Muhammad Emin Er

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Shaykh
Muhammad Emin Er
Personal
Bornc 1914
Died2013
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni

Shaykh Muhammad Emin Er (c. 1914

Kurdish tribe called Miran.[2]

Muhammad Emin was orphaned at the age of ten and spent his early life in difficult circumstances tending sheep on the mountainside. As a child, he had a passionate desire to learn how to read and write. He would carve words into stone with rocks, praying to God that he be given the ability to read the Quran.[3]

At the age of about 25, after completing the

uṣūl al-fiqh), Quran exegesis (tafsīr), prophetic traditions (uṣūl al-ḥadīth),[3] memorizing by heart many of the main teaching texts of these sciences.[4] He also devoted himself to the practice of spiritual purification with teachers from the Naqshbandi Sufi order and was known for maintaining a high level of character and palpable spiritual purpose.[3] He met and studied with Bediüzzaman Nursi.[2]

Shaykh Emin published a large number of books in Arabic. With a strong pedagogical vision, he focused on the basic disciplines within Arabic linguistics (such as morphology, syntax, and logic), but also wrote in more advanced disciplines (such as Islamic law, especially in relation to spiritual purification, or Sufism). He has stated that a major goal of his scholarship is to adapt the traditional religious sciences of Islam to present-day needs and concerns.[5]

Shaykh Emin has made statements concerning the compatibility of Islamic thought with many of the fundamental teachings of the Judeo-Christian tradition, in particular that the rigorous emulation of the life of Muhammad necessarily leads the believer to the emulation of Jesus and Moses, who are regarded in Islam as central prophets.[6]

Shaykh Emin's students include Mokhtar Maghraoui and Khalil Abdur-Rashid.

References

  1. ^ His date of birth is uncertain and may have been as early as 1909. See his biography on al-Madina.org.
  2. ^ a b "Shaykh Muhammad Emin Er - The Last Ottoman Scholar by Imam Khalil Abdur Rashid | Latest News | Al-Madina Institute". almadinainstitute.org. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01.
  3. ^ a b c Abdur Rashid, Khalil (2012-05-13). "Shaykh Muhammad Emin Er - The Last Ottoman Scholar by Imam Khalil Abdur Rashid". SeekersGuidance. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  4. ISBN 978-0-9815196-3-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link
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  5. ISBN 978-0-9815196-0-9
  6. ISBN 978-0-9815196-1-6
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