Tunawa da cikar shekaru 8 da rasuwar Sheikh Tantawi
An haifi Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Wahhab Al-Tantawi a ranar 3 ga Oktoba, 1947, a kauyen Al-Nasimiya da ke cikin garin Mansoura, a gundumar Dakahlia. Mahaifinsa, Al-Hajj Abdul Wahhab, yana da buri ɗaya na zuciya ɗaya—dansa ya bauta wa Littafin Allah. Ya sa masa suna “Muhammad” tare da fatan ya girma ya kama sakon Manzon Allah (SAW).
A shekara ta 1957 Sheikh Tantawi yana da shekaru goma ya haddace Al-Qur'ani gaba daya karkashin jagorancin Sheikh Salah Mahmoud Muhammad. Nasarar da ya yi tun farko ita ce mafarin rayuwa mai tushe a cikin karatun Alqur'ani da ibada.
Bayan ya yi fice a matakin firamare a shekarar 1958-1959, ya shiga makarantar addini da ke Mansoura, inda ya kafa harsashin karatunsa a Al-Azhar.
Godiya ga iya karatun Alqur'ani da basirarsa, ya yi fice a cikin takwarorinsa, kuma malamansa sun yi masa nasiha sosai. Sun gane hazakarsa na dabi'a - zaƙi, muryarsa mai daɗi da sha'awar karatu, waƙar addini, da waƙoƙin ibada.
Sheikh Tantawi ya ci gaba da karatunsa a jami'ar Azhar, inda ya sami digirinsa na digiri a fannin ilimin tauhidi a tsangayar Usulul Din (Tsakanin Addini) da ke birnin Alkahira a shekarar 1975. Ya fara aikin wa'azi da Azhar jim kadan bayan kammala karatunsa, inda ya yada koyarwar addinin Musulunci a gida da waje.
Ya yi tafiye-tafiye da yawa a cikin watan Ramadan, inda ya ziyarci al'ummar musulmi a fadin duniya domin karatun kur'ani da karfafa dankon zumunci. Muryarsa ta zama tushen ta'aziyya da zaburarwa ga mutane da yawa, wuce iyaka da al'adu.
A shekarar 1984 ya shiga kungiyar Rediyo da Talabijin ta Masar, inda karatuttukansa suka kai miliyoyi a fadin kasashen Larabawa da musulmi. Salon nasa ya nuna tasirin fitattun malamai, da suka hada da Sheikh Mustafa Ismail, Sheikh Mahmoud Ali Al-Banna, Sheikh Muhammad Abdul Aziz Hassan, da Sheikh Rajeb Mustafa Ghalwash.
Gadon Sheikh Tantawi ba a cikin muryarsa kawai yake ba amma a cikin tawali'u, taƙawa, da sadaukarwa ga hidima. Rasuwarsa ta zo ne a ranar Laraba 26 ga Yuli, 2017 (3 Zul-Qi'dah 1438H), yana da shekaru 70 a duniya, jama'a da dama sun hallara a mahaifarsa ta Al-Nasimiya domin jana'izar sa bayan sallar azahar, lamarin da ke nuni da irin kauna da girmamawa da ya zaburar a tsawon rayuwarsa.
