Usama bin Abdullah Khayyat

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Usama bin Abdullah Khayyat (Arabic: أسامة بن عبد الله خياط), born in 1956 in Mecca, is a Saudi Islamic scholar, imam and preacher. He is among the current imams of Masjid al-Haram.^[1]

Khayyat was born on 12 February 1956 (corresponding to 1 Rajab 1375 AH), in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.^[2]

He obtained Ph.D. from the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Umm Al-Qura University in Mecca, in 1988 (1408 AH). The Ph.D. thesis was entitled Arabic: الحافظ العراقي وكتابه التقييد والإيضاح, lit. '(Al-Hafiz Al-Iraqi and his book Al-Taqeed and Al-Idah)'.^[1][2]

1. He was appointed as a teaching assistant in the Department of Islamic Sharia, College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Umm Al-Qura University in 1979 (corresponding to 1399 AH).
2. He was appointed as a lecturer in the Department of Islamic Sharia at the same college in 1983 (1403 AH).
3. He was appointed as an assistant professor in the Department of the Book and Sunnah at the College of Da’wah and Fundamentals of Religion at Umm Al-Qura University in 1988 (1409 AH).^[2]
4. He was elected as the head of the Department of the Book and Sunnah at the College of Da'wah for three consecutive terms.
5. He was appointed as a teacher in the Grand Mosque by royal order, and taught the two Sahihs, the sciences of hadith, the Wasitiyyah creed, the Muwatta of Imam Malik, “Al-Muntaqa” by Imam Ibn Al-Jarud, and the Tafsir of Imam Al-Baghawi.^[1]
6. He was elected as a member of the Shura Council in its first session in 1414 AH, by royal order.
7. He was appointed as an imam and preacher for one of the mosques in Mecca, pursuant to a decision by the Minister of Hajj and Auqaf.
8. He was appointed Imam and preacher of the Masjid al-Haram by royal decree in 1998 (1418 AH).^[1]
9. He was appointed as a member of the Constituent Council of the Muslim World League in Mecca in 1998 (1418 AH), based on the nomination of the former chairman of the council, Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Baz, and the Secretary-General of the Muslim World League.
10. He worked as assistant secretary-general of the scientific miracles in the Qur’an and Sunnah Authority at the Muslim World League for a period of nearly two years.^[2]

• Usama Khayyat's page on ar.Islamway.net
• HD| Makkah Jumua Salah 28-12-12 Sheikh Khayyat on YouTube