Ahmad Ahmad Ghallush
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Ahmad Ahmad Ghallush (fl. 1400–1425 AH / 1980–2004 CE) was a modern Egyptian academic and scholar specializing in Islamic propagation (da‘wah) and prophetic biography, best known for his study al-Da‘wah al-Islamiyyah: Usuluha wa-Wasa’iluha (The Islamic Call: Its Principles and Means).
Academic career and scholarship
Ghallush served as a professor in the College of Education at the University of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia . During his tenure, he engaged with institutional efforts concerning Islamic missionary outreach, participating in the Global Conference on Guiding Islamic Da‘wah and Preparing Da‘is, where he contributed research on the methodologies of preparing Islamic advocates .
His scholarly writings centered on grounding contemporary Islamic advocacy within Quranic and historical frameworks. In Da‘wat al-Rusul (The Call of the Messengers), completed in Nasr City in Cairo in 1422 AH (2002 CE), he analyzed the histories and core principles of the Quranic prophets to offer methodological models for contemporary callers . He also wrote al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah wa al-Da‘wah fi al-‘Ahd al-Madani (The Prophetic Biography and Da‘wah in the Medinan Period), completed in Nasr City in 1425 AH (2004 CE), examining the Medinan phase of the Prophet’s mission and the societal establishment of the early Muslim community .
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al-Sira al-Nabawiyya wa al-Dawa fi al-Ahd al-Madani (The Prophetic Biography and Da‘wah in the Medinan Period) is a historical and missionary study focusing on the Medinan phase of the Prophet’s life and the spread of Islam. The work examines the Medinan era through two parallel dimensions: the Prophet’s personal and domestic life, alongside the collective outreach, state-building, and military campaigns of the Muslim community.
al-Sira al-Nabawiya wa al-Dawa fi al-Ahd al-Makki (The Prophetic Biography and Da'wah in the Meccan Period) is a contemporary study of the Meccan phase of the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the methodologies of early Islamic propagation. The work merges the biographical narrative of the Prophet with the study of Islamic da'wah into a unified framework, following a balanced approach grounded in verified textual evidence to serve as an active behavioral guide.
Da'wat al-Rusul (The Call of the Messengers) is an Islamic study that analyzes the history, methods, and principles of the prophetic mission (da'wah) as presented in the Quran. The work highlights the da'wah dimension within the stories of the prophets, providing practical models and outlining core methods, audience dynamics, and arguments for religious advocacy.