1
A Group of Islamic Researchers
2
`Abdul-Kareem Zidan
3
`Abdur-Rahman `Abdul-Khaliq
4
`Abdur-Rahman Al- `Adawi
5
Dr. Yusuf Kavakc
6
`Abdul-Majeed Subh
7
Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
8
Ahmad Muhammad Kan`an
9
Ahmad Sa`eed Hawwa
10
Ahmad Sakr
11
Al-Azhar House of Fatwa
12
Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America
13
Zienab Mostafa
14
Egyptian House of Fatwa
15
`Atiyyah Lashin
16
`Abdul-Fattah Idrees
17
`Abdul-`Azeem Al-Mat`ani
18
`Abdul-Fattah `Ashoor
19
`Ali Jum`ah
20
Ahmad Al-`Assal
21
Ahmad Ar-Raysouni
22
Ahmad Shleibak
23
Anwar Dabbour
24
As-Sayed Nuh
25
Fu`ad Mukhaymar
26
Jamal Badawi
27
Mahmoud `Akkam
28
Marawan Shahin
29
Monzer Kahf
30
Mustafa Az-Zarqa
31
Muzammil Siddiqi
32
Nazih Hammad
33
Sabri `Abdul-Ra’ouf
34
Salah As-Sawi
35
Muhammad Saleem Al-`Awwa
36
Taha Jabir Al-`Alawani
37
Dr. Ahmad Sa'eed Hawwa
38
`Abdul-`Aziz Al-Qassar
39
`Abdul-Ghaffar Hamed Hilal
40
`Abdullah Al-Faqih
41
`Abdullah ibn `Umar Ad-Dumaiji
42
`Abdullah Nasih `Ulwan
43
`Abdur-Raziq Muhammad Fadl
44
Dr. `Abdur-Rahman Al-`Adawi
45
`Abdur-Rahman Yousri
46
`Ali As-Sawwa
47
`Ali Muhyy Ed-Deen Al-Qara Daghi
48
`Ali Sayyed Ahmad
49
`Abdul-`Azim M. El-Siddiq
50
Dr. Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
51
Dr. Ahmad Muhammad Kan`aan
52
Ahmad Taha Rayyan
53
Dr. Ahmad Yusuf
54
Ahmad Yusuf Sulaiman
55
Bandar ibn Nafi` Al-`Abdali
56
Husam al-Din Ibn Musa `Afana
57
Hussain Hamed Hassan
58
Hussein Shihata
59
Ja`far Sheikh Idris
60
Khalid Muhammad `Abdul-Qader
61
Muhammad Muhammad Abu Laylah
62
Maher As-Sousi
63
Mahmoud `Abdullah Al-`Ekazi
64
Dr. Mahmoud `Akkam
65
Muhammad Ahmad Siraj
66
Dr. Muhammad Ahmad Al-Musayyar
67
Muhammad El-Sayed Ad-Dusuqi
68
Muhammad Bakr Isma`il
69
Muhammad Nabil Ghanayem
70
Dr. Muhammad Sa`eed Hawwa
71
Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Manee`i
72
Dr. Muhammad Siraj
73
Nasr Farid Wasil
74
Rif`at Fawzi `Abd Al-Muttalib
75
Sa`d ibn `Abdul-`Aziz Ash-Shuwairikh
76
Safar Alhawali
77
Salah Sultan
78
Salim Ahmad Salamah
79
Sami ibn `Abdel-`Aziz al-Majid
80
Sano Koutoub Moustapha
81
Su`ad Salih
82
Tal`at Muhammad `Afifi
83
Wahbah Az-Zuhayli
84
Dr. Yusuf Abdullah Al-Qaradāwi
85
`Ugail Jasem An-Nashmi
86
European Council for Fatwa and Research
87
Fiqh Council of North America
88
Group of Muftis
89
Hasanin Makhluf
90
ibn `Abdel-`Aziz al-Majid
91
IOL Shari`ah Researchers
92
Islam Online Fatwa Committee
93
Islam Online Fatwa Editing Desk
94
Islamic Fiqh Academy in India
95
Islamic Research Academy
96
Islamic Fiqh Academy
97
Jaad Al-Haqq `Ali Jaad Al-Haqq
98
Jamal Badawi
99
Mahmoud `Ashoor
100
Mahmoud Shaltout
101
Monzer Kahf
102
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
103
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Musayyar
104
Muhammad Al-Ghazali
105
Muhammad Ali Al-Hanooti
106
Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Ash-Shanqiti
107
Mustafa Azzarqa
