Born in the city of Nitsoudjani in the Federal Republic of Comoros in 1936 and died in April 2020 in Moroni, the capital of Comoros, H.E. Sheikh Tahir bin Ahmed Mawlana Jamalilwas a delegate member of the Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, representing the Union of Comoros. His Excellency – may Allah have mercy on him – studied Sharia sciences at the Zanzibar Islamic Academy and obtained a university degree and a master’s in comparative jurisprudence from Al-Azhar University in the Arab Republic of Egypt. His Excellency held several scientific and administrative positions in his country, where he worked as an Arabic language teacher in the capital, Moroni, advisor for Islamic law at the Moroni Supreme Court, and the Grand Mufti of the Comoros. His Excellency – may Allah have mercy on him – delivered a series of religious lectures on national radio and television, in addition to Friday sermons in his hometown of Nitsodjeni.