Muhammad Rashid Rida (; 23 September 1865 or 18 October 1865 – 22 August 1935) was an early Islamic reformer. Rida is said to have been one of the most influential and controversial scholars of his generation and was influenced by the movement for Islamic Modernism founded in Egypt by Muhammad Abduh. However, unlike Abduh, Rida was a staunch supporter of Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Abdul Wahhab and scholars of Najd and was the leader of the early Salafiyya movement. Rida was also influenced by mainstream classical scholars such as Ibn Qudama, Ghazzali, Mawardi, Razi, Taftasani, Ibn Rajab etc and regularly cited them in his works. Rida would be an important source of influence for a number of 20th century Salafi scholars such as Taqi ud Din al Hilali, Muhibb al Din al Khatib, Muhammad Hamid al-Fiqi, Muhammad Bahjat al-Bitar, Jamal al-Din al Qasimi, Abd al-Zahir Abu al-Samh, Muhammad Abd al-Razzaq Hamza, Vakkam Abdul Qadir Moulavi and most notably Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani.