SYED QUTAB

1906-1966
Syed Qutab when he
was in prison.
 • BIOGRAPHY
 Syed Qutab Ibrahim Hussain Shadhili was born on
9 October 1906.
 He was an Egyptian author, educator, Islamic
theorist, poet, and the leading member of the
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in the 1950s and
1960s.
 He served in Ministry of Public Instructions and
Ministry of Education.
 He was convicted of plotting the assassination of
Egyptian president Jamal Abdul Nasir and was
executed by hanging.
• ISLAMIC CONCEPTS

1 • Concept of Jahiliyyah

2 • Concept of Theological stances

3 • Concept of Anti-Secularism
 • PROVE FROM QURAN

Surah Al-Maida
Translation:
• Quran taught women that 'Men are the managers of women's
affairs

Sunan Ibn Majah Book 9 Hadith 1853

It was narrated that:

Abdullah bin Abu Awfa said “When Muadh bin Jabal came from
Sham, he prostrated to the Prophet who said: 'What is this, O
Muadh?' He said: 'I went to Sham and saw them prostrating to their
bishops and patricians and I wanted to do that for you.' The
messenger of Allah said: 'Do not do that. If I were to command
anyone to prostrate to anyone other than Allah, I would have
commanded women to prostrate to their husbands. By the One in
Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad! No woman can fulfill her
duty towards Allah until she fulfills her duty towards her husband. If
he asks her (for intimacy) even if she is on her camel saddle, she
should not refuse.' ”
 • POLITICAL THOUGHT
Shura

Jihad

Sharia
• Islam as a complete system of morality, justice and
governance, whose sharia laws and principles should be
the sole basis of governance and everything else in life.

• Sharia law would require essentially no government at

all.

• Qutb pointed out that the Shura chapter of the Quran

was revealed during the Mekkan period, and therefore,
it does not deal with the problem of government.
 • LEGACY
• Alongside notable Islamists like Maulana
Mawdudi, Hasan al-Banna, and Ruhollah
Khomeini, Qutab is considered one of the
most influential Muslim thinkers or activists of
the modern era.
• Qutab had influence on Islamic
insurgent/terror groups in Egypt and all over
the world specially on Al-Qaida.