Background
He is the son of Mahmud Shakir, an ulama of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Azhar University and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir, a writer and journalist.
He is the son of Mahmud Shakir, an ulama of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Azhar University and elder brother of Mahmud Muhammad Shakir, a writer and journalist.
He graduated from and worked at First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Azhar University and retired in 1951.
Among the positions that he held was that of vice-chairman of the Supreme Shariah Court in Cairo.