Jad al-Haqq ibn Ali Jad al-Haqq
جاد الحق بن علي جاد الحق
1917 CE · 1335 AH – 1995 CE · 1416 AH
Jurist of legal theory and judge, forty-second Grand Imam of al-Azhar; born in Dakahlia province in 1335 AH (1917 CE) and died 1416 AH (1995 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Jurist · Scholar
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Modern Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Jad al-Haqq Ali Jad al-Haqq, a jurist of the principles of law and a judge, the forty-second shaykh of al-Azhar al-Sharif. He was born in the governorate of Dakahlia in 1335 AH (1917 CE) and died in 1416 AH (1995 CE). 1
The two dates in the museum's data come from one source, and they need an additional source.
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Jad al-Haqq ibn Ali Jad al-Haqq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/jad-al-haqq-ali-jad-al-haqq/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-16.