Ahmad Karima

Ahmad Mahmoud Karima أحمد محمود كريمة
Ahmad Karima interviewed by Zaman News on 30 July 2017
Personal
Born	(1951-06-02) 2 June 1951 (age 72) Giza Governorate, Egypt
Religion	Islam
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Maliki
Creed	Ash'ari^[1]
Main interest(s)	Aqidah, Tawhid, Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Usul al-Fiqh, Usul al-Din, Islamic studies
Notable work(s)	Al-Salafiyya bayna al-Aseel wa al-Dakheel
Muslim leader
Influenced by Malik ibn Anas Abdel-Halim Mahmoud

Dr. Ahmad Mahmoud Karima (Arabic: أحمد محمود كريمة), professor of Islamic law and comparative jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, is best known for his religious moderation and condemnations of radicalism, and for his intense criticism of the Salafi-Wahhabi movement, and the Muslim Brotherhood group.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

He declared after the 2016 international conference on Sunni Islam in Grozny that "If the world is looking forward to uprooting terrorism, it has to stand up against Wahhabism because they are the root of all sedition and conflict."^[6]^[7]

Books

Among his well-known writings are:

Al-Salafiyya bayna al-Aseel wa al-Dakheel (Arabic: السلفية بين الأصيل والدخيل, lit. 'Salafism between the Authentic and the Intrusions').^[8]
Gama'at al-Ikhwan (Arabic: جماعة الإخوان, lit. 'The Muslim Brotherhood Group').^[9]

References

^ "Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Karima". elwahabiya.com.
^ "بالفيديو أحمد كريمة: باحب أغاني فيروز وأم كلثوم.. والغناء كان مسموحًا به في عهد النبي" (in Arabic). Masrawy.
^ "The Moderation of Islam by Dr. Ahmed Mahmoud Karima". The World Association for al-Azhar Graduates.
^ "Brotherhood and Salafis behind criticism of Iran visit: Ahmed Karima". Daily News Egypt.
^ "History of Salafi movement stained with Muslim blood". Taghrib news Agency (TNA).
^ Terence Ward (2018). The Wahhabi Code: How the Saudis Spread Extremism Globally. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9781628729726.
^ "New Book Traces Roots of Saudi-Funded Extremism". The Markaz, Arts Center for the Greater Middle East.
^ "New Release: Correcting concepts about Salafism". Ahram Online.
^ "Gama'at Al-Ikhwan: The true identity of the Muslim Brotherhood". Ahram Online.

Muslim scholars of the Maliki School

by century (AH
CE)

2nd/8th

Malik ibn Anas (founder of the school; 711–795)
Ali ibn Ziyad (d. 799)
Ibn Wahb (743–813)
Ibn al-Qasim

3rd/9th

Asad ibn al-Furat (759–828)
Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (d. 848)
Sahnun (d. 854/55)
Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr al-Zuhri (767–856)
Ibn 'Abd al-Hakam (801–871)

4th/10th

Abu al-Arab (d. 945)
Ibn Abi Zayd (922–996)
Al-Baqillani (950–1013)
Sidi Mahrez (951–1022)
Qadi 'Abd al-Wahhab (973–1035)
Abu Imran al-Fasi (d. 1039)

5th/11th

Ibn 'Abd al-Barr (d. 1071)
Al-Baji (1013–1081)
Al-Lakhmi (1006–1085)
Al-Lamti

6th/12th

At-Turtushi (1059–1126)
Al-Maziri (1061–1141)
Ibn Barrajan (d. 1141)
Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (1076–1148)
Qadi Ayyad (1083–1149)
Al-Suhayli (1114–1185)
Averroes (1126–1198)
Al-Tamimi (d. 1207/08)

7th/13th

Al-Qattan (d. 1231)
Al-Azafi (1162–1236)
Ibn al-Hajib (d. 1249)
Al-Qurtubi (1214–1273)
Al-Qarafi (1228–1285)
Ibn Ata Allah (1259–1310)
Al-Zarwili (d. 1319)
Ibn Rushayd (1259–1321)

