Ali Jaber - علي جابر

The great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir is a religious man with an extraordinary and harmonious voice; he is a famous Saudi reciter. The great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir was born in Dou El Hijja in 1373 of Al Hegira in Saudi Arabia.

The childhood of the great Sheik Ali Abd Allah Jabir was slightly enlivened because of the moving of his family, to the Holy city, Mediine. The Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir was only 5 years old. Suddenly, the father of the Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir died when he was only 11 years old, then his uncle decided to take care of all the family.

After this forgettable incident, the great Sheik Ali Abd Allah Jabir memorized the Holy Quran in a very short time, and that when he was 15 years old. His family was proud. He finished learning the Holy Quran, and decided to make a living out of it.

Indeed, the great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir began his primary studies in Dar El Hadith school in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Then, the great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir went for higher education in the Islamic university in Medina, the same city where he finished his primary studies. And finally, the great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir took superior education in the Faculty of Chari'a in the Islamic university in Medina.

However, by ending his studies, the great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir was an imam of some mosques which one of them is located in Mecca, the holy city of excellence. Hence, his voice got a real pleasure and delight and his melodious Quranic recitations made his listeners the happiest people in the world. We never heard a better recitation than his, but each has a different opinion about that, and of course the tastes vary.

Indeed, the great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir had a particular habit to recite God's book, Allah, twice a day and also during his days off or sick leaves. The great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir had never missed any of his habits which make of us, an incredible bewilderment. Ma Chaa Allah!!

During some periods of his life, the great Sheikh Ali Jabir was a professor in the Islamic studies, and the Quranic studies at the university of a Saudi King named Abdul Aziz, and this university is located in Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia. Then, the great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir was a professor assistant at the university located in Medina, but not only a that; he was also a famous imam at the big mosque of Mecca " El Haram ", from 1952 to 1989.

Unfortunately, The great Sheikh Ali Abd Allah Jabir died because of laborious pains at the early age of fifty three, exactly on Wednesday, December the 14th in 2005 according to the Christian calendar (corresponding to the Arabic calendar 12 Zu al quiâda in 1426 Al Hegira). This tragic death was in Jeddah, where he had spent a big part of his life.