Aaidh Algarne

Education

He memorised the Quran and studied at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, earning a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Usul al-Din, a master's in hadith (1408 AH) and a doctorate (1423 AH) on al-Qurtubi's al-Mufhim, a commentary on Sahih Muslim. He then taught hadith at the same university for seven years.

Works

A prolific speaker and writer, he has published more than eighty books: religious essays, Quran commentary, poetry collections and faith-based self-help such as You Can Be the Happiest Woman in the World. La Tahzan, which draws on the Quran, the Sunnah, poetry and universal wisdom to address anxiety and sorrow, has reached readers far beyond the Muslim world. He has hosted several regular television programmes on tafsir, hadith, the Prophet's biography and literature, and heads the media and publishing foundation named after his best-known book.

Notable events

On 1 March 2016 he was shot and wounded as he left a lecture at Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga City, in the Philippines; the gunman was killed at the scene. In 2019 he publicly apologised for the excesses of the "Sahwa" (Islamic Awakening) movement with which he had been associated, and declared his support for a moderate Islam.