8th/14th

Ibn al-Haj (d. 1336)
Ibn Juzayy (d. 1340)
Khalil ibn-Ishaq (d. 1365)
Ibn Marzuq (d. 1379)
Ash-Shatibi (1320–1388)
Ibn Farhun (d. 1397)
Ibn 'Arafa (1316–1401)
Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406)
Al-Sakkak (d. 1415)
Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Fasi (1373–1429)

9th/15th

Ibn Faïd (1394–1453)
Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (1384–1479)
Ibn al-Azraq (1427–1491)
Ahmad Zarruq (1442–1493)
Ibn Hilal al-Sijilmasi (d. 1497/98)

10th/16th

Ali ibn Qasim al-Zaqqaq (d. 1506/07)
Al-Wansharisi (d. 1508)
Ibn Abi Jum'ah (d. 1511)
Al-Miknasi (1437–1513)
Al-Hattab (1497–1547)
Al-Akhdari (1512–1575)
Al-Mandjur (1520–1587)
Al-Tamgruti (d. 1594/95)

11th/17th

Ibn Ashir (1582–1631)
Al-Laqani (d. 1631)
Mayyara (1591–1662)
Al-Dila'i (d. 1678)
Al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680)
Al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685)
Az-Zurqani (1611–1688)
Muhammad al-Zurqani (1645–1710)

12th/18th

Ibn al-Tayyib (1698–1756)
Al-Bannani (1727–1780)
Ad-Dardir (1715–1786)
M'Hamed Al-Azhari (d. 1793/94)
Al-Tawudi ibn Suda (1700–1795)
Al-Qasim al-Sijilmasi (d. 1800)

13th/19th

Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (1747–1809)
Ad-Desouki (d. 1815)
Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817)
Al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817)
Abdullahi dan Fodio (1766–1829)
Muhammad 'Ilish (1802–1882)
Al Alawi (d. 1888)
Salim al-Bishri (1832–1916)
Ahmed Harrak Srifi (d. 1925)
Ahmed Skirej (1878–1944)

14th/20th

Muhammad al-'Arabi al-Tabbani (1897–1970)
Mohamed Fadhel Ben Achour (1909–1970)
Muhammad al-Tahir ibn Ashur (1879–1973)
Muhammad ibn 'Alawi al-Maliki (1944–2004)

15th/21st

Othman Battikh (1941–2022)
Abdallah bin Bayyah (b. 1935)
Ahmed el-Tayeb (b. 1946)
Ahmad Karima (b. 1951)
Hamza Yusuf (b. 1958)
Muhammad al-Yaqoubi (b. 1963)
Rashid Al Marikhi

