Abdul Azim al-Deeb
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Abdul Azim al-Deeb (1929 - 5 January 2010) was a professor at Qatar University
.
He was educated the in Al-Azhar primary and secondary schools, and enrolled in the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood
. He studied with Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi and then graduated from the Faculty of Dar El-Ulum, Cairo University
. He received a master's degree on the study of the life of Imam Jouini
and the effect of his work, and then received a doctorate degree with honors on the same subject.
He moved to Qatar in 1976, where he served as professor and head of the Department of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia
of the University of Qatar, His scientific writings a drew much attention to study the Islamic heritage by scientific methods. He continued to work on the heritage of Al-Juwayni
, the Ash'ari
theologian, also known as Imam Jouini, and often referred to as "Imam al-Haramayn" ('the Imam of the two sanctuaries' (i.e. Mecca
and Medina
.)
He compiled the jurisprudential masterpiece of Jouini, "Ghiyath al-Umam, Mughith al-Khalq, Nihaya al-Matlab fi Diraya al-Madhhab ("The End of the Quest in the Knowledge of the School"), an Encyclopedia of forty-four volumes with eleven thousand pages, which the scholar Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, described as of "meritorious service to the Islamic library."
Qatar University
Qatar University is a public university in Qatar, located on the northern outskirts of the capital Doha. In 2009 there were 8,221 students, of whom 73% were female. Courses are taught in Arabic or English . The university is the only government university in the country...
.
He was educated the in Al-Azhar primary and secondary schools, and enrolled in the ranks of the Muslim Brotherhood
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...
. He studied with Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi and then graduated from the Faculty of Dar El-Ulum, Cairo University
Cairo University
Cairo University is a public university located in Giza, Egypt.The university was founded on December 21, 1908, as the result of an effort to establish a national center for educational thought...
. He received a master's degree on the study of the life of Imam Jouini
Al-Juwayni
Imam al-Haramayn Dhia' ul-Din Abd al-Malik ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni al-Shafi'i was a Sunni Shafi'i hadith and Kalam scholar...
and the effect of his work, and then received a doctorate degree with honors on the same subject.
He moved to Qatar in 1976, where he served as professor and head of the Department of Jurisprudence, Faculty of Sharia
Sharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...
of the University of Qatar, His scientific writings a drew much attention to study the Islamic heritage by scientific methods. He continued to work on the heritage of Al-Juwayni
Al-Juwayni
Imam al-Haramayn Dhia' ul-Din Abd al-Malik ibn Yusuf al-Juwayni al-Shafi'i was a Sunni Shafi'i hadith and Kalam scholar...
, the Ash'ari
Ash'ari
The Ashʿari theology is a school of early Muslim speculative theology founded by the theologian Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari...
theologian, also known as Imam Jouini, and often referred to as "Imam al-Haramayn" ('the Imam of the two sanctuaries' (i.e. Mecca
Mecca
Mecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
and Medina
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
.)
He compiled the jurisprudential masterpiece of Jouini, "Ghiyath al-Umam, Mughith al-Khalq, Nihaya al-Matlab fi Diraya al-Madhhab ("The End of the Quest in the Knowledge of the School"), an Encyclopedia of forty-four volumes with eleven thousand pages, which the scholar Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, president of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, described as of "meritorious service to the Islamic library."