Mohammed bin Ismail Al Amrani

Arabic: محمد بن إسماعيل العمراني, Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-ʿImrānī; 22 December 1921^[2] – 12 July 2021) was a judge and senior Yemeni contemporary scholar. He was known by the name Judge Al Almrani; his family originated from the city of 'Amran in Yemen. His grandfather, a judge in Amran city, moved and settled in Sanaa (1139 e–1161Hijjri) 1117, the twelfth century of Mohammed's migration — he was the first from his family to be properly educated^{[citation needed]}. Consequently, his descendants maintained the title Amrani since then, but never lived in Amran city.^[3]

Muhammad Ibn Ali Shawkaani, who has said about Al Amrani that he was the full moon (in Arabia full moon means bright). Judge Al Amrani excelled in all discretionary education/knowledge^{[citation needed]} and became among the famous ones in the Arab region.^[3]

Houthis, despite the dissension between him and the Houthis. He was visited by many scholars within Yemen and the Arab world.^[5]

Zaidi and some of the fanatics (classified as the closest to Shiites and Sinis/Shafaie) and was followed by both. His famous fatwa: “not to consider the Shiites astray of Islam”. He was/is still known as moderate Judge in his approach.^[6]

Mohammed Ali Shawkaani in the end of the eighteenth century. He was his student and follower. The late judge Mohammed Ali Shawkaani was a famous judge in Imam’s Ara. He was involved in politics and criticized Imam’s approach, in which he was categorized as enemy of the system and was treacherously killed when he was preaching in Zabid/Yemen first university in the Arab region. Unfortunately, moderates sometimes get killed because of their intellectual independence.^[7]