(Founder & Leader of Hizb ut-Tahrir 1953-1977)

Sheikh Muhammad Taqiuddin bin (son of) Ibrahim, bin (son of) Mustafah, bin (son of) Ismail, bin (son of) Yusuf al-Nabhani. He belonged to the ancient Arab tribe of Bani Nabhan, from North Palestine. He was born in the village of Ijzim, within the district of Haifa, in 1909. While his father was also a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, and accordingly worked as a lecturer in Islamic Law or Shari’ah, his mother mastered the Islamic sciences and was also an Islamic scholar. She had been taught by her father, the famous Ottoman poet, Islamic scholar, and Islamic judge Sheikh Yusuf an-Nabhani, who was appointed as judge at different Shariah courts in Jenin, Constantinople, Mosul, Latakia, Jerusalem and Beirut. The Islamic surroundings in which Taqiuddin grew up in, contributed to the consolidation of his personality, so he was able to memorise wholly & rehearse the entire Qur'an by heart at 12 years of age. Through his grand-father, he was introduced into the then relatively sound world of politics of the Ottoman Khilafah. His grandfather (father of his mother) Sheikh Yusuf an-Nabhani was known to have strong ties with high-ranking state personalities in Istanbul, Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Lebanon. His grandfather was Yusuf bin Ismail bin Yusuf bin Hasan bin Mohammed An-Nabhani Al-Shafii (Abu Al-Mahasin). He was a prominent judge in the Ottoman state and was in charge of judicial affairs in the Jenin area that belongs to the Nablus district in Palestine.