Amir Mounir

أمير منير

Cairo

Egyptian preacher and content creator, born in Cairo in 1993; he is a pharmacist holding a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. His official YouTube channel began in 2014 and has passed 2.4 million subscribers, carrying his lessons and series such as Abwab al-Janna (The Gates of Paradise) and Al-Sa'a Sab'a (The Seven O'Clock). His 2023 promotion of an 'Umra-by-proxy' application drew wide controversy and criticism from Egyptian scholars and religious institutions.

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    Summary

    Amir Mounir is an Egyptian preacher and content creator, born in Cairo on 22 August 1993. His published biography records that his identity-card name is simply "Amir Mounir", and that he is a pharmacist holding a bachelor's degree in pharmacy. 1

    His channel

    His YouTube channel is "the official channel of Dr Amir Mounir", as its own description states, and it began on 11 April 2014. Platform statistics recorded 2,470,000 subscribers, 135,223,336 views and 821 videos for it on 23 October 2026 — dated platform figures that change constantly. Among his series on it are Abwab al-Janna (The Gates of Paradise) and Al-Sa'a Sab'a (The Seven O'Clock), and his lessons treat worship, daily life and young people's questions in accessible colloquial Arabic. 2

    The Umra-by-proxy controversy

    In 2023 Amir Mounir promoted an application that performs Umra on behalf of the incapacitated, the sick and the deceased for a fee. This drew wide controversy and sharp criticism; some scholars described it as trading in religion, the Egyptian Ministry of Awqaf issued a statement confirming that he has no connection with the ministry and no licence to preach, and Dar al-Ifta commented that the idea empties the rites of their meaning. Amir then deleted the promotional video and published another defending his position on the basis of juristic opinions permitting proxy pilgrimage. This section is reported as the sources attribute it to the parties involved; it is not a verdict by the museum. 1

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    Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663

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    1. Amir Mounir biography — Alafdel
    2. Amir Mounir — official YouTube channel (@amirmounirofficial)
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    islam.museum contributors. “Amir Mounir”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/amir-mounir/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-25.

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