Umar Al-Ashqar
Personal
Born1940
Died10 August 2021(2021-08-10) (aged 80–81)
ReligionSalafi Islam
NationalityJordanian Jordan
Alma materAl-Azhar University

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 al-Zarqa’ University, also in Jordan. He authored a number of books on Islam, including the Islamic Creed Series.

References

  1. Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar's obituary (in Arabic)
  2. Richard Gauvain Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God Routledge 2013 ISBN 978-0-710-31356-0 page 302
  3. Lange, Christian, editor. Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions. Brill, 2016. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h1w3. p. 129
  4. Ovamir Anjum1 Salafis and Democracy: Doctrine and Context p. 21


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