Rashid Rida

Muhammad Rashid Raza
مُحَمَّدُ رَشْىدْ رِضَا
Muhammad Rashid Rida
TitleAllamah,
Shaykh al-Islam,
Imam
Personal
Born
Muḥammad Rashīd ibn ʿAlī Riḍā ibn Muḥammad Shams al-Dīn ibn Muḥammad Bahāʾ al-Dīn ibn Munlā ʿAlī Khalīfa

(1865-09-23)23 September 1865 or (1865-10-17)17 October 1865
Al-Qalamoun, Beirut Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Lebanon)
Died22 August 1935(1935-08-22) (aged 69)
Cairo, Egypt
Cause of deathHeart attack
Resting placeCairo, Egypt
ReligionIslam
Nationality
  • Ottoman (1865–1922)
  • Egyptian (1922–1935)
Era19th to early 20th century
RegionMiddle East
JurisprudenceShafiʽi Ijtihad
CreedAthari
Movement
OccupationMufti, Mufassir, Faqīh, Muhaddith
Senior posting
Influenced by
Influenced

Rashid Rida was a Salafist Islamic scholar who called for the revival of the study of hadith and supported the idea of a Islamic state. He believed that reform was needed to save Muslims from Sufism and start a Islamic revival. He supported the idea of a armed jihad in the Muslim world against imperialists. During the 1900s, Rida started to be influenced by Wahhabism and Ahl-i Hadith and started to follow a more conservative interpretation of Salafism.

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  32. ↑ Achcar, Gilbert (2010). The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives. London, UK: Actes Sud. pp. 104–105. ISBN 978-0-86356-835-0. The development of Rida's thought brought him closer to the Puritanical doctrine known as Hanbalism and especially to that of its Wahhabi adherents,.. Rida's fundamentalist turn manifested itself above all in his defence of the Wahhabis.. In his articles he tirelessly reiterated- .. that the Wahhabis were the best Muslims
  33. ↑ Shapoo, Sajid Farid (2017-07-19). "Salafi Jihadism-An Ideological Misnomer". Small Wars Journal. Retrieved 2023-03-20. Rashid Rida during the later years of his life, made a dramatic shift towards Wahhabism and grew closer to the Wahhabis and their ideational approach.
  34. ↑ Mouline, Nabil (2014). The Clerics of Islam: Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia. New Haven, London, UK: Yale University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-300-17890-6. After the fall of the Caliphate in 1924, Rida.. promoted Hanbali-Wahhabism.
  35. ↑ Mouline, Nabil (2014). The Clerics of Islam: Religious Authority and Political Power in Saudi Arabia. New Haven, London, UK: Yale University Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-0-300-17890-6. After the fall of the Caliphate in 1924, Rida.. promoted Hanbali-Wahhabism.
  36. ↑ Dudoignon, Stephane A.; Hisao, Komatsu; Yasushi, Kosugi, eds. (2006-09-27). "Chapter 3: THE MANARISTS AND MODERNISM". Intellectuals in the Modern Islamic World (PDF). p. 56. doi:10.4324/9780203028315. ISBN 9780203028315. The most glaring example of such developments and differences of opinion is Rashid Rida's transformation in the last phase of his life into a spokesman for the Wahhabi movement in the Arabian Peninsula...