Synopsis:

Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi was born in 1378 A.H. (1959 A.D.) in the province of Nablus, Palestine, he left the city with his family when he was about 3 or 4 years old and settled in Kuwait, where he completed his high school studies. He traveled about Kuwait and Hijaz where he had a good affiliation with students of knowledge and Sheikhs who taught him the keys of understanding Islamic knowledge. Thereupon, he devoted himself to study the books of Sheikhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and his student Ibnul Qayyim. Furthermore, during his visits to Al-Madinah, he was attracted to the books of Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdul-Wahhab, his students, sons and grandsons, the Imams of the Najdi Da'wah, which enrich the public and private libraries over there. He traveled several times to Pakistan and Afghanistan and there he met many brothers and Islamic groups who came from various regions of the Islamic world. He was involved in some educational and Da'wah activities there. While there, he wrote a book called "Millat Ibrahim" (The Denomination and Creed of Ibrahim). He finally settled in Jordan in 1992, two years before his arrest.