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About
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali rahimahullah (1917-1996) was among the most influential Islamic scholars of the twentieth century. Born in Buayra, Egypt in 1917, he studied at the Faculty of Usul al-Din at al-Azhar University. Over the course of his career, he served as Imam and lecturer at al-Maktaba al-Khadra in Cairo, was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and was a close associate of Hasan al-Banna. He later served as Undersecretary for Islamic Da'wa in the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf, in addition to numerous other teaching and institutional roles. A prolific writer, he published over sixty books spanning Islamic jurisprudence, theology, Qur'anic studies, and contemporary social issues. He died in 1996.
