Hasan al-Husseini

Hasan al-Husseini (born 1976) is a Bahraini scholar and preacher of Afghan origin, born in Mecca and resident at Muharraq in the Kingdom of Bahrain. A memoriser of the Qur'an with a doctorate in hadith, he has a wide media presence and has presented television programmes on exegesis, biography and Islamic history. ^{1 2}

Hasan ibn Muhammad Sa'id al-Husseini was born in Mecca on Monday 27 Sha'ban 1396 AH, corresponding to 23 August 1976. His father was the reciter and hadith scholar Muhammad Sa'id Faqir al-Harawi al-Husseini; the family is Bahraini of Afghan origin and traces its descent to al-Husayn ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him). He completed his primary, intermediate and secondary education at the Azhari religious institute in Bahrain and memorised the Qur'an, then took a bachelor's degree in Sharia from Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University (its Emirates branch), a master's in Islamic history and thought on the history of Bahrain, and a doctorate in hadith on the subject of the Prophet ﷺ's household and the Companions, together with ijazas in the Qur'an, hadith and a number of scholarly texts. His brother is Dr Muhammad Rafiq al-Husseini, a former member of Bahrain's parliament. ¹

Al-Husseini specialises in Qur'anic and hadith ijazas and is a board member and co-founder of the Bahraini Family and Social Association. His television programmes include a series summarising the exegesis of Surat al-Baqara, Al 'Imran and al-Ma'ida, Saba'ik al-Bukhari, al-Arba'un al-Bukhariyya, and the series Ayyam al-Siddiq, Ayyam 'Umar and Ayyam al-Hasan wa'l-Husayn, as well as al-Tariq ila Karbala' with Nabil al-Awadhi, and he has served as a historical supervisor on historical drama productions. His lessons and lectures circulate widely on audio and video platforms. ¹