A few days ago, the pioneers of communication sites in Egypt released a video showing the appearance of a person resembling the late preacher Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawy.
And a man appeared in the video, which was filmed in the courtyard of the Al-Hussein Mosque in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, wearing his famous robes and glasses, which caused large numbers of people to gather around him to take pictures. memorials and ask him to pray for them.
Also, Al-Arabiya.net encountered the likeness of Al-Shaarawy, who told his story with this likeness and the situations he was exposed to as a result.
He said his name is Abdel Moneim Abu Attia, and he is retired and resides in Menoufia governorate in northern Egypt, and he discovered this similarity exactly 20 years ago, and after Sheikh Al-Shaarawi’s death, like when frequented any government agency to expend his special treatment, the employees eased the matter for him, believing him to be one of the sons of the late preacher, adding that he was always faced with one question: is he a relative of Al-Shaarawi or a of his children? His answer every time was no.
Stunned and amazed
Abu Attia added that he was a fan of Sheikh Al-Shaarawi, and was once attending a commemoration of the third anniversary of his death at a mosque in the presence of the late preacher’s relatives.
They asked him about his identity and he replied that he was a fan of the preacher, especially since he was wearing the same galabia that Al-Shaarawi wore, as well as sunglasses, indicating that from that date he began to participate in every activity related to Al-Shaarawi, and found himself surrounded by fans of the sheikh who saw him as the late preacher in all his details, except – as he says – his religious and scientific details and his proselytizing skills.
Sheikh Mohammed Metwally Al Shaarawi
Abu Attia revealed that as everyone gathered around him, he was late in performing prayers and noticed that some still believed that he was Al-Shaarawi with his knowledge and asked him some religious questions, both in the streets, in mosques, in trains or the subway, indicating that he began to agree with him in religion and explore his sciences to answer sometimes on some of the questions that people besieged and rained on.
He said he continued to read Al-Shaarawi’s books and his interpretation of the Koran, and persevered in commemorating his death and birthday, as well as all celebrations, indicating that people ask him to pray in the belief that is a relative of Al-Shaarawi.
Religious series
He pointed out that a number of citizens asked him to play the character of Sheikh Al-Shaarawi in a religious series, and many stopped him to take commemorative photos with him, as well as press interviews, while others asked for his rosary and prayer rug.
Interestingly, religious preacher Sheikh Muhammad Metwally Al-Shaarawi passed away on June 17, 1998. He is a religious scholar and former Egyptian minister of Awqaf.
Al-Shaarawi is regarded as one of the most famous interpreters of the meanings of the Noble Quran in the modern era, and he was able to simplify the interpretation and reach it to the largest segment of the public, and some have called him the imam of preachers.
