Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr (; 25 March 1913 – 20 January 1996) was the fourth General Guide (Murshid al-'am) of the Egyptian
Muslim Brotherhood
The Society of the Muslim Brothers ('' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, Imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings s ...
. A controversial choice to lead the group after the 1986 death of longtime General Guide '
Umar al-Tilmisani, al-Nasr was opposed by a large faction backing other candidates such as Salah Shadi or Husayn Kamal al-Din, but was installed as Murshid by
Mustafa Mashhur, who succeeded him soon after.
His written book is "Wadi e Neel Ka Qafila Sakht Jaan".
References
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders
1996 deaths
1913 births
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