Abdullah bin Saleh al Samahiji (1675–1723) was a Bahraini

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

 Shia Islamic scholar who lived during the Safavid period. He was born in the village of Samaheej

Samaheej

Samaheej is a village in Bahrain on the northern coast of Muharraq Island. Al Dair village lies to its northwest, while Galali lies to its southeast...

 on Muharraq Island

Muharraq Island

Muharraq Island is the third largest island in the archipelago of Bahrain after Bahrain Island and Hawar Island. It is named after Muharraq City, the former capital of Bahrain.There are several towns and villages located on the Island, including:...

, and like many of his Bahraini contemporaries, he was a follower of the Akhbari

Akhbari

The Akhbārīs are Twelver Shī‘a Muslims who reject the use of reasoning in deriving verdicts, and believe only the Qur'an, aḥadīth, and consensus should be used as sources to derive verdicts . The term Akhbārī is used in contrast to Usūlī...

 theological school—although his father was a pure Usuli who detested Akhbaris. Among his teachers was Sulaiman Abdullah al Mahuzi.

After the 1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain

1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain

In 1717 the Sultanate of Oman invaded Bahrain bringing an end to a 115 year rulership by the eroding Safavid dynasty. Following the Afghan invasion of Iran at the beginning of the eighteenth century which weakened the stronghold of the Safavids, the Omani forces were able to undermine Bahrain and...

, Al Samahiji fled to Isfahan where he briefly served as the Sheikh ul-Islam

Sheikh ul-Islam

Shaykh al-Islām is a title of superior authority in the issues of Islam....

.. He then settled in Behbehan where he died in 1722.

Among his works is Munyat al Mumarisin in Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

, which includes an examination of the Akhbari

Akhbari

The Akhbārīs are Twelver Shī‘a Muslims who reject the use of reasoning in deriving verdicts, and believe only the Qur'an, aḥadīth, and consensus should be used as sources to derive verdicts . The term Akhbārī is used in contrast to Usūlī...

-Usuli dispute.

See also

• Yusuf Al Bahrani
  Yusuf Al Bahrani
  Yusuf ibn Ahmed al-Bahrani was a Bahraini theologian and a key figure in the intellectual development of Twelver Shia Islam.Al-Bahrani grew up in Safavid-ruled Bahrain, at a time of intellectual ferment between Akhbari and Usuli Shi'ah Islam. His family were Usuli clerics who also worked as pearl...
  
  
• Salih Al-Karzakani
  Salih Al-Karzakani
  Sheikh Salih Al-Karzakani was a seventeenth century Bahraini theologian who was appointed by the Safavid empire as a religious court judge in Shiraz. Al Karzakani left Bahrain along with his friend and fellow cleric Sheikh Ja`far bin Kamal al-Din Sheikh Salih Al-Karzakani was a seventeenth...
  
  
• Maitham Al Bahrani
  Maitham Al Bahrani
  Sheikh Maytham bin Ali Al Bahrani was a leading 13th Century Twelver Shi'a Islamic theologian who lived in Bahrain. Al Bahrani wrote on Twelver doctrine, affirmed free will, the infallibility of prophets and imams, the appointed imamate of `Ali, and the occultation of the Twelfth Imam...
  
  
• History of Bahrain
  History of Bahrain
  Bahrain is a island country in the Persian Gulf. Although Bahrain became an independent country in 1971, the history of these islands starts from ancient times...
  
  
• Bahrani people