| Omar Al-Muqbil | |
| Birth Date: | 1972 |
| Birth Place: | Al Mithnab, Saudi Arabia |
| Nationality: | Saudi Arabian |
| Occupation: | Islamic scholar, writer, researcher, preacher, professor of Islamic law |
| Education: | Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University, Qassim University |
| Notable Works: | "The spread of weak hadiths in contemporary means of communication, causes, manifestations, treatment, an applied study on mobile and the Internet", "The hadiths mentioned in the name of Muhsin", "The stagnation on the apparent meaning of the Prophetic hadith: A critical study" |
Omar Al-Muqbil (born;) (عمر المقبل) is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar, writer, researcher, preacher and professor of Islamic law at Qassim University. An alumnus of Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and Qassim University.[1] He studied under the Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz and Yahya Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Yahya.[2]
Omar bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saleh was born in 1972 in Al Mithnab.
See main article: Saudi crackdown on Islamic scholars.
In September 2019 he was imprisoned after criticizing the General Entertainment Authority (GEA) in a video in which he said that the GEA is “erasing the original identity of society”.[3] [4]
Dr. Omar Al-Muqbil has authored a number of books and publications.[5] including: