Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar (Arabic: عمر بن سليمان الاشقر; 1940 – 10 August 2012)[1] was a Salafi[2][3] Muslim Brotherhood scholar[4] who served as a professor in the Faculty of Islamic Law at the University of Jordan and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at Zarqa University, also in Jordan. He authored a number of books on Islam, including the Islamic Creed Series.[citation needed]
Umar Al-Ashqar | |
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| Born | 1940 |
| Died | 10 August 2012 (aged 71–72) |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Nationality | Jordanian  |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
In his writings about Islamic Eschatology The Last Day (al-Yawm al-akhir), he outlines the doctrines of Islamic Eschatology as it has become mostly accepted in Salafi circles. He rejects the "annihilation of hell" (fanāʾ al-nār).[5]: 284 In his interpretation of related hadiths, he asserts that only those who stick close to the Quran and the Sunnah go to paradise, while those he consider slightly deviant, such as Mu'tzilites and Kharijites go to hell temporarily, while "extreme" groups such as Isma'ilis, Alevites, and Druze, go to hell forever.[5]: 285 In regard to the claim that most inhabitants of hell are women, he explains that this is because women are subject to uncontrollable passions and lack intellectually deficient.[5]: 285
He wrote a book about marriage.
References
edit- ^ Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar's obituary (in Arabic)
- ^ Richard Gauvain Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God Routledge 2013 ISBN 978-0-710-31356-0 page 302
- ^ Lange, Christian, editor. Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions. Brill, 2016. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h1w3. p. 129
- ^ Ovamir Anjum1 Salafis and Democracy: Doctrine and Context p. 21
- ^ a b c Lange, Christian (2016). Paradise and Hell in Islamic Traditions. Cambridge United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-50637-3.
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