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| birth_year = 1928
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| birth_place = Gharbiya, Egypt
| death_year = 2010
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| death_place = Alexandria, Egypt
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| religion = Islam
| sect = Sunni
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| occupations = {{Vertical list|University professor|Preacher|Lecturer}}
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'''Ahmad al-Assal''' (16 May 1928 – 10 July 2010) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar and preacher, renowned as a prominent defender of the Muslim Brotherhood and served as an advisor to the President of the International Islamic University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He initially served as a professor, later becoming the President of the Islamic University of Pakistan and a member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. He also had a long-standing career in Islamic propagation (da'wah), which he began in the 1950s and continued until the end of his life. In 1958, he graduated from the Faculty of Sharia at [[Al-Azhar University]] with a degree in General Teaching. Subsequently, in 1960, he began working in the office of the former Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, [[Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltout]].

==Birth and Education==
He was born in the village of Farsaq, in the Bassion Center of the Gharbiya Governorate, [[Egypt]]. His father greatly desired for him to memorize the [[Quran]] during his childhood. Consequently, he completed the memorization of the Quran at the age of ten and a half, receiving the King Farouk Award before the age of 12. This award was granted by the ruler to those who had memorized the Quran before turning 12. Concurrently with his Quranic memorization, he completed his primary education. Afterwards, his father enrolled him in the Religious Institute in Tanta Province, where he met Dr. [[Yusuf al-Qaradawi]]; both studied together in the same program at the institute.

==Executive Career==
After working for two years in the office of the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, he traveled to Qatar, where he taught the Arabic language in secondary schools from 1961 to 1965. In 1968, he obtained his PhD in Islamic Philosophy from the University of Cambridge in London. Following this, he worked on manuscripts at the University of Cambridge until 1970.

From 1970 to 1984, he served as the Head of the Department of Islamic Culture at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University in Saudi Arabia. In 1984, he assumed the leadership of the Department of Da'wah at the same university. From 1986 to 2002, he was appointed as a professor at the International Islamic University in Islamabad, where he subsequently served as Vice President and later as an advisor to the Islamic University of Islamabad.

==Academic Background==
* Obtained a PhD in Usul al-Fiqh (Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence) from the United Kingdom in 1968.
* Served at the International Islamic University in Pakistan as Vice President, then President, and subsequently as an advisor.
* Specialized in Islamic culture and possesses extensive experience in developing Islamic curricula.
* Authored numerous works on various Islamic subjects.
* Founded the "[https://mwht.org.uk/ Dar al-Ri'aya al-Islamiya]" institute in the United Kingdom, an educational and training institution.
* Taught alongside Dr. Yusuf al-Qaradawi at Al-Azhar University.

==Association with the Muslim Brotherhood==
Regarding his affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood, he stated: "Strangely enough, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi and I were walking down the street after leaving the institute when we saw a Muslim Brotherhood preacher standing in the street chanting 'Allahu Akbar and praise be to God.' He was saying: 'God is our goal, the Prophet is our model, the Quran is our constitution, Jihad is our path, and death for the sake of God is our highest aspiration.' We were shaken upon hearing these principles, so we approached him and became acquainted with the movement. At that time, we were in the third year of the preparatory stage at Al-Azhar. At the institute, we had an excellent teacher, Sheikh al-Bahi al-Khouli, who was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau. He befriended us and met with us twice a week on Sundays and Wednesdays. By the time we entered high school, Sheikh Yusuf and I had become preachers. During that period, Amin al-Wasif, who was responsible for the Da'wah section, would dispatch us every Thursday to villages around Tanta to deliver Friday sermons on Fridays. Years passed until the catastrophe of 1948 occurred, and the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] was dissolved."

==Hardships and Arrests==
His first arrest occurred while he was in the fifth grade of secondary school, when he and several members of the Muslim Brotherhood staged a strike and demonstrations to prevent the group's dissolution. Consequently, he, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, and other Brotherhood activists were arrested. They were initially exiled from the first section to Haikstep, then transferred to the al-Tur detention camp. Upon realizing that the detainees were secondary school students, the authorities felt embarrassed and returned them to Haikstep, only to subsequently send them back to al-Tur. Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali was then the Brotherhood's responsible figure within the prison, and Sheikh Abdulaziz Abdulsttar was detained alongside them. After nearly nine months, he was released; however, the examination period had already concluded. Nevertheless, Dr. Taha Hussein, the Minister of Education at the time, exceptionally arranged special examinations for the released detainees. Despite this arrangement, he missed those exams as well, though he and Dr. al-Qaradawi were later granted a separate examination opportunity. Following this, he enrolled in the Faculty of Sharia.

