Birth: NULL/NULL/1884 Death:NULL/NULL/1954
Born in Jerusalem in 1884; graduate of Al-Azhar University, Cairo; leading member of the Supreme Muslim Council; in 1918, became Muslim representative to the Administrative Committee of the MCA; allied with the Nashashibis; in 1921, topped the list of candidates chosen by the ‘ulama (and fully supported by the Nashashibi family) for the title of Mufti but was persuaded, mainly by the British, to resign; was a lifelong rival of Haj Amin Al-Husseini; worked as chief justice and inspector of the Muslim religious courts in Eastern Jordan for seven years; became an inspector of Arabic Language and Shari’a education at the Education Dept. in Jerusalem in the mid-1930s; from Oct. 1937, served as the sole Muslim member of the Supreme Muslim Council after all its other members had been deported or exiled by the British; was appointed Mufti of Jerusalem and Chief Qadi on 20 Dec. 1948 (replacing Haj Amin Husseini); advocated the provision of education for women; died on 6 March 1954 in Jerusalem.
