Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari

Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari is a British Sunni Islamic scholar, mufti,[1][2][3] researcher,[4] founder and chief Mufti of Darul Ifta Leicester and a teacher at Jamiah Uloom-ul-Quran Leicester. He has authored a number of books including Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations and Birth Control & Abortion in Islam.

Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari
Chief Mufti of Darul Ifta Leicester
Personal
ReligionIslam
CreedSunni
Main interest(s)Fiqh
Notable work(s)Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations
OccupationMufti
Founder ofDarul Ifta Leicester

Biography

Family background

Al-Kawthari's father Mawlana Adam is one of the senior scholars in England. Shaykh Adam Square in Leicester is named after him.[5]

Early life and education

Born in Leicester, Al-Kawthari graduated from Darul Uloom Bury and later studied under Mufti Taqi Usmani at Darul Uloom Karachi.[6][7] Al-Kawthari's other teachers include his father Mawlana Adam and Yusuf Motala.[8]

During 2000, Al-Kawthari studied from Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi and Abd al-Latif Farfur al-Hasani in Syria.[6]

Career

Al-Kawthari is founder and Chief Mufti or Director of Darul Ifta Leicester[9] and a teacher at Jamiah Uloom-ul-Quran Leicester.[10] Al-Kawthari also teaches traditional Islamic sciences in London.[9]

Literary works

Al-Kawthari's literary works include:[11]

  • Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations (translated in German as Ehe und Liebesleben im Islam).[12]
  • Birth Control & Abortion in Islam[10]
  • Mabahith fi Aqaid Ahl al-Sunnah (a marginalia in Arabic language to Al-Muhannad alal Mufannad, the creed book of Deobandis, authored by Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri)[13]
  • Al-Arbaʿin: Elucidation of Forty Hadiths on Marriage
  • The Issue of Shares and Simplified Rules of Zakat
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References
  1. Chaudhry, Ayesha S. (December 2013). Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition. ISBN 9780199640164.
  2. Nadia Halib; Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Salleh; Wan Abdul Fattah Wan Ismail; Haslinda Ramli; Nur Akilah; Abdul Ghaffar; Shofian Ahmad (2016). "Islam and technological development in Malaysia's health care: An Islamic legal basis analysis of dental materials used in periodontal therapy". Malaysian Journal of Society and Space. National University of Malaysia. 12 (1): 91–92. ISSN 2180-2491. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. Ali, Muhammad Mansur (20 August 2019). "Three British Muftis understanding of organ transplantation". Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association. 2: 3, 6 – via orca.cf.ac.uk.
  4. Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf; Leslie Tramontini. "Renegotiating shariʿa-based Normative Guidelines in Cyberspace: The Case of Women's ʿawra". Online-Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet. Heidelberg University. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. "Leicester honours one of the city's most prominent Muslim figures". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. "Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari". whitethreadpress. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. "Islamic Cleric to start U.S. Speaking Tour". Rabwah Times. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. Ebrahim Desai. "Fatwa on Al-Kawthari's Reliability". askimam.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  9. Afshan Mohiuddin; Mehrunisha Suleman; Shoaib Rasheed; Aasim I. Padela (2020). "When can Muslims withdraw or withhold life support? A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings". Global Bioethics. 31 (1): 34. doi:10.1080/11287462.2020.1736243. ISSN 1128-7462. PMC 7144300. PMID 32284707.
  10. Berlatsky, Noah, ed. (27 August 2010). Abortion. Cristine Nasso. p. 41. ISBN 9780737749281. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  11. "Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam". cardiff.ac.uk. Cardiff University. 16 November 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  12. "سازمان فرهنگ و ارتباطات اسلامي – اخبار > ترجمه کتاب "ازدواج و زندگی عاشقانه در اسلام" به زبان آلمانی". icro.ir.
  13. Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri; Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari. Mabahith fi Aqaid Ahl al-Sunnah (in Arabic). Jordan: Dar al-Fath. ISBN 9789957234409.
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