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Abdul Aziz al-Harbi | |
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| Born | 1965 Mecca, Saudi Arabia |
| Religion | Islam |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabian |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Zahiri |
| Creed | Independent Literalist theologian |
| Main interest(s) | Tafsir, Arabic language |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah, Umm al-Qura University |
| Occupation | Scholar |
Abdul Aziz bin Ali al-Harbi is a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and associate professor at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca. He is one of the founders and the current president of the Arabic Language Academy in Mecca. [1]
A native of Mecca, Harbi memorized the entirety of the Qur'an by the age of eleven. [2]
Harbi earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Exegesis of the Qur'an, known to Muslims as Tafsir, from Islamic University of Madinah in 1989. Nine years later, he completed a Master of Arts degree in the Muslim prophetic tradition, known as the Sunnah, at Umm al-Qura University, where he would eventually complete his Doctorate of Philosophy in Qur'anic exegesis in 2001. [2] He was promoted to the rank of associate professor at Umm al-Qura in 2006, and currently teaches exegesis. He is also a member of the university's academic board. [1]
Harbi also has an Ijazah authorization in all ten Qira'at, or variant methods of reciting the Qur'an, with a complete chain of narration going back to the original reciters of the Qur'an. [2] The majority of his published works, however, have been within the field of the Arabic language, especially in regard to Arabic rhetoric.[ citation needed ]
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