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Monday, December 24, 2012

اعلان عن وظيفة إمام مسجد عام 1520

Subject: JOB Vacancy During Year 1520-1566

Here’s an Job advertisement for the position of Imam of the Grand Mosque in Istanbul at the time of Sultan Suleyman (Khaleefah) who ruled the Ottomon Empire from 1520-1566:

-To have mastered the languages of Arabic, Latin and Turkish and Persian.
-To have mastered the Qur'an, the Bible and the Torah.
-To be a scholar in Shari'ah and Fiqh.
-To have mastered physics and mathematics up to teaching standard.
-To be a master of chivalry, archery, dueling and the arts of Jihad.
- To be of handsome countenance.
- To have a strong melodious voice.

(Source: Al Ahram newspaper 22nd September 1986, Egypt)
 

Do any of our current senior Ulema or imams come close to filling the conditions of this job description?
 
    

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