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Malikis	Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani (d. 386 AH) Al-Baqillani (d. 403 AH) Abu Imran al-Fasi (d. 430 AH) Ibn Sidah (d. 458 AH) Abu al-Walid al-Baji (d. 474 AH) Abu Bakr al-Turtushi (d. 520 AH) Al-Maziri (d. 536 AH) Ibn Barrajan (d. 536 AH) Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi (d. 543 AH) Al-Qadi 'Ayyad (d. 544 AH) Al-Suhayli (d. 581 AH) Ibn al-Qattan (d. 628 AH) Ibn Malik (d. 672 AH) Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (d. 684 AH) Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d. 702 AH) Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari (d. 709 AH) Ibn Adjurrum (d. 723 AH) Ibn al-Hajj al-'Abdari (d. 737 AH) Ibn Juzayy (d. 741 AH) Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (d. 776 AH) Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (d. 790 AH) Ibn 'Arafa (d. 803 AH) Ibn Khaldun (d. 808 AH) Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (d. 876 AH) Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899 AH) Ahmad al-Wansharisi (d. 914 AH) Al-Akhdari (d. 953 AH) Al-Hattab (d. 954 AH) Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (d. 1036 AH) Al-Maqqari al-Tilimsani (d. 1041 AH) Ibrahim al-Laqani (d. 1041 AH) Muhammad Mayyara (d. 1072 AH) Ibn 'Ashir (d. 1090 AH) Al-Hasan al-Yusi (d. 1102 AH) Muhammad al-Zurqani (d. 1122 AH) Ahmad al-Dardir (d. 1201 AH) M'Hamed al-Azhari (d. 1208 AH) Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (d. 1224 AH) Ahmad al-Tijani (d. 1230 AH) Muhammad Arafa al-Desouki (d. 1230 AH) Muhammad ibn 'Ali al-Sanusi (d. 1276 AH) Muhammad 'Ilish (d. 1299 AH) Ahmad al-Ghumari (d. 1380 AH) Muhammad al-Tahir ibn 'Ashur (d. 1393 AH) Abdel-Halim Mahmoud (d. 1397 AH) Muhammad Metwalli al-Sha'rawi (d. 1419 AH) Muhammad 'Alawi al-Maliki (d. 1425 AH) Ahmed el-Tayeb Hamza Yusuf
Shafi'is	Ibn Hibban (d. 354 AH) Ibn Khafif (d. 371 AH) Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (d. 405 AH) Ibn Furak (d. 406 AH) Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini (d. 418 AH) Al-Tha'labi (d. 427 AH) Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (d. 429 AH) Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH) Al-Bayhaqi (d. 458 AH) Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (d. 463 AH) Al-Qushayri (d. 465 AH) Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (d. 476 AH) Abd al-Qahir al-Jurjani (d. 471 AH) Al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH) Al-Raghib al-Isfahani (d. 502 AH) Al-Ghazali (d. 505 AH) Al-Baghawi (d. 516 AH) Al-Shahrastani (d. 548 AH) Ibn 'Asakir (d. 571 AH) Ahmad al-Rifa'i (d. 578 AH) Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606 AH) Ibn al-Salah (d. 643 AH) Izz al-Din ibn 'Abd al-Salam (d. 660 AH) Al-Nawawi (d. 676 AH) Al-Baydawi (d. 685 AH) Ibn Daqiq al-'Id (d. 702 AH) Nizam al-Din al-Nisapuri (d. 728 AH) Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi (d. 742 AH) Taqi al-Din al-Subki (d. 756 AH) Al-Safadi (d. 764 AH) Taj al-Din al-Subki (d. 771 AH) Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (d. 786 AH) Al-Zarkashi (d. 794 AH) Zain al-Din al-'Iraqi (d. 806 AH) Nur al-Din al-Haythami (d. 807 AH) Ibn al-Jazari (d. 833 AH) Al-Maqrizi (d. 845 AH) Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 852 AH) Al-Sakhawi (d. 902 AH) Al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH) Nur al-Din al-Samhudi (d. 911 AH) Jalal al-Din al-Dawani (d. 918 AH) Al-Qastallani (d. 923 AH) Zakariyya al-Ansari (d. 926 AH) Al-Sha'rani (d. 973 AH) Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974 AH) Al-Khatib al-Shirbini (d. 977 AH) Al-Munawi (d. 1031 AH) 'Abdallah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad (d. 1132 AH) Hasan al-Attar (d. 1230 AH) Ahmad Zayni Dahlan (d. 1304 AH) Bediuzzaman Said Nursi (d. 1379 AH) Noah al-Qudah (d. 1432 AH) 'Abdallah al-Harari (d. 1432 AH) Al-Bouti (d. 1434 AH) Ali Gomaa Ali al-Jifri Gibril Haddad
Hanbalis	Ibn 'Aqil (d. 508 AH) Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 534 AH)
Zahiris	Ibn Tumart (d. 524 AH) Ibn Mada' (d. 592 AH) Abu Hayyan al-Andalusi (d. 745 AH)