18 Facts About Salman al-Ouda

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Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah al-Ouda or Salman al-Ouda, Salman al-Oadah, Salman al-Audah, or Salman al-Awdah - kunya: Abu Mu'ad - was born on December 14,1956 and is a Saudi Muslim scholar.

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Salman al-Ouda is a director of the Arabic edition of the website Islam Today and appears on a number of TV shows and authors newspaper articles.

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Salman al-Ouda was detained by the Saudi authorities in September 2017.

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Salman al-Ouda was arrested for his refusal to comply with an order by Saudi authorities to tweet a specific text to support the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar.

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Salman al-Ouda spent his early years in al-Basr, then moved to Burayda.

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Salman al-Ouda studied under scholars such as Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz, Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen, Abdullah Abdal Rahman Jibreen, and Saleh Al-bleahy.

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Salman al-Ouda graduated from the Faculty of Sharia and Religious Principles in Qassim, then became a teacher at the Scientific Institutes there.

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Salman al-Ouda wrote the book, which became well-known.

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In 1990 Salman al-Ouda was a teacher at the main mosque in Burayda.

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Salman al-Ouda gave weekly lessons for the general public at the mosque and other lessons where he gave commentary on the book Bulugh al-Maram.

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Salman al-Ouda gave daily lessons after the Morning Prayer, where he talked about the authoritative collections of Hadith - Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and discussed the Qur'an.

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Salman al-Ouda described the content of the books Kitab al-Tawhid by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, al-Usul al-Thalathah, and Nukhbah al-Fikr.

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Meanwhile, audiotapes of Salman al-Ouda's sermons gained wide circulation and encouraged to other opposition voices after the first Gulf War, as the United States military settled in for a long stay at an airbase outside the capital.

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Salman al-Ouda was an advocate for Sunni-Shia dialogue, calling for a more inclusive society that would end the marginalization of Saudi Shia citizens.

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Salman al-Ouda appealed President-elect Joe Biden to push the Saudi government to release his father and other political prisoners.

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Salman al-Ouda was quoted by Osama bin Laden in his 1994 Open Letter to Shaykh Bin Baz on the Invalidity of his Fatwa on Peace with the Jews.

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Salman al-Ouda announced that this was a result of deeper understanding of Islamic teachings.

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Sheikh Salman al-Ouda has over 4,000 Facebook friends and over one million fans through the site.