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The post of Grand Imam of al-Azhar, or shaykh of al-Azhar, has been filled by a member of the ulema, the religious scholars, of Egypt. The position of Grand Imam is among the most prominent roles in Islam and is often considered to be the highest authority in Islamic jurisprudence. The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is the most prominent official ...
Al-Azhar University (/ ˈ ɑː z h ɑːr / AHZ-har; Arabic: جامعة الأزهر (الشريف), IPA: [ˈɡæmʕet elˈʔɑzhɑɾ eʃʃæˈɾiːf], "the (honorable) University of Al-Azhar") is a university in Cairo, Egypt. Associated with Al-Azhar Mosque in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university and is renowned as ...
Associated with Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university and is known as one of the most prestigious universities for Islamic learning. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In addition to higher education, Al-Azhar oversees a national network of schools with approximately two million students. [ 6 ]
Salih al-Ja'fari (1910–1979) (Arabic: صالح الجعفري) was a Sufi scholar, who lived and taught in Cairo, Egypt. He was officially appointed as a teacher at the al-Azhar Mosque in 1946 by the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar at the time, though he had been teaching there without an official appointment for more than a decade, and continued to teach there until his death in 1399 AH/1979 CE. [1]
Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo (girls) Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut (Girls) Engineering faculties. Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University Cairo (boys) Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Qena (boys) Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University, Cairo (girls)
Ahmad Muhammad Shakir (Arabic: أحمد محمد شاكر, romanized: Aḥmad Muḥammad Shākir) (January 29, 1892, Cairo – June 14, 1958) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar of hadith. He is the son of Muḥammad Shākir ibn Aḥmad, an Islamic scholar of Al-Azhar University [2] [3] and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir, [4] a writer and ...
Abdal-Hamid Kishk (Arabic: عبد الحميد كشك; March 10, 1933 – December 6, 1996) was an Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam, activist, and author.He was a graduate of Al-Azhar University in Cairo and was known for his humour, popular sermons, religious books and for his outspoken stance against injustice and oppression in the world.
Abd al-Rahman visited the riwaqs of the Jabarti communities in Mecca and Medina before making it back to Egypt, where he became shaykh of the riwaq there. Al-Jabarti's father was a Hanafi religious scholar and served as the director of the al-Jabarti residence hall for students at al-Azhar University, a title al-Jabarti inherited following his ...