Saudi Arabia is regarded as the cradle of modern Salafism from where this new, reformist stream of Sunni Islam spread around the Islamic world and the Muslim communities of the West. Prominent members of the Saudi religious elite (official and unofficial) are regarded authoritative wherever Salafism is present. Therefore the development of the Saudi religious field inevitably has impact on the Salafi scenes of other countries. The appearance of different streams of Salafism due to the differences of the opinions on political legitimacy and social issues contributed to the divisions in the lines of Salafis worldwide. In this paper I will examine that how this happened in Kuwait. In the small Gulf emirate the Salafi movement has significant influence on the country's social and religious life and the political field as well due to the relative freedom of political activism. Moreover Kuwaiti charity organizations are one of the most important financial sources of Salafi groups in many Muslim countries. The evolution of two religious streams in Saudi Arabia which have opposite views regarding the relations with politics and the ruling elite had crucial influence on the Kuwaiti Salafi movement. The first school is often hallmarked with the Sahwa movement, or called "Haraki"; they openly criticize the ruler, emphasize his accountability and the right of the people to choose the ruling elite. The second is the so called "Medina school" and its most radical branch, the Madkhalis (from the name of Rabi' al-Madkhali) who call for unconditional obedience for the ruler and harshly attack everybody who oppose their views. During the Gulf war of 1991 most of the Kuwaiti Salafis took refuge in Saudi Arabia and actively participated in the religio-politcal debates regarding the legitimacy of asking military assistance from the US. After the liberation of Kuwait these debates were transferred to Kuwait and are still continuing if not in the same vehemence as in the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s. In my paper I will show how the transformation of religious authority has contributed in shaping Kuwait's Salafi scene and how other factors, like tribal or other, personal contacts played role in the development of this authority.