108
Muzammil Siddiqi
109
Nizam Ya`qubi
110
Palestinian Scholars League
111
Saudi House of Fatwa
112
Sayyed Sabiq
113
Bakr ibn `Abdullah ibn Abu Zaid
114
Yusuf Estes
115
Ja`far Ahmad At-Tahlawi
116
Hani ibn `Abdullah Al-Jubair
117
Sheikh Nizam Ya`qubi
118
`Abdel-Halim Mahmoud
119
`Abdul-Hamid Ibn Mubarak Aal Ash-Sheikh Mubarak
120
`Abdul-Kareem Al-Khudayr
121
`Abdullah ibn Jibreen
122
`Abdul-Majeed Subh
123
Sheikh `Ikrimah Sabri
124
Sheikh Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
125
Ahmad Kutty
126
Faysal Mawlawi
127
Hamid Al-`Ali
128
Hamid Al-Bitawi
129
Hasan Ayyoub
130
Hasanein Makhlouf
131
Hussain Halawa
132
Salim Bahsham
133
Ibrahim Desai
134
Sheikh Ja`far At-Talhawi
135
Sheikh Mahmoud Ashoor
136
Mahmoud Shaltout
137
Sheikh Muhammad Al-`Uthaymeen
138
Muhammad Al-Bahyy
139
Sheikh Muhammad Al-Gazali
140
Muhammad Husain Fadlallah
141
Muhammad Mitwalli Ash-Sha`rawi
142
Sheikh Mustafa Az-Zarqa
143
Sa`d Ash-Shuwayrikh
144
Saleh ibn Fawzan Al-Fawzan
145
Sheikh Sami Al-Majid
146
Sayyed Sabiq
147
Usamah Al-Khayyat
148
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
149
Yusuf Al-Qasim
150
Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi
151
`Abdul-`Aziz Ibn Baz
152
`Abdul-Bari Az-Zamzami
153
`Abdullah Al-Judai`
154
Sheikh `Abdur-Rahman `Abdul-Khaliq
155
`Abdus-Sattar Fathallah As-Sa`eed
156
`Ikrimah Sabri
157
`Abdel Khaliq Hasan Ash-Shareef
158
Ahmad Bin Hamad Al-Khalili
159
`Atiyyah Saqr
160
Ibn `Uthaymeen
161
Ibrahim Salih Al-Husaini
162
Jad Al-Haqq `Ali Jad Al-Haqq
163
Muhammad `Ali Al-Hanooti
164
Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti
165
Muhammad Husain `Isa
166
Muhammad Husain Fadlullah
167
Muhammad Ibrahim Zidan
168
Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen Al-Albani
169
Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid
170
Muhammad Nur Abdullah
171
Salman Ibn Fahd Al-`Udah
172
Sayyed Ad-Darsh
173
Tajuddin Al-Hilali
174
Su`aad Ibraheem Salih
175
Taha Jaber Al-Alwani
176
Zeinab Al-`Alawani
177
Zoubir Bouchikhi
178
International Union for Muslim Scholars
179
Mustafa Muhammad `Irgawi
180
Dr. `Abdul-Wahhab ibn Nasir Al-Tariri
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty
Born in Kerala State, India (1946)
Nationality: Canadian
Educational background
- 1975-1980: McGill University, Montreal: Doctoral Studies; Specialized in Shari’ah Thought.
- 1972-1973: University of Toronto: Masters in Islamic Studies.
- 1968-1972: Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia: Licentiate in Usul al-Ddeen (first rank).
- 1957-1967: Islamiyya College: Graduated in the Traditional Islamic Sciences and received the ‘Ijazah (title) of al-Faqih fi al-ddeen (first rank).
Scholarly papers/works/publications, etc.
1. Shah Waliullah’s Concept of Harmony (tatbiq) of Reason, Revelation and Intuition in the Light of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah (Under Preparation).
