Abu Abd al-Rahman Ibn Aqil al-Zahiri
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Muhammad bin Umar bin Abd al-Rahman bin Abd Allah al-Aqil Shaqraa |
| Residence | Al-Suwaidi, Riyadh |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabia |
| Era | Contemporary Islamic philosophy |
| Region | Islamic philosophy |
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Kalām cosmological argument |
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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. 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.
Ibn Aqil was born in the city of Shaqraa in Saudi Arabia's central Najd region in 1942. His has been married three times, during which he sired twenty-six children. His current wife is from Egypt. Ibn Aqil also owns a bookstore, "Dar Ibn Hazm," in the Al-Suwaidi district where he currently lives, and is the prayer leader of a nearby mosque.
Ibn Aqil had a complicated friendship and, later, rivalry with fellow Arab philosopher Abdullah al-Qasemi. Having known al-Qasemi before he converted from Islam to atheism, Ibn Aqil met al-Qasemi for a debate in the Garden City district of Downtown Cairo. After a long discussion regarding the existence of God and Theodicy, Ibn Aqil authored the book A Night in Garden City as an account of the debate.
After receiving his primary and secondary education in Shaqraa, Ibn Aqil relocated to Riyadh and enrolled in Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, which at the time was a brand new institution. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Law from the college of Islamic law, and a Master of Theology degree in exegesis of the Qur'an. During this time, Ibn Aqil was a student of former Saudi Grand Mufti Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Ibn Humaid, another high-ranking cleric. Zahiri spent most of his tutelage under Abu Turab al-Zahiri.
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