Muhammad Yusuf Musa Books

Muhammad Yusuf Musa: An Egyptian jurist and fundamentalist, and one of the pioneers of Al-Azhar. He was born in the city of Zagazig in the Sharqia Governorate in 1899 AD. He joined the writers and memorized the Qur’an when he was not more than thirteen, and he showed brilliance in memorizing what he recites, memorizing and reciting. He joined Al-Azhar to obtain a "world class", and was subsequently appointed as a teacher at the Zagazig Al-Azhar Institute for three years, but his poor eyesight caused him several obstacles, so he was expelled from Al-Azhar. After that, he went to learn French in order to be able to study law and practice law. When Sheikh “Muhammad Mustafa Al-Maraghi” was appointed Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Muhammad Yusuf Musa returned to teaching at Al-Azhar after he achieved brilliance and fame in the legal profession. And a methodology unfamiliar to Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, and he also began translating from French some studies related to philosophy and its history. Muhammad Yusuf went to France in 1938 to be close to the Western professors of philosophy, so he contacted the French orientalist “Macinius” and obtained his approval to be the supervisor of his study plan, and because of the outbreak of the second war and the world returned to France again. He received his doctorate from the Sorbonne University with the title “Religion and Philosophy in the View of Ibn Rushd and the Medieval Philosophers”. Mohamed Youssef was chosen as a member of the Metaphysics Committee in the Egyptian Linguistic Academy in Cairo, and he remained there until the end of his life. He is the author of several books on philosophy, ethics, legislation, Islamic history and jurisprudence, such as: “Considerations in the Philosophy of Ethics,” “The Philosophy of Ethics in Islam and its Links to Greek Philosophy,” “The Qur’an and Philosophy,” and “Among the Philosophers.” He has several articles and studies published in Egyptian magazines and newspapers, which he collected in a book entitled "Islam and Life". Muhammad Yusuf Musa died on August 8, 1963 AD.