Yahya al-Hajuri

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Yahya al-Hajuri
يحيى الحجوري
Yahya bin Ali al-Hajouri.jpg
Personal life
Born1958
Yemen
Religious life
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Independent
Creed Athari
Movement Wahhabi
Muslim leader
Teacher Muqbil al-Wadi'i

Yahya al-Hajuri [a] (born 1958) is a Yemeni Islamic scholar.

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Biography

He belongs to the Hajur tribe of northern Yemen. On January 19, 2020, renewed clashes between the Houthis and the Hajoor occurred. The first clashes between the two was in 2014, before the civil war broke out, the Houthis fought the Hajur for control of Saada province. Yahya was eventually forced from the province and the teaching centre in Dammaj was bombed. The Houthi rebels went on to seize the capital Sanaa, starting the current civil war. [1]

Reception

Al-Hajuri was one of the prominent students of al-Wadi'i, one of the leading scholars of Wahhabism. Prominent Wahhabi scholar Salih al-Fawzan said regarding al-Hajuri: "I have not heard anything concerning him (Yahya al-Hajuri) but good". [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Arabic: يحيى بن علي الحجوري

References

  1. ↑ Al Wasmi, Naser (2020-01-19). "Violence in Hajjah, Yemen's forgotten province, worsens humanitarian crisis". The National. Retrieved 2020-01-22.
  2. ↑ Abu Taymiyyah (2017-01-01). Shaykh Fawzan on Sh Yahya Al Hajoori - الشيخ صالح الفوزان في الشيخ يحيى الحجوري . Retrieved 2025-09-23– via YouTube.


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