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Ja'abari was born in Hebron and was educated at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt.
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Sulaiman Ja'abari
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He became Grand Mufti in 1993 until his death in 1994. He became a qadi in religious courts in Jaffa, Lydda and Safed, and in 1949 was appointed the Deputy Mufti of Jerusalem by Hussam Al-din Jarallah, the Grand Mufti. When Jarallah died in 1954, no replacement was appointed.
After Jarallah's death, Ja'abari became a qadi for Jordan and a mufti for the Royal Jordanian Land Force. He also worked for the Department of Education in Jerusalem, Hebron, Ramallah and El-Bireh. He retired in 1975. He held this position until his death the following year, when Arafat appointed Ekrima Sa'id Sabri as his successor.
