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Abdullah Awad Al-Juhany

عبد الله الجهني

Medina → Mecca

Saudi Qur'an reciter and imam and khatib of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca. Born in Medina on 13 January 1976 (11 Muharram 1396 AH), he memorised the Qur'an as a boy and took a tied first place in the international Qur'an competition in Mecca at sixteen. He studied at the Islamic University of Madinah and took a master's and a doctorate in tafsir at Umm al-Qura University; he has led the Tarawih prayers at the Haram since 2005 and was appointed a permanent imam in 2007.

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reciter
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Arabia
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The Colonial Era · The Contemporary Era · The Modern Era Contemporaries: Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani · Abbas Kiarostami · Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari · Abd al-Fattah Abu Ghudda · Abd al-Halim Mahmud

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    People and things also explored

    Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· The khutba for al-Hakim, ruler of Egypt, in Mecca and Medina· The Hijra· The Pledges of Aqaba· The early Muslim community· The Muhajirun· Muwatta 1358

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    • Abdullah Awad Al-Juhany — English Wikipedia
    • Abdullah Awad Al-Juhany — Arabic Wikipedia
    • Abdullah Awad Al-Juhany — Wikidata Q12223339
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    islam.museum contributors. “Abdullah Awad Al-Juhany”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abdullah-awad-al-juhany/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-26.

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