Muhammad Abu Zahra

Muhammad Abu Zahra was an Egyptian public intellectual and an influential Hanafi jurist. He occupied a number of positions; he was a lecturer of Islamic law at Al-Azhar University and a professor at Cairo University. He was also a member of the Islamic Research Academy. Born: March 29, 1898, El-Mahalla El-Kubra, Egypt. Died: 1974 (age 76 years)