Abdulaziz al-Tarefe

Abdul-Aziz bin Marzouq al-Tarifi ( Arabic عبد العزيز الطريفي) (born 29 November 1976 in Kuwait) is a Saudi Arabian Islamic Scholar.

Al-Tarefe is a Salafi scholar who is recognized for his knowledge in Hadith and Fiqh.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]}

He is particularly known for his ability to recall from memory a hadith from the major hadith collections.^[19]

He was arrested in April 2016, though the reason for his arrest is still not fully known.

Biography[]

Abdulaziz Al-Tarefe was born 29 November 1976, (7/12/1396 AH) in Kuwait. As a child, he moved between Kuwait and Mosul.

He settled in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.^[20]

Education[]

Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Tarefe (also called as 'Abdul 'Aziz At-Turaifi) began memorising Islamic texts at the age of 13. Al-Tarefe finished his university studies at the College of Sharia at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in the city of Riyadh.

Occupation[]

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Sheikh Tarefe was a researcher for the Ministry of the Islamic Affairs, then the director of Studies and Research in the Center for Research and Studies, and then an Islamic researcher in this same center.^{[citation needed]}

Arrest[]

It is alleged that in 23 April 2016, the Saudi police arrested him for tweets of violence.^[21] As of October 2020 he is still detained.^[22][23]

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