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  "ar": "علي عبد الله جابر",
  "en": "Ali Abdullah Jaber",
  "ur": "علی عبداللہ جابر"
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  "ar": "قارئ وعالم سعودي (1953–2005)، إمام المسجد الحرام رسمياً بين 1981 و1983 وضيفاً في رمضان بين 1986 و1989، ومحاضر في الفقه المقارن بجامعة الملك عبد العزيز بجدة، لُقّب بإمام الملك واشتهر بتلاوته الشجية.",
  "en": "Saudi reciter and scholar (1953–2005), official imam of Masjid al-Haram from 1981 to 1983 and Ramadan guest imam from 1986 to 1989, lecturer in comparative fiqh at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, known as the King's Imam and famed for his melodic recitation.",
  "ur": "سعودی قاری اور عالم (1953ء–2005ء)، 1981ء سے 1983ء تک مسجد الحرام کے سرکاری امام اور 1986ء سے 1989ء تک رمضان کے مہمان امام، جدہ کی کنگ عبدالعزیز یونیورسٹی میں فقہ مقارن کے مدرس، بادشاہ کے امام کے لقب اور دلکش تلاوت کے لیے مشہور۔"
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  "latest": 2005.9541948157414
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   "edtf": "1953-08-27",
   "hijri": "1372",
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   "status": "debated",
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   "note": "Date as carried here is the Arabic article's: its infobox, lead and lineage section give 18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1372 AH = 27 August 1953 at Jeddah, and the English article's own categories file him under 1953 births. The English article's text and infobox instead give August 1954 (Dhu al-Hijjah 1373), the Urdu article follows it, and Wikidata gives August 1954; the year therefore stands debated.",
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   "hijri": "1426",
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   "note": "Died at Bugshan Hospital in Jeddah on 14 December 2005 (12 Dhu al-Qi'dah 1426) after an illness, and was buried the same day at al-Sharayea cemetery in Mecca after funeral prayers at Masjid al-Haram; all three articles and Wikidata agree on the date.",
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    "value": "علي عبد الله صالح علي جابر السعيدي",
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    "value": "Ali Abdullah Saleh Ali Jaber Al-Saeedi",
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    "value": "علي جابر",
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    "value": "Ali Jaber",
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   {
    "value": "إمام الملك",
    "kind": "laqab"
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    "value": "King's Imam",
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  "gender": "male",
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   "status": "debated",
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   "note": "Date as carried here is the Arabic article's: its infobox, lead and lineage section give 18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1372 AH = 27 August 1953 at Jeddah, and the English article's own categories file him under 1953 births. The English article's text and infobox instead give August 1954 (Dhu al-Hijjah 1373), the Urdu article follows it, and Wikidata gives August 1954; the year therefore stands debated.",
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    "value": "unknown",
    "basis": "unknown",
    "note": "No two independent sources name a school for him personally. The English article's unreferenced infobox gives Sunni, Hanbali and Athari; the Arabic infobox leaves its fiqh field empty (creed: Islam) and its text speaks of his family's adherence to the Book, the Sunna and the creed of the righteous predecessors and of his own preaching of their path — family background and method, not a school named for him; the Urdu article names no school, though its categories file him among Hanbalis; Wikidata gives Islam only. One structured tradition, so his school is not recorded.",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "الملخص",
     "markdown": "علي عبد الله جابر (1953–2005) قارئ وعالم سعودي، إمام المسجد الحرام رسمياً بين 1981 و1983 وضيفاً في رمضان بين 1986 و1989، ومحاضر في الفقه المقارن بجامعة الملك عبد العزيز بجدة. اشتهر بصوته الشجي ولُقّب بإمام الملك بعد أن أمّ الملك خالداً في الصلاة. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "حياته وإمامته",
