Biography and responsibilities
Profile overview
Born in 1981, Sheikh Mohammad Youssef Ali holds a bachelor’s degree in Islamic Sharia and a master’s degree in Islamic Sharia, specializing in comparative jurisprudence.
He specializes in the Holy Qur’an and the science of Qur’anic readings. He holds an ijazah in memorizing the Holy Qur’an according to the narration of Hafs from Asim, an ijazah in the ten minor readings through Al-Shatibiyyah and Al-Durrah, and an ijazah in the ten major readings through Tayyibat Al-Nashr.
Since 2006, he has directed the Imam Al-Shatibi Centre for the Qur’an and its Sciences in Kamed Al-Lawz. He also directs Al-Noor Centre for the Qur’an and its Sciences in Azza. Both centres are affiliated with Dar Al-Fatwa. During his career, he has granted Qur’anic ijazahs in several narrations and the ten readings to more than thirty male and female students.
Since 2019, he has taught the Holy Qur’an and Qur’anic readings to third- and fourth-year students at the Faculty of Sharia, Azhar branch in the Bekaa. He has also worked as an imam and Friday preacher for approximately ten years by appointment of the Islamic Endowments Directorate in Lebanon.
He is a member of the Council of Qur’an Reciters and contributes to its oversight of Qur’anic education and the granting of Qur’anic ijazahs.
