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Adil al-Kalbani

Former Imam of Masjid al-Haram

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

Biography

Early years and studies

Adil al-Kalbani was born in Riyadh on April 4, to poor emigrants from Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates who came to Saudi Arabia in the s.[2][5] His father used to work as a government clerk.

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

Al-Kalbani's first teacher in his further Islamic studies was Hasan ibn Gaanim al-Gaanim.[5] He studied Sahih al-Bukhari, Jami` at-Tirmidhi and the tafsir of Ibn Kathir with him.[5] He also studied with Mustafa Muslim who taught the tafsir of al-Baydawi at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.[5] He also studied Akhir Tadmariyah with Abdullah Ibn Jibreen and the Quran with Ahmad Mustafa.[5] In , he passed the government exam to grow an Imam.[2]

Career as Imam

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

In Japan's capital of Bandu, a center of Minhaj-ul-Quran was visited by Al-Kalbani on June 30, [6]

Al-Kalbani has said he is not a Shaykh (an authority in religious matters) but a Qari.[7]

Personal life

He has two wives and twelve children.[2]

Views

Church bells

In a tweet, al-Kalbani stated that the non-existence of church bells in Saudi Arabia pleased him.[8][9]

Mecca crane collapse

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

Al-Kalbani said that this was the "stupidest kind of nonsense". He sarcastically suggested that the other cranes did not collapse because they were "liberal".[10]

Segregation of men and women

He criticised the current situation of gender segregation in mosques, where women are "completely isolated" from men and only connected via a microphone.

He called this a "phobia of women".[11]

Shias

In an interview with the BBC, al-Kalbani declared Twelver Shias as apostates,[12] which triggered a backlash from followers of the sect in Saudi Arabia.[13] In , however, he retracted his position after reading a book by fellow scholar Hatim al-Awni, stating that he no longer considers as apostates those who "believe in one God, eat our halal meat, and prostrate toward our Qibla direction of Mecca".[14]

Stance on musical instruments

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

Filmography

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

References

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    MEMRI. Inquiry & Assessment Series. December 13,

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    (April 10, ). "A Black Imam Breaks Earth in Mecca". The New York Times. Riyadh.

  3. ^"Former Mecca Grand Mosque's Imam: Clerics can make mistakes like politicians". Al Arabiya English.

    February 12, Retrieved August 3,

  4. ^Sheriff, Othman. "The First Shadowy Saudi Imam Heads for Sierra Leone: a Rejoinder".

    He said that it takes more than mere words, condemnation, and even fatwas to halt the spread of ISIS's ideas and stop young people from joining its ranks - it requires reform in Islam that will repair its original tolerant character. Stating that Islam is fundamentally tolerant and that the Prophet and his Companions were lenient with those who disagreed with them, Al-Kalbani added that today the Muslims are shackling themselves to the strict interpretations by "unrivaled leading scholars" and see any other interpretation as deviation from the straight path. Such strict interpretation, he said, serves extremists, who go so far as to behead those who conflict with them. Al-Kalbani then called on clerics to step up their da'wa efforts and to spread the ideas of moderateness and acceptance of others, and to vary their approach in ways "that are appropriate to the spirit of the times but do not contradict the original spirit of Islam.

    Critique Echo. Retrieved August 27,

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    Retrieved June 18,

  6. ^"Imam e Ka'ba visits MQI Centre in Japan". Minhaj-ul-Quran. June 30,
  7. ^"الكلباني&#;: أنا قارئ ولست شيخ وبعض الأئمة المشهورين لا يعرفون وش الطبخة". صحيفة أنحاء الإلكترونية.

    April 20, Archived from the unique on February 14,

  8. ^"وطني الحبيب&#;: يكفيني من مناقبك أني لا أسمع أجراس الكنائس فيك تدق&#;!".

    Is Shaykh al-Kilbani the Sa’udi Obama? - Islamway: Adil al-Kalbani (Arabic: عادل الكلباني) is a Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric who served as an Imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca. [2][3][4] Adil al-Kalbani was born in Riyadh on April 4, to poor emigrants from Ras Al Khaimah in the Merged Arab Emirates who came to Saudi Arabia in the s. [2][5] His father used to work as a government clerk.

    Twitter. May 3,

  9. ^الكلباني, عادل (May 4, ). "الشيخ السعودي عادل الكلباني: يكفيني اني اعيش في وطني حيث لا اسمع إجراس الكنائس تدق". موقع مسيحي شامل - اخبار مسيحية - Linga.
  10. ^Wright, Alex (September 16, ).

