Nullifiers of Islam

This is a commentary on the treatise Nawāqiḍ al-Islām (The Nullifiers of Islam), compiled by the Imām and revivalist Shaykh Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhāb (may Allah have mercy on him). These ten nullifiers are regarded as the most significant acts that invalidate one’s adherence to Islam. The term nawāqiḍ (nullifiers) is the plural of nāqiḍ (a nullifier). The word naqḍ in Arabic refers to the act of undoing or invalidating something that was previously established, whether a contract or a structure. A nāqiḍ of something is that which renders it null and void. Thus, the nawāqiḍ of Islam are the acts that nullify and invalidate a person’s Islam.

About the author:

Shaykh ʿAbdul-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbdillāh bin ʿAbdir-Raḥmān ar-Rājihī is a senior Saudi scholar, born in 1360 AH (1941 CE) in al-Bukayrīyah, Qasīm. He memorized the Qurʾān early, pursued Islamic studies locally, and later moved to Riyadh, where he graduated from the College of Sharīʿah at Imām Muḥammad ibn Saʿūd Islamic University. He currently serves as an associate professor in ʿAqīdah and Contemporary Beliefs.

Shaykh ar-Rājihī studied under several leading scholars of the Ummah, most notably Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz, with whom he remained for around 20 years, and whom he closely accompanied until his death. He also studied under Shaykh ʿAbdullāh ibn Ḥumayd, Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Ghudayyān, Shaykh ʿAbdur-Razzāq ʿAfīfī, and briefly under Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Āl ash-Shaykh (raḥimahum Allāh).

He has supervised and verified important works such as Bayān Talbīs al-Jahmiyyah by Ibn Taymiyyah and al-Kāfiyah ash-Shāfiyah by Ibn al-Qayyim. He teaches regularly in Riyadh and Makkah and delivers lessons in tafsīr, ḥadīth, and ʿaqīdah.

Numerous classical texts have been studied under him, including Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Kitāb at-Tawḥīd, al-ʿAqīdah al-Wāsiṭiyyah, Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr, and more.

Also, the Shaykh has well over 20,000 Fatwa.