Rida and Abduh’s commentary founded the Salafi movement

Evidence

According to Roest Crollius , the fi notable argument in the modern period that links daewa to amr bil maeruf probably occurs in the work of Rahid Rida (1 865-1930) , in his commentary on the Quranic verses pertaining to amr bil maeruf ( Roest Crollius 1978). This commentary is considered to be the com.. bined work of Rida and his mentor Muhammed Abduh (1 849-1 905) , both of whom participated in founding the Salafi movement widely regarde as the intellectual forebear of the contemporary Islamist movement. — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 438