Abu Ishaq Alheweny

Early life and education

He was born on 10 June 1956 (1 Dhu al-Qa'da 1375 AH) in the village of Huwayn in Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate and studied Spanish at the Faculty of Languages (al-Alsun) of Ain Shams University, graduating with distinction. In Cairo he began attending the lessons of Sheikh Abdelhamid Kishk, and two years spent studying al-Albani's Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Da'ifa turned him towards the science of hadith. He studied hadith and Shafi'i fiqh with Sheikh Muhammad Najib al-Muti'i and travelled twice to Jordan, in 1407 AH and 1410 AH, to question Sheikh Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani on the hidden defects ('ilal) of hadith.

Teaching and works

He preached two Fridays a month at the Ibn Taymiyya Mosque in Kafr el-Sheikh and gave a weekly lesson there; his lessons were broadcast on the al-Nas, al-Hikma, al-Rahma and al-Nada channels and circulated widely online. His written work focuses on hadith authentication: Ghawth al-Makdud bi-Takhrij Muntaqa Ibn al-Jarud, Badhl al-Ihsan bi-Taqrib Sunan al-Nasa'i, Al-Nafila fil-Ahadith al-Da'ifa wal-Batila, Fasl al-Khitab, the grading of the hadiths in Ibn Kathir's Quran commentary, as well as Al-Inshirah fi Adab al-Nikah and Sahih al-Qasas al-Nabawi.

Final years

He spent his last years in Doha, where he died after a long illness on 17 March 2025 (17 Ramadan 1446 AH), aged 68. He was buried in Mesaimeer Cemetery.