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Hasan Al-Banna

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Hassan Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Muhammed al-Banna, known as Hassan al-Banna (Arabic: حسن البنا), was an Egyptian schoolteacher and Imam, best known for founding the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the largest and most influential global Islamist movements, and for his death at the hands of the Egyptian government.

Al-Banna's writings marked a turning-point in Islamic intellectual history by presenting a distinct and all-encompassing modern ideology based on Islam. Al-Banna considered Islam to be a comprehensive system of life, with the Quran and Sunnah as the only acceptable constitution. He called for Islamization of the state, the economy, and society. He declared that establishing a just society required development of institutions and progressive taxation, and developed an Islamic fiscal theory where zakat would be reserved for social expenditure in order to reduce inequality. Al-Banna's ideology featured criticism of Western materialism, British imperialism, and the traditionalism of the Egyptian ulema. He appealed to Egyptian and pan-Arab patriotism but rejected Arab nationalism and regarded all Muslims as members of a single nation-community.

Following the abolition of the Caliphate in 1924, al-Banna called on Muslims to prepare for armed struggle against colonial rule; he warned Muslims against the "widespread belief" that "jihad of the heart" was more important than "jihad of the sword". He allowed the formation of a secret military wing within the Muslim Brotherhood, which took part in the Arab–Israeli conflict. Al-Banna generally encouraged Egyptians to abandon Western customs; and argued that the state should enforce Islamic public morality through censorship and application of hudud corporal punishment. Nonetheless, his thought was open to Western ideas and some of his writings quote European authors instead of Islamic sources.

Al-Banna was assassinated by the Egyptian secret police in 1949. His son-in-law Said Ramadan emerged as a major leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s.

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April 26, 2016
لا حرج إن قلنا أن اﻹمام الشهيد رحمه الله ورضي الله عنه قد أصل للمنهج اﻹسلامي عامة وليس فقط اﻹخواني بل إنه كتاب أجاز فأفاد في تبيان المنهج الصحيح للتيارات اﻹسلامية بل ومنهج الدين اﻹسلامي كله، فليس فيه إفراط ولا تفريط بل وسطية واعتدال تام في الرؤية والمنهج، المأخذ الوحيد هو على الشرح الذي خص فيه اﻹخوان المسلمون ببعض الخصال دون باقي التيارات واﻹتجاهات رغم أنهم أهل لذلك لكن تلك ليست خصوصية لهم، عدا عن ذلك فالكتاب قيم وفيه فوائد عظيمة في إيضاح العقيدة وترسيخها وتبيان الطريق السوي للمسلم المحزب وغير المحزب.
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10 reviews27 followers
August 11, 2012
Baru je dapat pencerahan usul 1 dari 20 dah pening kepala...berat tanggungjawab ni. :) Semoga kuat.
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