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Mohammed Bin Salman: We Are Not Wahhabis; It Is Always Possible To Engage In
Ijtihad
In the interview bin Salman rejected the claim that Saudi Arabia is a Wahhabi state, i.e., follows the conservative perception of 18th century Islamic scholar Mohammed Abd Al-Wahhab, an associate of the founder of the Saudi kingdom Mohammed bin Sa ud. He explained that the kingdom s interpretation of Islam is not confined to the directives of Mohammed bin Abd Al-Wahhab, and that Saudi Arabia is not committed to any specific Islamic school of jurisprudence, but follows the four canonical Sunni Islamic schools: Hanbali, Shafi i, Maliki and Hanafi. He added: Being committed to a single school of thought or a single scholar is tantamount to deifying human beings… Allah sent the Quran, and the Prophet implemented it on the ground, and