Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri | |
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أبو عبد الرحمن ابن عقيل الظاهري | |
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Born | Muhammad bin Umar bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abd Allah al-Aqil[3] 1938[1] Shaqra, Saudi Arabia |
Religion | Islam |
Era | Contemporary Islamic philosophy |
Region | Islamic philosophy |
Jurisprudence | Ẓāhirī[2] |
Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Zahirism |
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Muhammad bin Umar bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abd Allah al-Aqil, better known as Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri, is a Saudi Arabian polymath. He has, at various times, been referred to as a theologian, jurist, historian, ethnographer, geographer, poet, critic and author.[5] As a member of Saudi Arabia's "Golden Generation," he knew of life both during the poverty of the pre-oil boom era and the prosperity of the 1950s onward.