[1] Born in Batra, Dakahlia Governorate and educated at a village school in the Nile Delta, he gained his scholar degree from al-Azhar University, Cairo.

Finding a job as a clerk in the Mufti's office, he was promoted to the post of amin al-fatwa.

A conservative voice, he pleased the Egyptian government with his strong opposition to the fundamentalist Wahhabi doctrine.

However, the government was less pleased by his criticism of abortion (for which he collaborated with the Vatican delegation) at the 1994 UN Population Conference in Cairo.

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