Adil al-Kalbani

Adil al-Kalbani (عادل الكلباني) is a former Imam of the Great Mosque of Mecca.[2][3]

Adil bin Salim bin Sa'eed al-Kalbani
عادل بن سالم بن سعيد الكلباني
TitleSheikh[1]
Personal
Born (1959-04-03) April 3, 1959
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
ReligionIslam
NationalitySaudi Arabian
DenominationSunni
MovementSalafi
Muslim leader

Biography

Early years and studies

Born in Riyadh in 1378 AH on the 25th of Ramadan, al-Kalbani is the son of a poor immigrant from Ras al-Khaima (present day UAE), who came to Saudi Arabia in the 1950s.[2][4] His father used to work as a government clerk. Due to his family's financial situation, after finishing high school, al-Kalbani took a job with Saudi Arabian Airlines, whilst attending evening classes at King Saud University.[2]

Al-Kalbani's first teacher in his further Islamic studies was Hasan Ibn Gaanim Al Gaanim.[4] He studied elements of Sahih Bukhari, Jami` at-Tirmidhi and Tafsir ibn Kathir with him.[4] He also studied with Mustafa Muslim who taught Tafsir Baydawee at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.[4] Finally, he studied Akhir Tadmariyah, with Abul Rahman Ibn Jibrin and studied the Quran with Ahmad Mustafa.[4] In 1994, he passed the government exam and became an Imam.[2]

Career as Imam

After a brief stint working at the mosque in Riyadh Airport, he moved on to working as an Imam at the more prominent King Khalid Mosque.[2] He once dreamed that he had become the imam at the Great Mosque of Mecca.[2] Two years later, in 2008, he was selected by the King to lead the Taraweeh prayers at that mosque.[2]

In Japan's city of Bendu, a center of Minhaj-ul-Quran was visited by Al-Kalbani on June 30, 2013.[5]

Al-Kalbani has said he is not a Shaykh (an authority in religious matters) but a Qari.[6]

Personal life

He has two wives and twelve children.[2]

Views

Church bells

According to his tweet, the fact that Church bells aren't heard in Saudi Arabia pleased Adil Al-Kalbani.[7][8]

Mecca crane collapse

Al-Kalbani criticised a tweet from a Saudi poet that said that the cranes that collapsed in Mecca "fell to the ground in prayer". Al-Kalbani said that this was the "stupidest kind of nonsense". He sarcastically suggested that the other cranes did not collapse because they were "liberal".[9]

Salafism

Al-Kalbani admitted that Salafism is a source of ISIL ideology.[10][11][12]

Segregation of men and women

He criticised the current situation of gender segregation in mosques, where women are "completely isolated" from men and only connected via a microphone. He called this a "phobia of women".[13]

Shias

Al-Kalbani declared as apostates the religious clerics among the Twelver Shia, BBC was the agency that was interviewing him.[14] The statement on Twelver Shia by al-Kalbani prompted a backlash from Twelver Shia in Saudi Arabia.[15] In 2019, however, he changed his position, saying

I no longer declare apostasy on those who believe in one God, eat our [halal] meat and prostrate toward our Qibla [direction of Mecca]
— Adil al-Kalbani

Stance on musical instruments

Permission to sing was granted in a fatwa then retracted by al-Kalbani.[16][17][18][19] A religious singing event was attended by al-Kalbani.[20] A flute was purportedly used.[21][22][23]

References
  1. "Saudi Education Ministry Project To 'Inoculate' Schoolchildren Against Liberalism And Secularism Causes Furor In The Country". MEMRI. Inquiry & Analysis Series. December 13, 2016.
  2. Worth, Robert F. (April 10, 2009). "A Black Imam Breaks Ground in Mecca". The New York Times. Riyadh.
  3. "Former Mecca Grand Mosque's Imam: Clerics can make mistakes like politicians". Al Arabiya English. February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  4. "Adil Kalbani Biography". Quran Central. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  5. "Imam e Ka'ba visits MQI Centre in Japan". Minhaj-ul-Quran. June 30, 2013.
  6. "الكلباني : أنا قارئ ولست شيخ وبعض الأئمة المشهورين لا يعرفون وش الطبخة". صحيفة أنحاء الإلكترونية. April 20, 2013. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
  7. "وطني الحبيب : يكفيني من مناقبك أني لا أسمع أجراس الكنائس فيك تدق !". Twitter. May 3, 2015.
  8. الكلباني, عادل (May 4, 2015). "الشيخ السعودي عادل الكلباني: يكفيني اني اعيش في وطني حيث لا اسمع إجراس الكنائس تدق". موقع مسيحي شامل - اخبار مسيحية - Linga.
  9. Wright, Alex. "Tone-deaf 'praying' crane poem creates Saudi Twitterstorm". alaraby. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
  10. Shane, Scott (August 25, 2016). "Saudis and Extremism: 'Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters'". The New York Times. Washington.
  11. http://www.middleeasteye.net (January 28, 2016). "Leading Saudi Cleric Says IS and Saudi Arabia 'Follow the Same Thought'". Assyrian International News Agency.
  12. MEE staff (January 28, 2016). "Leading Saudi cleric says IS and Saudi Arabia 'follow the same thought'". Middle East Eye.
  13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9hdatamKnY
  14. ""عادل الکلبانی" کیست؟ +تصاویر". رسمان دانشجويي - وهابيت.
  15. Trabelsi, Habib (May 12, 2009). "Saudi Shiites call for Sheikh Kalbani dismissal". Middle East Online. PARIS. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
  16. "الشيخ الكلباني يجيز الموسيقى بعيدا عن النساء والكلام الفاحش". FARFESH. May 25, 2010.
  17. Lakhani, Shakir (July 2, 2010). "Fatwa on music results in hacking of website". Chowrangi. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
  18. "الشيخ عادل الكلباني..مفجر الجبهات". صحيفة ضوء. December 19, 2015. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
  19. "الشيخ الكلباني يتراجع عن فتواه بإباحة الغناء ويعتبر المتشغلين به فسقة". دنيا الوطن. غزة. July 29, 2010.
  20. "الشيخ الكلباني يحضر جلسة إنشاد .. وردود فعل متباينة من النشطاء". صحيفة أنحاء الإلكترونية. December 9, 2016. Archived from the original on February 14, 2017.
  21. البدوي, حمزة (December 17, 2015). "بالفيديو- إمام الحرم المكي السابق يظهر في جلسة مزمار.. وسعوديون: الله يهديه". Masrawy-First Egyptian Portal - مصراوي - أول وأكبر بوابة مصرية.
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  23. البدوي, حمزة (December 17, 2015). "بالفيديو- إمام الحرم المكي السابق يظهر في جلسة مزمار.. وسعوديون: الله يهديه". دارالاخبار كوم.
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