Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy

Egyptian imam

Date of Birth: 28-Oct-1928

Place of Birth: Sohag, Sohag Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 10-Mar-2010

Profession: writer, politician, muhaddith, theologian, university teacher, faqih

Nationality: Egypt

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (Arabic: ???? ??? ????????; 28 October 1928 – 10 March 2010), also referred to as Tantawi, was an influential Islamic scholar in Egypt.
From 1986 to 1996, he was the grand Mufti of Egypt.
In 1996, president Hosni Mubarak appointed him as the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, a position he retained until his death in 2010.