Rabi' al-Madkhali

Rabi' ibn Hadi 'Umayr al-Madkhali (Arabic: ربيع بن هادي عمير المدخلي, romanized: Rabiʿ ibn Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī; 1933 – 9 July 2025) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and professor at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he headed the Sunnah Studies Department. He remained active throughout his life in the field of Islamic scholarship and daʿwah. He was praised by fellow scholars such as al-Uthaymin, Ibn Baz, and al-Albani, who described him as the "imam of criticism and praise" (Arabic: إمام الجرح والتعديل, romanized: Imam al-Jarḥ wal-Tad’īl), although he himself later rejected the title. His will stresses adherence to the Quran, Sunnah, and the path of the early generations as essential for the Ummah’s success.