    "Tone-deaf 'praying' crane poem creates Saudi Twitterstorm". alaraby. Retrieved August 3,

  11. ^Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Saudi cleric Sheikh Adil Al Kalabani on segregation of men and women.

    YouTube.

  12. ^""عادل الکلبانی" کیست؟ +تصاویر". رسمان دانشجويي - وهابيت.
  13. ^Trabelsi, Habib (May 12, ). "Saudi Shiites phone for Sheikh Kalbani dismissal". Middle East Online.

    Sheikh Adel Al-Kalbani: "I believe that my appointment to the position of imam [of the Haram Mosque] is much more significant." Interviewer: "More significant than the election of Obama?" Sheikh Adel Al-Kalbani: "in other positions, there may possess been [black] people in the past, but with regard to this position, my appointment was a courageous.

    PARIS. Archived from the original on February 14,

  14. ^Arab, The New (March 25, ). "Saudi ex-Imam of Mecca 'no longer considers Shia Muslims as heretics'". alaraby. Retrieved August 22,
  15. ^"الشيخ الكلباني يجيز الموسيقى بعيدا عن النساء والكلام الفاحش".

    FARFESH. May 25,

  16. ^Lakhani, Shakir (July 2, ). "Fatwa on music results in hacking of website". Chowrangi. Archived from the original on February 14,
  17. ^"الشيخ عادل الكلباني..مفجر الجبهات".

    Depuis, le cheikh Adel Al-Kalbani est affectueusement surnommé “le Barack Obama saoudien”. Bon nombre d’observateurs ont vu dans cette nomination une preuve supplémentaire de la volonté d’ouverture et de tolérance professée ces dernières années par le roi Abdallah.

    صحيفة ضوء. December 19, Archived from the original on February 14,

  18. ^"الشيخ الكلباني يتراجع عن فتواه بإباحة الغناء ويعتبر المتشغلين به فسقة". دنيا الوطن. غزة.

    We hear their voices, but rarely know much else about them. We may acknowledge the leading Imams of the Grand Mosque in Makkahbut other imams rotate the duties of this esteemed position. Following is information about several other imams who have recently held the position of Imam at the Grand Mosque Masjid Al-Haram in Makkah. Like many of the Grand Mosque imams, he holds a Ph.

    July 29,

  19. ^Arab, The New (November 19, ). "Saudi cleric claims music, singing allowed by Prophet Muhammad just as MbS presses 'entertainment' drive". alaraby. Retrieved August 22,
  20. ^"الشيخ الكلباني يحضر جلسة إنشاد ..

    وردود فعل متباينة من النشطاء". صحيفة أنحاء الإلكترونية. December 9, Archived from the original on February 14,

  21. ^البدوي, حمزة (December 17, ).

    Sheik Adel Al-Kalbani : "No one can disapprove the existence of the black-eyed virgins, and I pray that Allah grants them to you, me, and our viewers, but the issue is how one attains them. The problem is when the path to attaining a black-eyed virgin is limited to the use of explosives belts. Interviewer : "You trust that this is a manifestation of the frustration of the youth Sheik Adel Al-Kalbani : "Yes.

    "بالفيديو- إمام الحرم المكي السابق يظهر في جلسة مزمار.. وسعوديون: الله يهديه". Masrawy-First Egyptian Portal - مصراوي - أول وأكبر بوابة مصرية.

  22. ^البدوي, حمزة (December 17, ). "بالفيديو- إمام الحرم المكي السابق يظهر في جلسة مزمار..

    Due to his family's financial situation, al-Kalbani took a job with Saudi Arabian Airlines after finishing high school, whilst attending evening classes at King Saud University. After a little stint working at the mosque in Riyadh Airporthe moved on to working as an Imam at the more prominent King Khalid Mosque. Al-Kalbani has said he is not a Shaykh an authority in religious matters but a Qari. He has two wives and twelve children.

    وسعوديون: الله يهديه يهديه". اخبارك نت.

  23. ^البدوي, حمزة (December 17, ). "بالفيديو- إمام الحرم المكي السابق يظهر في جلسة مزمار.. وسعوديون: الله يهديه". دارالاخبار كوم.
  24. ^"Former Imam of Kaaba appears in Saudi TV ad".

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  25. ^"لماذا أثار إمام سابق للحرم المكي جدلا في السعودية؟ وما علاقته بموسم الرياض؟". BBC News عربي.
  26. ^"إمام الحرم المكي السابق يشارك بفيديو ترويجي وتركي آل الشيخ يعلق".

    November 19,

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