Izz al-Din al-Qassam: Difference between revisions

Izz al-Din al-Qassam learned to read, write, and recite the Quran at the village school and excelled among all his peers in these fields. Al-Qassam went to Al-Azhar University in Egypt at the age of 14 to pursue religious studies and stayed there for eight years and learned from the professors of that university, including Sheikh Muhammad Abduh. In 1906, Izz al-Din al-Qassam returned to Jableh after ten years of education and scholarship at Al-Azhar and obtained a degree from this university, and then traveled to Turkey to familiarize himself with the teaching methods in Turkish universities. After returning from Turkey, he taught at the Sultan ibn Adham Qutb al-Din Mosque like his father. He taught the children of Jableh village to read, write, and memorize the Quran and the sciences of hadith and led the Friday prayer at the Al-Mansouri Mosque located in the center of this village. Al-Qassam and his companions, during their residence in Haifa, which was a refuge for poor farmers whose homes had been destroyed in the villages as a result of the invaders' attack and had become the homeland of Jewish immigrants, made a lot of efforts to improve the living conditions of the farmers. He fought illiteracy by setting up night classes. It was not long before the farmers living in the northern region and the workers respected Sheikh and became fascinated by his pious morals and character.