Remembering Imam Muhammad `Abduh
1266 AH/1849 CE -- 1323 AH/1905 CE
Remembering Imam Muhammad `Abduh: A leader of the aborted Islamic reform movement of the past century. His approach to following the example of the early Muslims (al salaf) was turned upside-down by "Salafis" of the second half of the past century.
Political-establishment and reactionary-religious interests combined to assassinate him politically, forcing him to resign from Al-Azhar in 1905. He died shortly thereafter.
It has been over a century since his death, and we are still speaking of a long-awaited reform, disagreeing over what needs to be reformed and how.
رحم الله الشيخ الإمام