Draft:Ma'mun al-Hudaybi
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| Name | Ma'mun al-Hudaybi |
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| Birth Place | Sohag Governorate, Egypt |
| Brith Date | 28 May 1921 |
| Death Place | Cairo, Egypt |
| Death Date | 9 January 2004 |
| Religion | Islam |
Ma'mun al-Hudaybi (28 May 1921 – 9 January 2004 CE) was the sixth General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood and the grandson of Hasan al-Hudaybi, the second General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, who held this position from 1950 to 1973.
Birth and Family
Muhammad Ma'mun Hasan Ismail al-Hudaybi, known as Ma'mun al-Hudaybi, was born on 28 May 1921 in the Sohag Governorate in Upper Egypt. His family moved to several locations in Egypt. His father worked as a judge in the Egyptian Ministry of Justice.
Activities
Until his graduation from the Faculty of Law at King Fuad University – now Cairo University – he received general education in Egypt. After graduation, he began working as a lawyer. He was included in positions at the Public Prosecution. He was then appointed as a judge. He held judicial positions until the presidency of the Cairo Court of Appeal, which was his last period of work in the state service in Egypt.
Afterwards, he worked in Saudi Arabia and then returned, devoting himself to participating in the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood.
He was the President of the Gaza Court in 1956.
Activities with the Muslim Brotherhood
Al-Hudaybi participated in the popular resistance during the Tripartite Aggression against Egypt in 1956 and was arrested by the Israeli occupying forces. He then joined the Muslim Brotherhood and was soon arrested during the rule of Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1965. He was imprisoned in Tora Prison. Afterwards, President Sadat released him in 1971 CE. Following this, he filed a lawsuit regarding the claim of the right to return to work in the Ministry of Justice. The court upheld his claim, but the government refused to reinstate him to his position.
Parliament
The Brotherhood nominated him along with a group of its members for the People's Assembly elections, 36 of whom were victorious in the parliamentary session in 1987 CE. He was the representative of the Doki district in Giza Governorate. At that time, he was the official spokesperson of the Brotherhood in Parliament, and he was elected as the Deputy and Official Spokesperson of the Brotherhood.
Presidency of the Muslim Brotherhood
Following the illness and coma of Mustafa Mashhur on 29 October 2002, following a brain hemorrhage, Ma'mun al-Hudaybi acted as the General Guide.
On the evening of Wednesday, 22 Ramadan 1423 AH, corresponding to 27 November 2002 CE, he was elected as the President of the Muslim Brotherhood and succeeded Mustafa Mashhur to become the sixth General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Works
Ma'mun has various authored works, including: "Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun 60 Qadiya Sakhana" (The Muslim Brotherhood: 60 Hot Issues), which was published in 1998 CE. In it, he explains: What position do the Muslim Brotherhood take regarding Islamic forces and currents? In the scene, both those who accept violence and those who do not adopt politics, and what duties do the Brotherhood associations have? What is the policy regarding the slogan "Islam is the Solution"? What is the view of the Muslim Brotherhood regarding the issues of the Islamic world? How did divisions occur within the Brotherhood?
Death
He died on 9 January 2004 CE due to intestinal disease after returning from the hospital to his home in the city of Cairo[1].