Saleh Al Maghamsi

Saleh bin Awad al Maghamsi (also Saleh al-Moghamsy) (Arabic: صالح بن عواد المغامسي الحربي‎‎‎, ṣaleḥ bin `Awad al-Maġamsi; born 17 November 1972), is a Sunni Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia. He holds the position of Imam of the Quba Mosque of Medina. He was a student of Ibn Baaz among other Islamic scholars. [1][2]

Early life and education

Bin Awad al Maghamsi was born in 1963 in Al Madinah Region (Al-Madina Al-Munawara) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to assabile.com website he grew up and was educated in the Medina region. He attended King Abdul Aziz University were he graduated in Arabic language and Islamic studies.[3] Following this (according to assabile.com website) he studied under a number of Islamic scholars such as Mohammed Attia Salem, Abu Bakr Aljazairi, Saleh Mohammed Ibn Othaymeen, and Ibn Baaz.[3]

Career

According to information from assabile.com and Al Maghamsi's official website, he became Educational Supervisor in the Arabic Language Department in the General Directorate of Education in Al-Madina Al-Munawara circa 1991. Several years later (circa 1994) he became a member of the Islamic Awareness Commission for Hajj. In 1422H (circa 2001) he was appointed as Khatib (giving Friday khutbah sermon) at King Abdul Aziz Mosque in Al-Madina Al-Munawara,[4] and worked there for several years.[3] In 1426H (circa 2005) he became a member of the International Commission on Scientific Signs in Quran & Sunnah.[4] Became Imam of the Mosque of Quba in Al-Madina Al-Munawara circa 2006. Appointed as the official Mufti for Saudi Arabia Television Channel 1 the next year.[4] Became General Manager for the Center of Research and studies in Al-Madina Al-Munawara circa 2010.[4] Appointed lecturer at the Superior Institute of Imams and Orators in Taibah University circa 2011.[4] Has made many contributions and lectures on different Arabic and gulf countries satellite channels.[4]

Al Maghamsi has been described as having close connections with King Salman. According to Foreign Policy magazine,

The new Saudi king recently served as head of the supervisory board for a Medina research center directed by Maghamsi. A year after Maghamsi’s offensive comments [on Osama bin Laden], Salman sponsored and attended a large cultural festival organized by the preacher. Maghamsi also advises two of Salman’s sons, one of whom took an adoring “selfie” with the preacher last year.[2]

Works

Recordings of his weekly lessons of interpretation in Quba mosque in Medina, have been released in five albums under the title "Reflections verses". Sheikh Saleh al Maghamsi has also monthly classes in Jeddah.

Website

Al-Rasekhoon fi Al-Elm (“Steadfast in knowledge”) is the official website of Saleh Bin Awad Al Maghamsi. According to the site, its name comes from a verse of the Quran, and aims to explicate the meanings of the Quran without neglecting the Sunna.[5]

TV programs

Views and controversy

On March 27, 2012 on Qatar Television, Al-Maghamsi stated that although "Osama bin Laden's organization" did great harm to the Muslim nation (umma) he "has more sanctity and honor than any infidel"—infidel being defined as “Jews, Christians, Zoroastrians, apostates, and atheists”.[2][6] He has been accused by the conservative business newspaper Investors Business Daily of anti-semitism.[7]

On the controversy over whether women may be allowed to reveal their faces in public, i.e. need not wear a Niqāb, (Sheikh Ahmad Al-Ghamdi, had created an "uproar" in 2014 by saying it was allowed), Al-Maghamsi said it is "always better to be modest though he admitted that not all scholars agree that women should not reveal their faces".[8]

Al-Maghamsi has also come out in favor of "taking care of historical mosques", stating that such a practice is not unorthodox but religious and an act of worship.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ward, Olivia (29 January 2015). "West has doubts on repressive Saudi Arabia's king". The Star. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Weinberg, David Andrew (27 January 2015). "King Salman's Shady History". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Biography of Saleh Al Maghamsi". assabile.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Curriculum Vitae". alrasekhoon.com/. (official website). Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Official page of the Grand Sheikh Saleh Bin Awad al Maghamsi, a "site firmly grounded in science".". alrasekhoon.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Video clip. #3753 - Archival - Saudi Cleric Saleh Al-Maghamsi: In Death, Bin Laden Has More Sanctity and Honor than Any Infidel". memri.org. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. ↑ "New Saudi King Named In 9/11 Suits". Investors Business Daily. 2015-01-26. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  8. ↑ Abdullah Al-Dany (December 25, 2014). "TO COVER OR NOT TO COVER". Okaz/Saudi Gazette. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sheikh Al-Maghamsi: Taking care of historic mosques is religious, sect and a revival of our glorious history". Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage. 2013-12-12. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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