The Honour of Shaykh Amaan Al Jami by his students

‪@theguidedpath1‬Name and Date of Birth:
He is Muḥammad Amān ibn ʿAlī Jāmī and he was also referred to as Abū Aḥmad. He was born in the year d. 1349 AH [1930 Gregorian calendar] just as his official documents state.

His Pursuit of Knowledge:
The Shaykh is considered from those who migrated towards Allāh ﷻ and His Messenger ﷺ and he began his pursuit of knowledge in the Sacred Mosque [al-Masjid al-Ḥarām] in the circles of knowledge that were established throughout its spacious corridors. He benefitted from the noble Shaykh ʿAbd al-Razzāq Ḥamzah, the noble Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Hāshimī and the noble Shaykh ʿAbdullāh al-Ṣūmālī and other than them from the year 1369H [or 1949 of the Gregorian calendar].

In Mecca, he became familiar with the esteemed Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz and accompanied him when he travelled to Riyadh in the same year that he opened the educational institute (al-Maʿhad al-ʿIlmī) which occurred in the seventies [of the hijrī calendar].

And from amongst his colleagues, from those who studied with him in secondary school at the educational institute (al-Maʿhad al-ʿIlmī) was the noble Shaykh and prominent scholar of ours ʿAbd al-Muḥsin ibn Ḥamad al-ʿAbbād al-Badr, and the noble Shaykh ʿAlī ibn Muhanná – the distinguished former judge at the Supreme Islamic court in al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, just as he would also regularly attend the various circles of knowledge in the capital of Saudi Arabia.

He benefitted and was greatly influenced by the esteemed Muftī Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm Āl-Shaykh who was a distinguished jurist and a scholar well versed in the fundamentals of Islāmic jurisprudence. He also studied consistently with the noble Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Afriqī just as he also studied intensively under the esteemed Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz, until he acquired a significant amount of his knowledge and noble manners. He also sought knowledge in Riyadh from the noble and esteemed Shaykh Muḥammad al-Amīn al-Jaknī ash-Shinqīṭī, the noble Shaykh and esteemed scholar of ḥadīth, Ḥammād al-Anṣārī and the noble Shaykh and esteemed scholar ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-ʿAfīfī.

The subject of this biography was greatly influenced by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-ʿAfīfī to the extent that even his teaching style was affected. He similarly benefitted from and was influenced by the noble Shaykh and esteemed scholar ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Nāṣir al-Saʿdī with whom he would often write even though he did not formally study under him as he did with the noble Shaykh and esteemed scholar Muḥammad Khalīl Harrās who also influenced him. He also benefitted from the noble Shaykh and distinguished caller ʿAbdullāh al-Qaraʿāwī.

His Academic Credentials and Education:
He completed secondary school at the educational institute (al-Maʿhad al-ʿIlmī) in Riyadh.
Then he enrolled in the College of Sharīʿah from which he would graduate in the year 1380H [or 1960 of the Gregorian calendar].
Then he received his Master’s Degree in Sharīʿah from the University of Punjab in the year 1974CE.
Then he received his doctorate from Dār al-ʿUlūm in Cairo.
His Station with Regards to His Knowledge and the Praise of the Scholars for Him:
The Shaykh occupied a lofty station amongst the people of knowledge and distinction since they spoke highly of him and was considered trustworthy by them. In fact, the level of trust concerning his knowledge and creed was so great that while he was still a student in Riyadh, and due to what his Shaykh ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz saw from him in terms of his proficiency and seriousness in seeking knowledge; he introduced him to his excellency Shaykh Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm [Āl-Shaykh] in order to draft a contract with him to teach in the educational institute (al-Maʿhad al-ʿIlmī) in Ṣāmiṭah, which was located in the region of Jīzān.

Likewise from the indicators of the sense of trust that exists regarding his knowledge and creed and his station amongst the people of knowledge, is that after the Islāmic University was opened in the city of Madīnah, he was soon after appointed as teacher, being specifically selected by his Excellency ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bāz. And it is well-known that the Islamic University of Madīnah was founded in order to spread the Salafī creed and that the University had designated Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī to teach in the secondary school associated with the University, and then in the College of Sharīʿah with complete confidence in his creed, knowledge and methodology in order for him to take part in fulfilling the goals of the University.

So before you, dear reader, are the statements of those who have praised and commended our noble Shaykh Muḥammad Amān al-Jāmī in their writings: