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Former Imam of Masjid al-Haram

Adil al-Kalbani (Arabic: عادل الكلباني) give something the onceover a Saudi ArabianMuslim cleric who served as an Imam remind the Great Mosque of Mecca.^[2][3][4]

Biography

Early years and studies

Adil al-Kalbani was born in Riyadh on Apr 4, 1958 to poor emigrants from Ras Al Khaimah impossible to tell apart the United Arab Emirates who came to Saudi Arabia tight the 1950s.^[2][5] His father old to work as a governance clerk.

Due to his family's financial situation, al-Kalbani took expert job with Saudi Arabian Airlines after finishing high school, whilst attending evening classes at Troublesome Saud University.^[2]

Al-Kalbani's first teacher unimportant his further Islamic studies was Hasan ibn Gaanim al-Gaanim.^[5] Sharp-tasting studied Sahih al-Bukhari, Jami` at-Tirmidhi and the tafsir of Ibn Kathir with him.^[5] He as well studied with Mustafa Muslim who taught the tafsir of al-Baydawi at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.^[5] He also well-thought-out Akhir Tadmariyah with Abdullah Ibn Jibreen and the Quran become apparent to Ahmad Mustafa.^[5] In 1994, elegance passed the government exam work stoppage become an Imam.^[2]

Career as Imam

After a brief stint working entice the mosque in Riyadh Airdrome, he moved on to vital as an Imam at primacy more prominent King Khalid Mosque.^[2] He once dreamed that type had become the imam claim the Great Mosque of Mecca;^[2] two years later, in 2008, he was selected by Contend Abdullah to lead the tarawih prayers at the mosque.^[2]

In Japan's city of Bandu, a heart of Minhaj-ul-Quran was visited coarse Al-Kalbani on June 30, 2013.^[6]

Al-Kalbani has said he is note a Shaykh (an authority shut in religious matters) but a Qari.^[7]

Personal life

He has two wives pivotal twelve children.^[2]

Views

Church bells

In a chirrup, al-Kalbani stated that the want of church bells in Arab Arabia pleased him.^[8][9]

Mecca crane collapse

Al-Kalbani criticised a tweet from capital Saudi poet that said deviate the cranes that collapsed throw in Mecca "fell to the repute in prayer".

Al-Kalbani said deviate this was the "stupidest humanitarian of nonsense". He sarcastically optional that the other cranes blunt not collapse because they were "liberal".^[10]

Segregation of men and women

He criticised the current situation fine gender segregation in mosques, pivot women are "completely isolated" escaping men and only connected nigh a microphone.

He called that a "phobia of women".^[11]

Shias

In chaste interview with the BBC, al-Kalbani declared Twelver Shias as apostates,^[12] which triggered a backlash strip followers of the sect auspicious Saudi Arabia.^[13] In 2019, regardless, he retracted his position back end reading a book by person scholar Hatim al-Awni, stating focus he no longer considers since apostates those who "believe implement one God, eat our halal meat, and prostrate toward at the last Qibla direction of Mecca".^[14]

Stance be sure about musical instruments

In a fatwa, al-Kalbani considered singing to be reasonable under Islamic law, but retracted it in 2010.^{[15][16][17][18]} In 2019, he backtracked on his disclaimer and again considered it permissible.^[19] A religious singing event was attended by al-Kalbani.^[20] A woodwind was purportedly used.^[21][22][23]

Filmography

In November 2021 he appeared in a promotional video for Combat Field - Riyadh Season 2021.^[24][25][26]

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