The artist, Laila Murad, was one of the Jewish stars who became famous in Egyptian cinema, she and her brother, Mounir Murad, and at that time the cinema had a large number of Jewish stars.
And the artist, Laila Murad, surprised her fans and fans by declaring her conversion to Islam in 1946, at the hands of Sheikh Mahmoud Abu Al-Oyoun, the representative of the Al-Azhar Mosque, who was constantly attending the religious lessons he was giving.
In her last years, she was keen to visit Sheikh Al-Shaarawy to ask him questions in all fields, on various topics, not only religious, and she was a good follow-up to the program of the imam preachers, which was broadcast on Egyptian television, and she was writing notes on topics that she did not understand, or needed. to clarity.
Laila Murad and Sheikh Mahmoud Abu Al-Oyoun Laila Murad lived in the building next to Sheikh Al-Shaarawy, in Garden City, and once she met him and he welcomed her very much, and he explained that all her questions indicated that she is a person committed to religion and wants to know everything about Islam.
After he answered all the questions, she took the initiative to ask him, a strange question about the difference between men and women, and her question caused Sheikh Al Shaarawy to be ashamed, according to Akher Sa’a magazine.
The text of the interview, as mentioned by the magazine, was as follows:
Laila Murad: I will ask a question, but you will not laugh at me.
Shaarawy: I like it.
Laila Murad: Women’s breasts are made to breastfeed the baby, right?
Shaarawy: Right.
Laila Murad: Ok, why does the man have breasts?
Al-Shaarawy said that he was very confused by this question and was very ashamed…not because he wanted to laugh, but in order to have a chance to respond.
Al-Shaarawy replied: The wisdom of our Lord is in His creation.