Rashid rida biography

Muhammad Rashid Rida - Muhammad Rida or Rashid Rida or Rasheed Rida (September 23, 1865,  August 22, 1935) was an Islamic reformer,  the most important disciple of Muhammad Abduh and of Jamal_al-Din Al-Afghani, an early radical Islamist, and the inspiration for Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb, founder and leader, respectively, of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Live of Muhammad Rashid Rida

Rida was born in in the small village of al-Qalamun about 5 KM from Tripoli, then in the Syrian province of the Ottoman Empire and now in Lebanon.

Rashid rida biography

He was supposedly descended from a very pious family of outstanding Muslim Ulema, as well-versed in Islamic knowledge. Many of his family were called sheikhs.  

Rida started his education at a Kuttab (traditional Qur'anic School) in his village where he learned the Qur'an, Arabic writing, and elements of arithmetic.

After graduating, he was sent to the Rushdiyya National Primary School in Tripoli. There he