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Shehata Saqr

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Shehata Muhammad Saqr is a contemporary Egyptian Salafi author and preacher associated with the Salafi Call (al-Dawa al-Salafiyya) in Egypt .

Background and Activities

Saqr is based in Egypt, where his treatises have been published and distributed through publishing houses located in Alexandria, Damanhur, and Abu Hummus in the Beheira Governorate . He has contributed articles and research to Islamic platforms, including the Salafi portal Sawt al-Salaf .

His writings focus primarily on contemporary jurisprudence, apologetics, and doctrinal polemics from a Salafi perspective. In addressing theological and ritual disputes, his methodology relies extensively on quoting classical Sunni authorities such as Ibn Taymiyya alongside modern Salafi scholars including Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz, and Muhammad ibn Salih al-Uthaymin . He compiled Dalil al-Waiz ila Adillat al-Mawaiz ("The Preacher's Guide to the Evidences of Sermons"), a multi-volume handbook providing structured sermon outlines supported by Quranic verses and authentic hadith reports . He also wrote al-Salafiyyun wa Hiwar Hadi ma al-Duktur Ali Jumaa ("The Salafis and a Calm Dialogue with Dr. Ali Gomaa") to debate positions and statements concerning the Salafi movement voiced by the former Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa .

Reception

Several of Saqr's publications received introductions and endorsements from contemporary Egyptian Salafi and Azhari scholars. His treatise al-Salafiyyun wa Hiwar Hadi was reviewed and prefaced by al-Azhar University professors Muhammad Bakr Habib and Muhammad al-Nashshar, with Habib commending his approach as a calm and scholarly dialogue . Furthermore, prominent figures such as Yasser Burhami, Muhammad Shami Shayba, Muhammad Yusri, Hisham Uqda, and Muhammad Yusri Ibrahim provided introductory prefaces for his legal treatise al-Ikhtilat bayn al-Rijal wa al-Nisa ("Gender Mixing between Men and Women") .

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List of Works

  • al-Shia hum al-Adu fa-Ihdharhum

    al-Shia hum al-Adu fa-Ihdharhum (The Shia Are the Enemy, So Beware of Them) is an Arabic polemical book that gathers arguments and commentary focusing on critiques of Shiite theological doctrines and contemporary political movements.

  • al-Islam wa al-Liberalya Naqidan la Yajtamian

    al-Islam wa al-Liberalya Naqidan la Yajtamian (Islam and Liberalism Are Two Incompatible Contradictories) is a treatise that critiques liberalism, arguing that its philosophical foundations fundamentally contradict Islamic creed and law.

  • Ummuna Aisha

    Ummuna Aisha (Our Mother Aisha) is an apologetic biographical treatise that highlights the virtues and merits of Aisha bint Abi Bakr while defending her against Shia polemics and accusations.

  • Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan Amir al-Muminin wa Katib Wahy al-Nabi al-Amin - Kashf Shubuhat wa Radd Muftarayat

    Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān Amīr al-Muʾminīn wa-Kātib Waḥy al-Nabī al-Amīn: Kashf Shubuhāt wa-Radd Muftarayāt is an Arabic biographical and apologetic work that presents a Sunni defense of the Companion and first Umayyad caliph Muʿawiya ibn Abi Sufyan, highlighting his political career and merits while refuting historical accusations and polemical claims.

  • Dalil al-Waiz ila Adillat al-Mawaiz

    Dalil al-Waiz ila Adillat al-Mawaiz (The Preacher's Guide to the Evidences of Sermons) is a multi-volume practical handbook designed to provide structured sermon outlines and textual evidences for Friday preachers and Islamic lecturers.