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Imam (/ ɪ ˈ m ɑː m /; Arabic: إمام, imām; pl.: أئمة, a'immah) is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. Thus for Sunnis, anyone can study ...
According to Twelvers, there is at all times an Imam of the era who is the divinely appointed authority on all matters of faith and law in the Muslim community. Ali , a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, was the first of the Twelve Imams, and, in the Twelvers view, the rightful successor to Muhammad , followed by male descendants of Muhammad ...
In 2001, he was appointed as deputy Imam of Islamic Cultural Center of New York which is the city's largest mosque located in 96th street and 3rd Ave in Manhattan, but left the position in 2011. Shamsi Ali is also the chairman of the board of trustees for the ASEAN Muslim Federation of North America.
[2] [3] He is currently imam of Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque of Mecca). [4] He is also a member of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca, [5] and the President of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah. He won the 2016 Service to Islam award from the King Faisal International Prize. [6] Among many other distinguish awards.
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He was described by Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali as the sheikh of Islam, the imam of the scholar, the lone of his era, the authority of scholars, who excelled in jurisprudence, theology and the Arabic language, and reached the rank of ijtihad, and received students who traveled to him from all over the country. [8]
A native of Cairo, he was a close disciple and companion of Imam Shafi'i. He has been called Al-Imam, al-'Allamah, Faqih al-Millah, and 'Alam az-Zahad. [2] He was skilled in the legal verdicts and became one of the inheritors of Imam Shafi’i. Imam Shafi’i said about him: " al-Muzani is the standard-bearer of my school".