Ali Jaber

Sheikh Ali Jaber الشيخ علي جابر
Born	1953 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Died	2005 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Nationality
Ethnicity	Arab
Education	Doctorate degree in Fiqh
Occupation	Imam at the Masjid al-Haram

Sheikh Ali Jaber, (Arabic:علي جابر), born Ali ibn Abdullah ibn Ali Jabber (Arabic: علي بن عبدالله بن علي جابر), was born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1951 or 1952. He was Imam at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and considered as one the best reciters in the world.

Biography

In 1956, when Jaber was 5, he moved to Medina, where he memorized the Qur'an, finishing in 1971, at the age of 14 or 15. In 1976, Jaber joined the Sharia Faculty of the Islamic University and graduated in 1986.

He enrolled in the High Institute of Magistracy and prepared a thesis he supported in 1980. His research was carried out on the topic "Abullah Ibn Omar's fiqh and its impact on the Medina School". He graduated with honors, and was proposed to be judge in Mayssane, but he preferred the position of Administrative Inspector. He soon became an Arabic language teacher and professor of Islamic studies in the Education Faculty of Medina, affiliated with King Abdulaziz University.

Jaber, who was Imam and reciter in many Saudi mosques, was nominated Imam of the private mosque of King Khalid of Saudi Arabia. When King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia moved to Jeddah, Jabber was nominated Imam of the Masjid al-Haram, the large mosque in Mecca. In 1982, Jaber asked to be exempted from his functions of Imam and went back to leading evening prayers in Ramadan. He got his doctorate certificate in 1986.^[1]

Jaber died on December 17, 2005 at the age of 53 or 54.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.assabile.com/Saudi-Arabia/ali-jaber/ali-jaber-28.htm
2. ^ http://archive.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=74812&d=17&m=12&y=2005

see also

• Ali Jaber recites from Makkah