Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar

Jordanian Muslim scholar and Salafist preacher (1940–2012)

Umar Al-Ashqar

Personal
Born	1940 Nablus, Mandatory Palestine
Died	10 August 2012(2012-08-10) (aged 71–72)
Religion	Sunni Islam
Nationality	Jordanian
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University

Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar (Arabic: عمر بن سليمان الاشقر; 1940 – 10 August 2012)^[1] was a Salafi^[2]^[3] Muslim Brotherhood scholar^[4] who served as a professor in the Faculty of Islamic Law at the University of Jordan and was also the Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Law at al-Zarqa’ University, also in Jordan. He authored a number of books on Islam, including the Islamic Creed Series.^{[citation needed]}

He wrote a book about marriage.

References

^ Umar Sulaiman Al-Ashqar's obituary (in Arabic)
^ Richard Gauvain Salafi Ritual Purity: In the Presence of God Routledge 2013 ISBN 978-0-710-31356-0 page 302
^ Lange, Christian, editor. Locating Hell in Islamic Traditions. Brill, 2016. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h1w3. p. 129
^ Ovamir Anjum1 Salafis and Democracy: Doctrine and Context p. 21