In 1953 CE, he was arrested by revolutionary forces, then released, only to be arrested again and remain in military prison until early 1956 CE. Upon his release, he returned to the faculty and completed his studies. After graduation, the government prevented him from obtaining public sector employment. Consequently, he worked in private schools, such as "Masr al-Jadida" School.

==His Condition in Prison==
Regarding his period of imprisonment in the military prison, he stated: "They deprived us of the Quran; nevertheless, each of us taught others whatever knowledge we possessed. Detention in the military prison was extremely harsh; they prohibited us from accessing anything, whether the Quran or other books. They even banned us from receiving visitors. However, we continued to share our scholarly knowledge with one another to the extent that some of us learned the English language using black blankets and Lux soap bars. I recall that my first permitted visit in the military prison occurred after seven months."

==Activities at the Al-Azhar Administration==
Al-Assal stated: "Sheikh al-Baqouri knew me well during my student years. Once, when he saw me at the Ministry of Awqaf, he asked, 'Where are you now, Ahmad?' I replied, 'By God, we are banned from working.' He told me, 'A little patience and perseverance will resolve many difficulties.' Although our applications for licenses to lead congregational prayers at the Ministry of Awqaf were rejected, Sheikh al-Baqouri ordered our appointment to administrative positions. Consequently, Sheikh al-Qaradawi and I began working at the Awqaf Administration within the department of the magazine ''Minbar al-Islam''. Subsequently, Sheikh al-Baqouri transferred us to the office of Sheikh Shaltut at the Al-Azhar Administration.

Our duties involved monitoring radio programs and newspaper news, compiling reports on the activities of the Al-Azhar Administration, and submitting them to the President.

==Proselytizing Activities Outside Egypt==
We requested Sheikh Shaltut to expand proselytizing activities beyond Egypt, and he agreed. Accordingly, necessary coordination was made with Sheikh Abdullah al-Turki, Director of Islamic Sciences in Qatar, for travel to Qatar. Upon arriving in Doha, we observed that nationalist movements had permeated the students' minds, declaring the end of Islam's relevance. Therefore, we focused our proselytizing efforts on promoting the authenticity and practicality of Islam, engaging throughout the academic year in lectures, seminars, conferences, and meetings.

When we returned to Egypt during the summer, Sheikh Yusuf and I were arrested due to reports submitted to the Egyptian government accusing us of campaigning against secularist thought and nationalism.

==Activities in the United Kingdom==
Following our temporary release, we returned to Doha. After my residency permit in Qatar expired, my passport was not renewed, intending to force my return to Egypt and subsequent arrest. Therefore, I avoided returning to Egypt and traveled to the United Kingdom to complete my doctoral studies, where I remained from 1965 to 1970.

During that period, the wave of Islamism intensified; consequently, we purchased a house that became the Islamic Care House, which now has 20 branches across the United Kingdom.

==Activities in Saudi Arabia==
Some brothers requested that I travel to Libya, but this coincided with Gaddafi's coup; therefore, I went to Sudan. However, Nimeiry's coup also occurred there. Around the same time, Dr. Abdulaziz al-Fahd invited me to work in Saudi Arabia. I accepted and moved there, teaching Islamic Culture at the Faculty of Education, King Saud University in Riyadh. I remained there until Professor Umar al-Tilmisani invited me to return to Egypt. I subsequently resigned and immediately traveled to Cairo, only to discover attempts were being made to arrest me. For this reason, I returned once again to the Faculty of Da'wah in Riyadh.

==Activities in Pakistan==
Some cultural activists in Pakistan, through the Faculty of Islamic Dawah, invited me to continue my activities there. Accordingly, I traveled to Pakistan and served as Vice President of the International Islamic University Islamabad, and subsequently as its President, remaining in Islamabad until 2003."

==Death==
He passed away on the morning of Saturday, 10 January 2010, at his residence in Alexandria, Egypt. Funeral prayers were offered for him after the Asr prayer at Al-Husri Grand Mosque, and he was buried in the Al-Jam'iyya Al-Shar'iyya cemetery.

==External links==
* [https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A Muhammad al-Ghazali].

* [https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A Yusuf al-Qaradawi].

==References==
* [https://www.ikhwanonline.com/article/246488/%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF Dr. Ahmad al-Assal.. Life in the Caravan of Dawah and Jihad].

* [https://audio.islamweb.com/audio/index.php?page=lecview&sid=362 Page of lecturer Ahmad al-Assal].

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[[Category:Muslim Brotherhood]]
[[Category:Egypt]]

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