Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman

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Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman
Imam
Reign788–824
Predecessor Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam
Successor Abu Sai'd Aflah ibn Abd al-Wahhab
Born747/748
Died823/824
House Rustamid dynasty

Abd al-Wahhab ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam, was the second imam of the Imamate of Tahart and founder of the Wahbi Ibadism movement. He was part of the Rustamid dynasty that ruled a theocracy in Algeria. He became ruler after the death of his father, Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam and founded an external Islamic religious movement called Wahhabism relative to his name Abd al-Wahhab. His Ibadi Kharijite preaching is often incorrectly associated with the modern day Wahhabi movement. [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Abd al-Wahhab was born in 747/748. [4] His father was a Persian Ibadi Muslim imam, Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam, the founder of the Rustamid dynasty in Algeria. He studied Abu Ubayda Muslim ibn Abi Karima's ideas and beliefs under his father, who was also a transmitter of Ibadi tradition. [5] He received the state after the death of his father in 788. [6] In 789, he let Idris I to capture Tlemcen without any negative reaction. [7] He died, probably, in the year 823/824. [8]

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