2. Human Rights: The Western & Islamic Perspectives (Work in progress)
3. Translation of al-‘aqeedah al-tahawiyyah (2002)
4. An analytical study of Ibn Taymiyyah’s al-‘Aqidat al-Wasitiyyah (1978)
5. Translation of al-Insaf fi bayan asbab al-ikhtilaf (1981)
6. An analytical study of Ibn Khaldun’s Shifa’ al-sa’il fi tahdhib al-masaail (1976)
7. Al-Nass wa al-ikhtiyaar fi al-khilafah: A Comparative Study of the Sunni and the Shi’ah Theories of Khilafah/Imamah (1982)
8. Kitab al-Tawhid of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 944): A report on his work with reference to his role in the development of Kalam (1978)
9. Abolition of Khilafah and the reaction of the Muslim world (1976)
10. Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab: His life & Reformist Ideas (1976)
11 Shah Waliullah’s Concept of Shari’ah (1979)
12. Ibn Taymiyyah’s Attitude towards Sufism (1979)
13. Ramadan: Blessings and Rules (1990)
14 Islamic Funeral Rites (1991)
15. Social Justice in Islam: A translation of Sayyid Qutb’s al-adalatul ijtima’iyyah fi al-islam into Malayalam (4th edition, 1987)
16. Miscellaneous articles published in various newspapers/magazines
Courses taught
1. Evolution of Fiqh and the Emergence of the Schools of Jurisprudence
2. Fiqh al-Hadith: A Study of Bulugh al-Maraam
3. Readings in Sahih al-Bukhari
4. Islamic Ethics: Readings in Riyad al-Saliheen
5. Fiqh of Priorities
6. Islamic Ethics and Morals
7. Studies in Islamic Spirituality based on Imam Ghazzali’s Ihya ulum al-Ddeen
8. Islamic ‘Aqeedah Level One
9. Islamic ‘Aqeedah Level Two
10. Marriage and Family in Islam
11. Comparative Religions
12. Sects and Sectarianism in Islam
13. Fiqh al-Zzakah
14. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh)
Career/experience
1. Presently: Senior Lecturer/Imam at the Islamic Institute of Toronto & and a non-resident Imam/Khatib (orator) at the following centers/mosques in Toronto: Islamic Center of Canada, Islamic Center of Canada, Bosnian Islamic Center, and Ansar Mosque
2. 1984-1994: Director/Imam Islamic Foundation of Toronto
3. 1979-1982: Director/Imam: Islamic Center of Toronto
4. 1973-1975: Assistant Director: Islamic Center of Toronto
Participation in Seminars/Symposia, etc.
1. Participated as a presenter in numerous seminars, conferences, and symposiums (from1975 onwards).
2. Participated on a regular basis in the ISNA conferences as a speaker & as a participant in Fiqh Sessions (1975 onwards).
3. Presentations on Islam in various churches/ inter-faith gatherings/hospitals, etc.
4. Gave numerous interviews to newspapers/ television (both local and national) on various issues affecting Islam and Muslims.
Status of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Hijab/Niqab & Muslims' Integration
Apostasy & Freedom of Religion
Your Mufti
Your Contribution
A Group of Islamic Researchers
2
`Abdul-Kareem Zidan
3
`Abdur-Rahman `Abdul-Khaliq
4
`Abdur-Rahman Al- `Adawi
5
Dr. Yusuf Kavakc
6
`Abdul-Majeed Subh
7
Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
8
Ahmad Muhammad Kan`an
9
Ahmad Sa`eed Hawwa
10
Ahmad Sakr
11
