خطب الشيخ محمد متولي الشعراوي

Religious sermons and sermons by His Eminence Sheikh Al-Shaarawi works on the Internet

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Mohamed Metwally El-Shaarawy (April 15, 1911 - June 17, 1998) is a former Egyptian religious scholar and endowment minister. He is considered one of the most famous interpreters of the meanings of the Noble Qur’an in the modern era, as he worked on interpreting the Noble Qur’an in simple and general ways, which made him able to reach a larger segment of Muslims in all parts of the Arab world. Some called him the imam of preachers.

He graduated in 1940, and obtained his international degree with a license in teaching in 1943. After his graduation, he was appointed to the religious institute in Tanta, then he moved to the religious institute in Zagazig and then the religious institute in Alexandria. After a long period of experience, Sheikh Al-Shaarawi moved to work in Saudi Arabia in 1950 to work as a professor of Sharia at Umm Al-Qura University. Sheikh Al-Shaarawi was forced to teach the subject of beliefs despite his specialization originally in the language, and this in itself is a great difficulty, but Sheikh Al-Shaarawi was able to prove his superiority in teaching this subject to a great degree that won the approval and appreciation of everyone. In 1963, a dispute occurred between President Gamal Abdel Nasser and King Saud.

As a result, President Gamal Abdel Nasser prevented Sheikh Al-Shaarawi from returning to Saudi Arabia again [citation needed] and was appointed in Cairo as Director of the Office of Sheikh Al-Azhar Sheikh Hassan Mamoun. Then Sheikh Shaarawi traveled to Algeria as head of the Al-Azhar mission there and stayed in Algeria for about seven years he spent teaching and while he was in Algeria, the June 1967 setback occurred. Al-Shaarawi prostrated thanks to the harshest military defeats in Egypt - and he justified that "in the letter T" in A program from A to Z by saying, "Egypt did not win while it was in the arms of communism, so the Egyptians were not fascinated by their religion." When Sheikh al-Shaarawi returned to Cairo and appointed a director for the endowments of Gharbia Governorate for a period, then an agent for advocacy and thought, then an agent for Al-Azhar, then returned again to Saudi Arabia, where he Teaching at King Abdulaziz University.

In November 1976, Mr. Mamdouh Salem chose the Prime Minister at that time, and he assigned Sheikh Shaarawi the Ministry of Endowments and Al-Azhar Affairs. Shaarawi remained in the ministry until October 1978. The first person who issued a ministerial decision to establish the first Islamic bank in Egypt was Faisal Bank, as this is one of the functions of the Minister of Economy or Finance (Dr. Hamid Al-Sayeh during this period), who delegated it, and the People's Assembly agreed to that. In the year 1987 AD he was chosen as a member of the Arabic Language Academy (Al-Khaldeen Academy). The following is the full career progression of Sheikh Al-Shaarawi: The positions he assumed: He was appointed as a teacher at the Tanta Al-Azhari Institute and worked for him, then transferred to the Alexandria Institute, then the Zagazig Institute.

Seconded to work in Saudi Arabia in 1950. He worked as a teacher at the College of Sharia, at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. He was appointed as an agent of the Tanta Al-Azhari Institute in 1960. Appointed director of the Islamic Call the Ministry of Awqaf 1961. he had been employed as a Arabic Sciences monitor in Holy Azhar in 1962. He was appointed director of the Grand Imam's office, Sheikh Al-Azhar Hassan Mamoun, 1964. He was appointed head of the Al-Azhar mission in Algeria in 1966. He was appointed as a visiting professor at King Abdulaziz University, College of Sharia in Makkah, 1970. He was appointed head of the Department of Graduate Studies at King Abdulaziz University in 1972.

He was appointed Minister of Awqaf and Al-Azhar Affairs in the Arab Republic of Egypt in 1976. Appointed a member of the Islamic Research Complex, 1980. He was named a member of the Shura Council, Egypt 1980. Al-Azhar sheikdom was offered to him as well as a position in a number of Islamic countries, but he refused and decided to devote himself to the Islamic call.