Abu Uday el-Masry bin el-Emam

Abu Uday, or Abdel Aziz, was born in the el-Emam's family home in Egypt in the year 903, that is, in the late era of the first Egyptian Emirate. His father was an imam and a great Egyptian sheikh who had his say. == Accomplishments ==

Judge Abu Uday el-Masry bin el-Emam is considered one of the most famous sheikhs of the Sunnah and the group in the Fatimid era, in addition to the fact that he was in the position of Sheikh of the Sheikhs of the reciters of Egypt and the Musnad of the reciters of Egypt, he had noble attempts to confront the attempts to Shiite Egypt at the hands of the ruling Fatimid family at the time. The Sunnis and the group in Egypt considered him a brave hero and their representative. Judge Abu Uday el-Masry bin el-Emam became famous throughout the Islamic world and was known for his abundant knowledge and good reputation, which made Egypt a destination for Muslim scholars, especially religious scholars. Judge Abu Uday bin el-Imam is considered the one who completed the transmission of Warsh bin Nafi's narration to read the Holy Qur’an to the people of the Islamic Maghreb, who use Warsh bin Nafi's narration to this day. So he recorded the recitation of Warsh bin Nafi’ and recited it to many sheikhs who transmitted it to the Maghreb with its correct pronunciation. The most famous of them was Sheikh Ahmed bin Nafis, who would read the narration with its correct pronunciation to Sheikh bin Al-Fahham, who would support it. Abu Uday also narrated many hadiths of the Prophet A large number of sheikhs heard from him Such as Ali bin Qadid and Muhammad bin Zaban. A number of people also narrated the hadith from him, including Sheikh Yahya bin Al-Tahan. == Death ==

After a great and busy career, Judge Abu Uday Abdel Aziz bin Al-Imam died on May 31, 991 during the reign of the Egyptian Caliph el-Aziz Billah, at the age of 88. == Legacy ==

Imam Shams al-Din al-Dhahabi said about him: "He is the highest through whom I read the Qur’an.”Ibn al-Jazari said about him:“Abu Uday was a reciter and hadith narrator, a leader, an officer, the sheikh of the sheikhs of Egypt and their supporter, and he was a pious and honest sheikh.” == See also ==