Saleh Al-Sadlan

Abu Ghanim Salih ibn Ghanim ibn Abd Allah ibn Sulayman ibn Ali Al-Sadlan (25 Dhu al-Hijja 1359 AH / 24 January 1941 CE – 4 Safar 1439 AH / 24 October 2017 CE) was a Saudi scholar and professor of comparative fiqh at the College of Sharia of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, formed by his father, Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, and author of works on intention, congregational prayer and warnings against excess in takfir. ^{1 2}

A note on the birthplace: the article's body, citing his official website's biography, places his birth in Buraydah in Qassim, while its infobox gives Riyadh; this record states the conflict and fixes no place. ¹

Al-Sadlan memorised the Qur'an under his father Ghanim ibn Abd Allah al-Sadlan, his first teacher, studied at a Qur'an-memorisation school in Riyadh and then in Imam University's scientific institutes, and took his licentiate in sharia in 1386 AH, his master's in comparative fiqh in 1391 AH and his doctorate in comparative fiqh in 1403 AH. ¹ His teachers included Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al al-Shaykh, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, Muhammad al-Amin al-Shanqiti and Abd al-Razzaq Afifi. ¹ He began teaching in 1386 AH in the Ministry of Education, then lectured at the College of Sharia from 1395 AH, rising to full professor in its fiqh department and professor of postgraduate studies, and supervised many theses. ¹ He died at dawn on Tuesday 4 Safar 1439 AH after an illness; the funeral prayer was held at al-Jawhara Mosque in Riyadh's al-Taawun district and he was buried in Riyadh. ^{1 2}

His works include Manifestations of Error in Takfir and Tafsiq, Intention and Its Effect on Sharia Rulings, Clarification of Conditions in Marriage, Congregational Prayer and Its Rulings, and Ruling by Other Than What God Revealed: Its Motives, Causes and Ruling. ¹

This section reports what the sources attribute to him; the museum adopts no verdict. The article records that Al-Sadlan wrote warning against the hasty takfir current, authoring Manifestations of Error in Takfir and Tafsiq — positions carried as stated. ¹ Its infobox assigns him, without a citation, to Ahl al-Sunna wa'l-Jama'a and the Hanbali school, while Wikidata records only his religion as Islam, so this record registers no school for him: a single uncited infobox is not two independent attestations. ^{1 2}

• Arabic Wikipedia article «صالح السدلان», revision 76489854.
• Wikidata item Q42331457.