ʻUbūdī, Muḥammad ibn Nāṣir

Muhammad bin Nasser Al-Aboudi, (Arabic: محمد ناصر العبودي; 1345 AH / 1926 AD - died 2 Dhu al-Hijjah 1443 AH / 1 July 2022 AD) was a Saudi writer, author and traveller, born in the city of Buraidah, and received his initial education there. Then he worked as a teacher and then director of the Scientific Institute in Buraidah. He also served as the Director and Secretary General of the Islamic University of Madinah for thirteen years. He held the position of Assistant Secretary-General of the Muslim World League. His work in the League and before that at the Islamic University in Medina as its Secretary-General allowed him to visit most parts of the world. His numerous observations and insights resulted in more than one hundred and sixty books on travel literature, thus achieving a record number in Arab travel books. He was awarded the Medal of Merit in Literature in the year 1394 AH, 1974 AD. Muhammad bin Nasser bin Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Karim bin Abdullah bin Aboud bin Muhammad bin Salem Al Salem was born in 1345 AH on the last day of Rabi` al-Thani of Jumada al-Ula. He was educated in the city of Buraidah in one of the schools, then in the government school, then at the hands of many sheikhs, and from whom his first sheikh benefited, Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Humaid, and Sheikh Omar bin Muhammad bin Salim and Sheikh Saleh bin Ahmed Al-Khuraisi, Sheikh Saleh bin Abdul Rahman Al-Sakiti, and many others.