Suleiman was born in 1785 into the
Al Sheikh family, and his father was
Abdullah bin Muhammad, a son of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Sulayman's works served as a manual for later Salafi scholars to make sense of the major tenets of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Based on Sulayman's approach, classical Wahhabi scholars would formulate a novel doctrine of
Takfir that expanded beyond the traditional paradigm of early salafis and excommunicated most of the political opponents of the
Second Saudi state. He suggested that true believers should not hesitate to show their hostility against the people having different religious beliefs. His view was just a reproduction of the approach that had existed in Islam, since the seventh century which emphasized the difference between true and false religion and banned all interaction with infidels. Here,
infidels refer to Muslims from different religious sects. The views of Suleiman bin Abdullah were frequently adopted by his cousin, Abdul Rahman bin Hasan, and other religious scholars during the second Saudi State, or Emirate of Najd. His views were also used by the
Ikhwan leaders in the late 1920s just before
their revolt against
King Abdulaziz as a justification for their resistance to him. King Abdulaziz argued that Suleiman's views should be taken into consideration in the related context and period of time. ==References==