Friday, March 23, 2012

Sheikh Mahir bin hamad al-Mu'aiqaly- Imaam of the Haram in Makkatul Mukarrama



According to wikipedia Sheikh Maher bin hamad Al-Mu3eaqaly (Arabic: ماهر المعيقلي) (born in 1967) is the imam of the Grand mosque in the Islamic holy city of Makka, Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Maher's parents moved to Madinatul Munawwara prior to his birth and hence he was born there as well. He memorized the whole quran in Madinah and he was taught in the class of many scholars who are respected worldwide in Madinah.
He began his Sheikh career in the North of The Kingdom Of Saudia. He was taught extensively in mathematics until he began teaching it as well. At this point he stopped preaching and started working as a math teacher. He went back to Makkah to become a scholar and taught in the school of balaat. In Makkah he became a renowned speaker and began preaching once again. After becoming loved by the people he was chosen to become an advisor to Prince Abdul-Majid in Makkah. The sheikh is married and has four children: two boys and two girls. He began to teach Quran in Makkah before he began teaching at King Abdullah Saood University. He was promised before ramadan that he would lead taraweeh prayers in Madinah for the year 1426 and 1427, so he did. After that he was moved to Makkah and began to lead taraweeh from the first day of 1428 Ramadan in Masjid Al- Haram with Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais.
He has also led prayers in grand mosque in Madinah known as Masjid an-Nabawi. He has led taraweeh prayers in the yrs h1428 (2007), h1429 (2008) and h1430 (2009). He regularly leads Fajr and Maghrib prayers in Masjid Al-Haram.
There is a TV satellite station with his name featuring his recital. At present, the Sheikh is on an official tour to South Africa visiting the various Islamic institutes as well as performing the daily prayers at various masjids across the country. A few days back there was a dinner function that was held in his honour in Johannesburg.He was accompanied by a delegation from Saudi Arabia along with other members from the Saudi embassy in South Africa My dad was very fortunate  to be a guest at the function and tried to capture a picture or two . Below are two pictures from the dinner event.


Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maher_Al_Mueaqly