{"id":9023,"date":"2017-12-05T03:17:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T03:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=9023"},"modified":"2021-04-15T08:40:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:40:32","slug":"the-life-of-shaykh-abdul-hamid-kishk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/history\/the-life-of-shaykh-abdul-hamid-kishk\/","title":{"rendered":"The life of Shaykh Abdul Hamid Kishk"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>\n

Who was Shaykh Abdul Hameed Kishk?<\/span><\/h1>\nSh. Abdul Hamid Kishk was potentially the greatest Islamic speaker of our era who had a voice that shook the Arab world.<\/span>\n\nHe was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1933 and grew up as an orphan after losing his father as a child.<\/span>\n\nIn his teenage years he suffered from a medical condition that eventually cost him his eyesight.<\/span>\n\nHe completed the memorization of the Quran at ten years old and was exceptionally bright in Islamic studies.<\/span>\n\nHe graduated from Al Azhar University at a young age and soon after became Imam of a local Mosque.<\/span>\n\nIn 1957, he returned to Al Azhar as a lecturer in the faculty of theology.<\/span>\n\nIn 1964, he began giving sermons at the prestigious <\/span>Ayn Alhayaat <\/span><\/i>Mosque, he would continue this role for many years.<\/span>\n\nDespite his scholarly status, he mesmerized his audiences by merging classical Arabic with colloquial language that appealed to the masses.<\/span>\n\nHe had a unique gift for preaching that would make people laugh and cry within the same sermon.<\/span>\n\nHe was described as the star of Islamic preaching in his time for his poetic tone during his sermons.<\/span>\n\nHis subject matter was also uniquely different as he would openly address the tyranny of socialist regimes and Arab dictators.<\/span>\n\nHe would challenge their stance on Israel and condemn the growth of music, promiscuity and secularism.<\/span>\n\nHe frequently drew tens of thousands of people and his Mosque soon after underwent expansions to cater for the growing crowds.<\/span>\n\nAs his profile became more prominent, the government grew wary of him. He was thus jailed in 1965 for two and a half years.<\/span>\n\nBy 1976 he was a serious obstacle to the authorities as his popularity had surged tremendously.<\/span>\n\nHe was subsequently jailed by Anwar Sadat in 1981 but later released after Hosni Mubarak became President.<\/span>\n\nHe was however released upon condition that he would give up preaching entirely to the public.<\/span>\n\nHe spent the remainder of his life publishing books until his death which shook the Arab world.<\/span>\n\nOn the morning of Friday, 6 December 1996, just before leaving to the Mosque for <\/span>Jumaa <\/span><\/i>prayers, he prayed two units of prayer at home.<\/span>\n\nHowever, before he could get up from his final prostration of the prayer, he passed away and thus died in <\/span>Sujood<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\n\nHis noble ending came as a surprise to many as he would often supplicate publicly \u201cOh Allah allow me to live as a Scholar, die as a scholar and resurrect me in the state of prostration.\u201d<\/span>\n\nDespite his frequent political confrontations, the vast majority of his talks preached spirituality and personal piety as per orthodox Islam.<\/span>\n\nHis sermons continue to be distributed across the world to this very day inspiring the minds of millions.<\/span>\n\nMay Allah have mercy on Shaykh Abdul Hamid Kishk and grant him the Highest of Paradise for the noble legacy he has left behind.<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who was Shaykh Abdul Hameed Kishk? Sh. Abdul Hamid Kishk was potentially the greatest Islamic speaker of our era who had a voice that shook the Arab world. He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1933 and grew up as an orphan after losing his father as a child. In his teenage years he suffered […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[77],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-9023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","tag-latest","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/OPN-_Kishk.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

The life of Shaykh Abdul Hamid Kishk<\/a><\/blockquote>