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Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Dughan
Name	Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Dughan
Other Names	Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Dughan al-Ahsa'i
Personal Details
Birth Place	Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Death Place	Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
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Religion	Islam
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Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Dughan, also known as Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Dughan al-Ahsa'i (1332 AH – 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1434 AH; 1914 – 18 October 2013), was a Shafi'i jurist and professor of religious sciences in Saudi Arabia. He was born in Al-Hufuf, Al-Ahsa, and raised in a religious family. He studied under scholars in Al-Ahsa and traveled to the Hejaz to pursue knowledge. He was among the prominent teachers of the Shafi'iyya School in Al-Ahsa and one of the leading scholars of the new school of Shafi'i jurisprudence in the 14th and 15th centuries AH. He is regarded as a moderate and intellectual scholar in Saudi Arabia. He founded a religious school in Al-Ahsa and established educational centers for migrant students. He died in his hometown at the age of 100.

Birth and Family

His full name is Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Dughan al-Ahsa'i al-Khalidi. Born in 1332 AH/1914 CE in the Kut neighborhood of Al-Hufuf, Al-Ahsa, he was raised in a religious family. His grandfather Muhammad and his great-grandfather Husayn were also scholars.

Education

In his childhood, he memorized the Quran, the book Al-Zubda on Shafi'i jurisprudence, and 300 verses from Alfiyyat Ibn Malik. He pursued studies in religious sciences and literature under scholars in Al-Ahsa, Syria, and the Hejaz.

Travels to India, Syria, and the Hejaz

He traveled to India, where he studied Quranic sciences, Tajwid, and Quranic recitation under the teacher Asadullah al-Hindi.

He also made numerous trips to the Hejaz and to Syria to meet with teachers Abdullah Siraj al-Din and Zuhayr al-Nasir in Aleppo.

Activities

He taught for 25 years at the Al-Ahsa Primary School and instructed numerous students in Al-Ahsa and abroad in Shafi'i jurisprudence.

After nearly 25 years of teaching in public schools in Al-Ahsa, he retired and continued his teaching circles privately. His first lesson was held in the mosque of the Kut neighborhood in Al-Hufuf, Al-Ahsa, in 1975 CE.

Subsequently, he founded a religious school in Al-Ahsa in collaboration with Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Mubarak, and later established various other schools and educational centers.

Teachers

• Muhammad ibn Husayn al-Urfaj
• Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ali al-Urfaj
• Abdulaziz ibn Salih al-Ulji
• Muhammad Abd al-Latif
• Muhammad Yasin al-Fadani
• Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda
• Abdullah Siraj al-Din al-Husayni
• Asadullah al-Hindi

Students

Among his students are the following:

1. His two sons, Muhammad and Abd al-Aziz
2. Walid ibn Abd al-Latif al-Urfaj
3. Ahmad ibn Abd al-Latif al-Urfaj
4. Abd al-Latif ibn Abdullah al-Sa'id al-Urfaj
5. Abd al-Latif ibn Muhammad al-Urfaj
6. Abd al-Ilah ibn Husayn al-Urfaj
7. Issam ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Khatib
8. Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Jughayman
9. Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Dughan
10. Lu'ayy ibn Abdullah al-Sayyid al-Hashim
11. Mahir ibn Abd al-Latif al-Ja'fari
12. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Abu Isa al-Umayr
13. Ibrahim Khalifa al-Ahsa'i.

In 2017, his student Abd al-Ilah ibn Husayn al-Urfaj published a book titled Al-Shaykh Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Dughan: The Reviver of the Shafi'i School in Al-Ahsa (ISBN 9789957234072).

He also compiled the book Al-Shaykh Ahmad ibn Abdullah al-Dughan in the Eyes of His Admirers as an e-book.

Death

Ahmad al-Dughan died on the evening of Saturday, 14 Dhu al-Hijjah 1434 AH, corresponding to October 2013, in his hometown of Al-Ahsa at the age of 100. Funeral prayers were offered for him on Sunday afternoon at Al-Jabri Mosque, after which his body was transferred to the Kut Cemetery.