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Islamic scholarYusuf 'Abdullah al-Qaradawiيوسف عبد الله القرضاوي Title Shaykh Born September 9, 1926 (age 85) Region Egypt School tradition Sunni Works Fiqh az Zakat, The Lawful and Prohibited in Islam, Fiqh al Jihad, and others Influences Hassan al Banna Influenced Rashid Al-GhannushiAl-Qaradawi was born in Safat Turab village in the Nile Delta, Egypt, in a poor family of devout Muslim peasants. He became an orphan at the age of two, when he lost his father. Following his father's death, he was raised by his uncle. He read and memorized the entire Qur'an by the time he was nine years old.[16] He then joined the Institute...