Al-Azhar House of Fatwa
12
Assembly of Muslim Jurists in America
13
Zienab Mostafa
14
Egyptian House of Fatwa
15
`Atiyyah Lashin
16
`Abdul-Fattah Idrees
17
`Abdul-`Azeem Al-Mat`ani
18
`Abdul-Fattah `Ashoor
19
`Ali Jum`ah
20
Ahmad Al-`Assal
21
Ahmad Ar-Raysouni
22
Ahmad Shleibak
23
Anwar Dabbour
24
As-Sayed Nuh
25
Fu`ad Mukhaymar
26
Jamal Badawi
27
Mahmoud `Akkam
28
Marawan Shahin
29
Monzer Kahf
30
Mustafa Az-Zarqa
31
Muzammil Siddiqi
32
Nazih Hammad
33
Sabri `Abdul-Ra’ouf
34
Salah As-Sawi
35
Muhammad Saleem Al-`Awwa
36
Taha Jabir Al-`Alawani
37
Dr. Ahmad Sa'eed Hawwa
38
`Abdul-`Aziz Al-Qassar
39
`Abdul-Ghaffar Hamed Hilal
40
`Abdullah Al-Faqih
41
`Abdullah ibn `Umar Ad-Dumaiji
42
`Abdullah Nasih `Ulwan
43
`Abdur-Raziq Muhammad Fadl
44
Dr. `Abdur-Rahman Al-`Adawi
45
`Abdur-Rahman Yousri
46
`Ali As-Sawwa
47
`Ali Muhyy Ed-Deen Al-Qara Daghi
48
`Ali Sayyed Ahmad
49
`Abdul-`Azim M. El-Siddiq
50
Dr. Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
51
Dr. Ahmad Muhammad Kan`aan
52
Ahmad Taha Rayyan
53
Dr. Ahmad Yusuf
54
Ahmad Yusuf Sulaiman
55
Bandar ibn Nafi` Al-`Abdali
56
Husam al-Din Ibn Musa `Afana
57
Hussain Hamed Hassan
58
Hussein Shihata
59
Ja`far Sheikh Idris
60
Khalid Muhammad `Abdul-Qader
61
Muhammad Muhammad Abu Laylah
62
Maher As-Sousi
63
Mahmoud `Abdullah Al-`Ekazi
64
Dr. Mahmoud `Akkam
65
Muhammad Ahmad Siraj
66
Dr. Muhammad Ahmad Al-Musayyar
67
Muhammad El-Sayed Ad-Dusuqi
68
Muhammad Bakr Isma`il
69
Muhammad Nabil Ghanayem
70
Dr. Muhammad Sa`eed Hawwa
71
Muhammad Sulaiman Al-Manee`i
72
Dr. Muhammad Siraj
73
Nasr Farid Wasil
74
Rif`at Fawzi `Abd Al-Muttalib
75
Sa`d ibn `Abdul-`Aziz Ash-Shuwairikh
76
Safar Alhawali
77
Salah Sultan
78
Salim Ahmad Salamah
79
Sami ibn `Abdel-`Aziz al-Majid
80
Sano Koutoub Moustapha
81
Su`ad Salih
82
Tal`at Muhammad `Afifi
83
Wahbah Az-Zuhayli
84
Dr. Yusuf Abdullah Al-Qaradāwi
85
`Ugail Jasem An-Nashmi
86
European Council for Fatwa and Research
87
Fiqh Council of North America
88
Group of Muftis
89
Hasanin Makhluf
90
ibn `Abdel-`Aziz al-Majid
91
IOL Shari`ah Researchers
92
Islam Online Fatwa Committee
93
Islam Online Fatwa Editing Desk
94
Islamic Fiqh Academy in India
95
Islamic Research Academy
96
Islamic Fiqh Academy
97
Jaad Al-Haqq `Ali Jaad Al-Haqq
98
Jamal Badawi
99
Mahmoud `Ashoor
100
Mahmoud Shaltout
101
Monzer Kahf
102
Mufti Ebrahim Desai
103
Muhammad Ahmad Al-Musayyar
104
Muhammad Al-Ghazali
105
Muhammad Ali Al-Hanooti
106
Muhammad Al-Mukhtar Ash-Shanqiti
107
Mustafa Azzarqa
108
Muzammil Siddiqi
109
Nizam Ya`qubi
110
Palestinian Scholars League
111
Saudi House of Fatwa
112
Sayyed Sabiq
113
Bakr ibn `Abdullah ibn Abu Zaid
114
Yusuf Estes
115
Ja`far Ahmad At-Tahlawi
116
Hani ibn `Abdullah Al-Jubair
117
Sheikh Nizam Ya`qubi
118
`Abdel-Halim Mahmoud
119
`Abdul-Hamid Ibn Mubarak Aal Ash-Sheikh Mubarak
120
`Abdul-Kareem Al-Khudayr
121
`Abdullah ibn Jibreen
122
`Abdul-Majeed Subh
123
Sheikh `Ikrimah Sabri
124
Sheikh Ahmad Ash-Sharabasi
125
Ahmad Kutty
126
Faysal Mawlawi
127
Hamid Al-`Ali
128
Hamid Al-Bitawi
129
Hasan Ayyoub
130
Hasanein Makhlouf
131
Hussain Halawa
132
Salim Bahsham
133
Ibrahim Desai
