّ — to devote oneself
• أَثْبَتَ — to record
• مَرَّ — to pass
• سَئِمَ — to be bored
• خَطَّ — to write
• زَالَ — to cease
• تَرْجَمَةٌ — biography
• مُؤَلِّفٌ — author
• مَتْنٌ — text
• شَيْخٌ — sheikh
• إِسْلَامٌ — Islam
• مُجَدِّدٌ — renewer
• إِمَامٌ — imam
• بَلْدَةٌ — town
• سَنَةٌ — year
• بَيْتٌ — house
• عِلْمٌ — knowledge
• شَرَفٌ — honor
• دِينٌ — religion
• عَالِمٌ — scholar
• كَبِيرٌ — great
• زَمَانٌ — time
• قُرْآنٌ — Quran
• بُلُوغٌ — attainment
• فِقْهٌ — jurisprudence
• حَظٌّ — share
• وَافِرٌ — abundant
• مَوْضِعٌ — place
• إِعْجَابٌ — admiration
• وَالِدٌ — father
• قُوَّةٌ — strength
• حِفْظٌ — memorization
• كَثِيرٌ — much
• مُطَالَعَةٌ — reading
• كِتَابٌ — book
• تَفْسِيرٌ — exegesis
• حَدِيثٌ — hadith
• طَلَبٌ — seeking
• لَيْلٌ — night
• نَهَارٌ — day
• عِلْمِيٌّ — scientific
• فَنٌّ — art
• ضَاحِيَةٌ — suburb
• مَدِينَةٌ — city
• نَبَوِيٌّ — prophetic
• عَلَّامَةٌ — erudite scholar
• فَرَضِيٌّ — inheritance expert
• شَهِيرٌ — famous
• عَذْبٌ — sweet
• فَائِضٌ — overflowing
• شَرْحٌ — explanation
• أَلْفِيَّةٌ — millennium poem
• فَرِيضَةٌ — duty
• مُحَدِّثٌ — hadith scholar
• رَجُلٌ — man
• أُمٌّ — mother
• فَهْمٌ — understanding
• ثَاقِبٌ — sharp
• ذَكَاءٌ — intelligence
• مُفْرِطٌ — excessive
• بَحْثٌ — research
• تَأْلِيفٌ — authorship
• فَائِدَةٌ — benefit
• قِرَاءَةٌ — reading
• كِتَابَةٌ — writing
• مَخْطُوطَةٌ — manuscript
• ثَمِينٌ — valuable
• قَلَمٌ — pen
• سَيَّالٌ — flowing
• مَوْجُودٌ — present
• مَتْحَفٌ — museum