Who is the Martyr, the Egyptian Shia leader Shaikh Hassan Shehata?*
Birth and Education:
The Allamah Shekh Hassan Shehate was born in Egypt 1946 in a family flowing the Shafi’ey doctrine & was brought up in a religious environment. He started acquiring the Religious knowledge at a very young age, where his father sent him to Quran class when he was four years old. He memorized the Quran by heart with Tarteel (reading correctly with vocal rules) when he become five years & six months old, he joined Alazhar, where he studied many fields of knowledge. His major specialisation was the Shafi’ey fiqh (law) & Sciences of the holy Quran. He earned his Master degree in Quran exegesis. He is also an authority in the Fiqh (law) and Usul (Law principles) of the other three doctrine sunni schools of Islamic law : the Maliki, the Hanafi and the Hanbali.
His Status as a Sunni Scholar:
Sheikh Shehata is considered as one of the highest Sunnite learned scholars in the fields of ‘Narraters’ and the Quran. He started leading Juma (Friday) prayers since he was thirteen years old. In 1973 he became a preacher of the Egyptian army beside his other duty as an Imam of a mosque and a teacher. He had a weekly program in the Egyptian TV, and has been invited by many Islamic countries to preach and give lessons.
From his conversion to Shia Islam to his Martyrdom:
Sheikh Hassan’s conversion to Shiism began in 1994 when he saw Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a) in a vision, who ordered him to follow Imam Ali (a.s). In the same vision he saw the early Caliphs in Islam in the forms of dogs standing far away from the prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a) and Imam Ali (a.s) who was standing next to holy prophet. This vision triggered the Sheikh Hassan to enrol in a vigorous investigation of the history of both the Sunni and the Shi’i creed. In 1996 Sheikh Hassan confirmed that he has converted to Shiism and has announced this emracement of Shia Islam in TV in the Holy Islamic month of Muharram.
Upon his conversion, the now shia activist scholar invited the chairman of the Al azhar institution and other Sunni scholars to a live debate, an offer that was rejected by the scholars who were concerned by a possible wide spread conversion to Shia Islam by the Egyption people as a result of the conversion of such a distinguished scholar. Consequently his active role as a new Shia scholar led him to jail, to exile for some time, and to being beaten to death and lynched in the streets of Egypt.
*edited source:
http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/64388-sheikh-hassan-shehate/
Birth and Education:
The Allamah Shekh Hassan Shehate was born in Egypt 1946 in a family flowing the Shafi’ey doctrine & was brought up in a religious environment. He started acquiring the Religious knowledge at a very young age, where his father sent him to Quran class when he was four years old. He memorized the Quran by heart with Tarteel (reading correctly with vocal rules) when he become five years & six months old, he joined Alazhar, where he studied many fields of knowledge. His major specialisation was the Shafi’ey fiqh (law) & Sciences of the holy Quran. He earned his Master degree in Quran exegesis. He is also an authority in the Fiqh (law) and Usul (Law principles) of the other three doctrine sunni schools of Islamic law : the Maliki, the Hanafi and the Hanbali.
His Status as a Sunni Scholar:
Sheikh Shehata is considered as one of the highest Sunnite learned scholars in the fields of ‘Narraters’ and the Quran. He started leading Juma (Friday) prayers since he was thirteen years old. In 1973 he became a preacher of the Egyptian army beside his other duty as an Imam of a mosque and a teacher. He had a weekly program in the Egyptian TV, and has been invited by many Islamic countries to preach and give lessons.
From his conversion to Shia Islam to his Martyrdom:
Sheikh Hassan’s conversion to Shiism began in 1994 when he saw Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a) in a vision, who ordered him to follow Imam Ali (a.s). In the same vision he saw the early Caliphs in Islam in the forms of dogs standing far away from the prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.a) and Imam Ali (a.s) who was standing next to holy prophet. This vision triggered the Sheikh Hassan to enrol in a vigorous investigation of the history of both the Sunni and the Shi’i creed. In 1996 Sheikh Hassan confirmed that he has converted to Shiism and has announced this emracement of Shia Islam in TV in the Holy Islamic month of Muharram.
Upon his conversion, the now shia activist scholar invited the chairman of the Al azhar institution and other Sunni scholars to a live debate, an offer that was rejected by the scholars who were concerned by a possible wide spread conversion to Shia Islam by the Egyption people as a result of the conversion of such a distinguished scholar. Consequently his active role as a new Shia scholar led him to jail, to exile for some time, and to being beaten to death and lynched in the streets of Egypt.
*edited source:
http://www.shiachat.com/forum/index.php?/topic/64388-sheikh-hassan-shehate/
Last edited by a moderator:
