Madkhalī, Rabīʻ ibn Hādī ʻUmayr

Rabi' bin Hadi 'Umayr al-Madkhali (Arabic: ربيع بن هادي عمير المدخلي, romanized: Rabiʿ bin Hādī ʿUmayr al-Madkhalī; 1933 – 9 July 2025) was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and professor at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he headed the Sunnah Studies Department. He remained active throughout his life in the field of Islamic scholarship and daʿwah. He is most widely known for founding the Madkhali movement. U.S. policymakers and senior advisors to the U.S. Department of State have also reportedly advised the U.S. government to fund al-Madkhali and his strain of thought.