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The Al-Azhar University (/ ˈɑːzhɑːr / AHZ-har; Egyptian Arabic: جامعة الأزهر (الشريف), IPA: [ˈɡæmʕet elˈʔɑzhɑɾ eʃʃæˈɾiːf], lit.'University of (the honorable) Al-Azhar') is a public university in Cairo, Egypt. Associated with Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Islamic Cairo, it is Egypt's oldest degree-granting university ...
The Grand Imam of al-Azhar is a prestigious and a prominent official title in Egypt. [5] He is considered by some Muslims to be the highest authority in Sunni Islamic thought and Islamic jurisprudence [6] and holds great influence on followers of the theological Ash'ari and Maturidi traditions worldwide.
Islam. Alma mater. Al-Azhar University. Mustafa Khattab is a Canadian–Egyptian Muslim scholar, author, youth mentor, public speaker, imam, and university chaplain. He holds a professional ijâzah in the Ḥafṣ style of recitation. [1] He is known for his translation of the Quran in "The Clear Quran" series. [2]
Ihsan Institute. Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari (Arabic: أحمد سعد الأزهري), is an Egyptian born, British Islamic scholar, and is the founder of the Ihsan Institute. [1][2] He is an advocate of teaching traditional Islamic sciences; which he has taught in various parts of the world. [3][4][5]
Paris-Sorbonne University}}Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed El-Tayeb(Arabic: أحمد محمد أحمد الطيب; born 6 January 1946) is an Egyptian Islamic scholarand the current Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Al-Azhar Al Sharifand former president of al-Azhar University. He was appointed by the Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, following the death of Mohamed ...
The author of the main text is 14th-century scholar Shihabuddin Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn an-Naqib al-Misri (AH 702-769 / AD 1302–1367). Al-Misri based his work on the previous Shafi'i works of Imam Nawawi and Imam Abu Ishaq as-Shirazi, following the order of Shirazi's al-Muhadhdhab ( The Rarefaction ) and the conclusions of Nawawi's Minhaj at ...
Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
In 1980, the Grand Imam of al-Azhar Gad al-Haq Ali Gad al-Haq issued a fatwa that "Listening to music, attending musical gatherings, and studying music of all genres and instruments is allowed as long as it is not accompanied with immoral and sinful acts, or used as a pretext to incite people towards haram (prohibited) behaviour, and it does ...