     "markdown": "وُلد بجدة — تذكر المقالة العربية 18 ذي الحجة 1372هـ الموافق 27 أغسطس 1953، بينما تعطي المقالة الإنجليزية وويكي بيانات أغسطس 1954 — في أسرة علمية أصلها من وادي حضرموت باليمن استقرت بجدة. حفظ القرآن في الخامسة عشرة على يد والده وشيوخ منهم خليل القاري، ودرس بالجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة وجامعة الملك عبد العزيز وحصل منها على الدكتوراه في الفقه، وحاضر في الفقه المقارن من 1986. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}\n\nأمّ المصلين شاباً في مسجد بحي باب شريف بجدة حتى لفت انتباه البلاط، فعُيّن إماماً للمسجد الحرام سنة 1981 وأمّ التراويح عامين ثم استقال لأسباب شخصية، وعاد إماماً ضيفاً في رمضان بين 1986 و1989. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفاته وإرثه",
     "markdown": "أنهى مرض طويل تلاوته العلنية في سنواته الأخيرة. توفي بمستشفى بقشان بجدة في 14 ديسمبر 2005، وصُلي عليه بالمسجد الحرام ودُفن في اليوم نفسه بمقبرة الشرائع بمكة. وما تزال تلاوته المسجلة كاملة متداولة على نطاق واسع. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}{cite:wikidata-ali-jaber}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Ali Abdullah Jaber (1953–2005) was a Saudi reciter and scholar, official imam of Masjid al-Haram in Mecca from 1981 to 1983 and a Ramadan guest imam there from 1986 to 1989, and a lecturer in comparative fiqh at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah. Admired for a melodic, affecting recitation, he was known as the King's Imam after leading prayers attended by King Khalid. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Life and imamate",
     "markdown": "He was born in Jeddah — the Arabic article gives 18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1372 AH, 27 August 1953, while the English article and Wikidata give August 1954 — into a scholarly family originally from Yemen's Hadhramaut valley that had settled in Jeddah. He memorised the Qur'an by the age of fifteen under his father and other teachers, among them Khalil al-Qari, and studied at the Islamic University of Madinah and at King Abdulaziz University, where he took a doctorate in fiqh; from 1986 he lectured in comparative fiqh there. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}\n\nAs a young man he led the evening prayers at a small mosque in Jeddah's Bab Sharif district before coming to official attention; appointed imam of Masjid al-Haram in 1981, he led the Tarawih prayers there for two years, then resigned for personal reasons, returning as a Ramadan guest imam from 1986 to 1989. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Death and legacy",
     "markdown": "A long illness ended his public recitation in his later years. He died at Bugshan Hospital in Jeddah on 14 December 2005; the funeral prayer was held at Masjid al-Haram and he was buried the same day at al-Sharayea cemetery in Mecca. His complete recorded recitation remains widely circulated. {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}{cite:wikidata-ali-jaber}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "علی عبداللہ جابر (1953ء–2005ء) سعودی قاری اور عالم تھے، 1981ء سے 1983ء تک مسجد الحرام کے سرکاری امام اور 1986ء سے 1989ء تک رمضان کے مہمان امام رہے، اور جدہ کی کنگ عبدالعزیز یونیورسٹی میں فقہ مقارن کے مدرس تھے۔ دلکش آواز کی بنا پر وہ بادشاہ کے امام کے لقب سے مشہور ہوئے۔ {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ur}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی اور امامت",
     "markdown": "وہ جدہ میں پیدا ہوئے — عربی مضمون کے مطابق 18 ذوالحجہ 1372ھ یعنی 27 اگست 1953ء، جب کہ انگریزی مضمون اور وکی ڈیٹا اگست 1954ء دیتے ہیں — ان کا خاندان اصلاً یمن کے وادی حضرموت سے تھا اور جدہ میں آباد تھا۔ پندرہ سال کی عمر میں والد اور خلیل القاری سمیت اساتذہ سے قرآن حفظ کیا، مدینہ کی اسلامی یونیورسٹی اور کنگ عبدالعزیز یونیورسٹی سے تعلیم حاصل کی اور فقہ میں ڈاکٹریٹ کیا؛ 1986ء سے وہیں فقہ مقارن پڑھاتے رہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ur}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ar}\n\nنوجوانی میں جدہ کے باب شریف محلے کی ایک مسجد میں تراویح پڑھاتے تھے؛ 1981ء میں مسجد الحرام کے امام مقرر ہوئے، دو سال تراویح کی امامت کی، پھر ذاتی وجوہات پر مستعفی ہو گئے اور 1986ء سے 1989ء تک رمضان کے مہمان امام کے طور پر لوٹے۔ {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ur}{cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-en}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "وفات اور ورثہ",
     "markdown": "طویل بیماری نے ان کے آخری برسوں میں عوامی تلاوت ختم کر دی۔ 14 دسمبر 2005ء کو جدہ کے بقشان اسپتال میں وفات پائی؛ نماز جنازہ مسجد الحرام میں ادا ہوئی اور اسی دن مکہ کے الشرائع قبرستان میں تدفین ہوئی۔ ان کی مکمل ریکارڈ شدہ تلاوت آج بھی بڑے پیمانے پر سنی جاتی ہے۔ {cite:wikipedia-ali-jaber-ur}{cite:wikidata-ali-jaber}"
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