Aba Butayn
ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Sulṭān ibn Ḫamīs Abā Buṭayn known simply as Abā Buṭayn, was a Muslim scholar and jurist, belonging to the Hanbali school of thought. A supporter of the Wahhabi movement, he was a critic of the famous Qasīdat al-Burdah poem that is popular amongst Sufis. He was also the great-grandfather of Salih al-Fawzan, the fourth and current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.
Biography
'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Abd al-Aziz ibn Sultan ibn Hamis was born in 1780 in Sudair, an area in the Najd region of the Arabian Peninsula. In adulthood, he travelled to Syria to study religion with his teacher Muhammad ibn Tarad al-Dusari and later he also studied with clerics of the Wahhabi movement. Upon his return to Najd, he was appointed as the Qadi by Turki bin [Abdullah Al Saud (1755–1834)|Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud], ruler of the Second Saudi State. Even after Turki bin Abdullah was assassinated, his successors were very close with Aba Butayn and continued to appoint him as a Qadi in the Hijaz. Aba Butayn died in 1865 after his retirement in the city of Unaizah.Aba Butayn's great-grandson is Salih al-Fawzan on his mother's side, the fourth and current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia.
Support of Wahhabism
Aba Butayn was a staunch supporter of Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahhab and the Wahhabi movement, having studied under Wahhabi clerics. He defended the violent actions of the Wahhabis, claiming that it was necessary because the victims of said violence were polytheists. Influenced by the Wahhabi views on Sufism, Aba Butayn wrote a two-volume treatise refuting the Qasīdat al-Burdah, a popular poem that was written and composed by the scholar al-Busiri.Works
Mukhtaṣar Badā'i al-Fawa'id Al-Intisār lil Ḥanābilah Kitāb Rasā'il wa Fatāwā Abā Butayn Ta'sīs al-taqdīs fī kashf talbīs Dāwūd ibn Jarjīs- ''Al-Radd ʿalā al-Burdah''