Sulayman al-Ruhayli

Sulayman bin Salimullah bin Rajaullah bin Buti al-Ruhayli al-Harbi is a Saudi scholar and professor of usul al-fiqh at the Islamic University of Madinah, imam and khateeb of Quba Mosque, and a teacher in the Prophet's Mosque. ^{1 2}

He was born in Madinah in Rajab 1386 AH (October 1966). ^{2 1}

Before the age of six he attended lessons and lectures at the Prophet's Mosque with his father, studying with al-Amin al-Shinqiti and Abu Bakr al-Jaza'iri, and he also attended the lessons of Ibn Baz, al-Albani and al-Uthaymin. ¹

He began memorising the Quran with a member of his tribe, Atiq bin Jabir al-Ruhayli, and had memorised it before the age of ten. ¹

He then enrolled at the Intermediate Institute of the Islamic University of Madinah, then its high school programme, then the Faculty of Sharia, where he studied with scholars including 'Ali al-Hudhayfi and Salih al-Suhaymi. ¹

His master's thesis was "Al-Ta'wil wa-atharuhu fi usul al-fiqh" (Interpretation and its effect on the principles of jurisprudence), and his doctoral thesis was "Al-Qawa'id al-mushtaraka bayna usul al-fiqh wa-al-qawa'id al-fiqhiyya" (The principles shared between the principles of jurisprudence and the legal maxims). ²

He is a professor of usul al-fiqh at the Islamic University of Madinah, in graduate studies and the fatwa chair, and he teaches in the Prophet's Mosque. ²

He is the imam and khateeb of Quba Mosque, where he works and teaches. ¹

Among his books are a commentary on al-Usul al-thalatha, Qawa'id ta'arud al-masalih wa-al-mafasid, Mabahith al-kitab wa-al-sunna wa-dalalat al-alfaz allati akhta'a fiha al-Razi, al-Ta'rifat al-usuliyya 'inda Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, and Mabahith al-amr allati intaqadaha Shaykh al-Islam. ²

He has an official website (sualruhaily.com) and an official YouTube channel bearing its name (@sualruhaily); video descriptions state that the channel belongs to his official website, and that the website also runs a fatwa Q&A channel (@fatawa.sualruhaily). ³

English Wikipedia's YouTube information box records the channel at 83,400 subscribers and 2,605,533 views, last updated 25 September 2026; these are dated platform figures, not fixed facts. ^{1 3}

• English Wikipedia article "Sulayman al-Ruhayli".
• Arabic Wikipedia article "سليمان بن سليم الله الرحيلي".
• Wikidata item Q98091430.
• His official YouTube channel (@sualruhaily).