134
Sheikh Ja`far At-Talhawi
135
Sheikh Mahmoud Ashoor
136
Mahmoud Shaltout
137
Sheikh Muhammad Al-`Uthaymeen
138
Muhammad Al-Bahyy
139
Sheikh Muhammad Al-Gazali
140
Muhammad Husain Fadlallah
141
Muhammad Mitwalli Ash-Sha`rawi
142
Sheikh Mustafa Az-Zarqa
143
Sa`d Ash-Shuwayrikh
144
Saleh ibn Fawzan Al-Fawzan
145
Sheikh Sami Al-Majid
146
Sayyed Sabiq
147
Usamah Al-Khayyat
148
Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
149
Yusuf Al-Qasim
150
Muhammad Iqbal Nadvi
151
`Abdul-`Aziz Ibn Baz
152
`Abdul-Bari Az-Zamzami
153
`Abdullah Al-Judai`
154
Sheikh `Abdur-Rahman `Abdul-Khaliq
155
`Abdus-Sattar Fathallah As-Sa`eed
156
`Ikrimah Sabri
157
`Abdel Khaliq Hasan Ash-Shareef
158
Ahmad Bin Hamad Al-Khalili
159
`Atiyyah Saqr
160
Ibn `Uthaymeen
161
Ibrahim Salih Al-Husaini
162
Jad Al-Haqq `Ali Jad Al-Haqq
163
Muhammad `Ali Al-Hanooti
164
Mohamed El-Moctar El-Shinqiti
165
Muhammad Husain `Isa
166
Muhammad Husain Fadlullah
167
Muhammad Ibrahim Zidan
168
Muhammad Nasir-ud-Deen Al-Albani
169
Muhammad Saleh Al-Munajjid
170
Muhammad Nur Abdullah
171
Salman Ibn Fahd Al-`Udah
172
Sayyed Ad-Darsh
173
Tajuddin Al-Hilali
174
Su`aad Ibraheem Salih
175
Taha Jaber Al-Alwani
176
Zeinab Al-`Alawani
177
Zoubir Bouchikhi
178
International Union for Muslim Scholars
179
Mustafa Muhammad `Irgawi
180
Dr. `Abdul-Wahhab ibn Nasir Al-Tariri
Sheikh Ahmad Kutty
Born in Kerala State, India (1946)
Nationality: Canadian
Educational background
- 1975-1980: McGill University, Montreal: Doctoral Studies; Specialized in Shari’ah Thought.
- 1972-1973: University of Toronto: Masters in Islamic Studies.
- 1968-1972: Islamic University of Madinah, Saudi Arabia: Licentiate in Usul al-Ddeen (first rank).
- 1957-1967: Islamiyya College: Graduated in the Traditional Islamic Sciences and received the ‘Ijazah (title) of al-Faqih fi al-ddeen (first rank).
Scholarly papers/works/publications, etc.
1. Shah Waliullah’s Concept of Harmony (tatbiq) of Reason, Revelation and Intuition in the Light of Hujjat Allah al-Balighah (Under Preparation).
2. Human Rights: The Western & Islamic Perspectives (Work in progress)
3. Translation of al-‘aqeedah al-tahawiyyah (2002)
4. An analytical study of Ibn Taymiyyah’s al-‘Aqidat al-Wasitiyyah (1978)
5. Translation of al-Insaf fi bayan asbab al-ikhtilaf (1981)
6. An analytical study of Ibn Khaldun’s Shifa’ al-sa’il fi tahdhib al-masaail (1976)
7. Al-Nass wa al-ikhtiyaar fi al-khilafah: A Comparative Study of the Sunni and the Shi’ah Theories of Khilafah/Imamah (1982)
8. Kitab al-Tawhid of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (d. 944): A report on his work with reference to his role in the development of Kalam (1978)
9. Abolition of Khilafah and the reaction of the Muslim world (1976)
10. Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahhab: His life & Reformist Ideas (1976)
11 Shah Waliullah’s Concept of Shari’ah (1979)
12. Ibn Taymiyyah’s Attitude towards Sufism (1979)
13. Ramadan: Blessings and Rules (1990)
14 Islamic Funeral Rites (1991)
15. Social Justice in Islam: A translation of Sayyid Qutb’s al-adalatul ijtima’iyyah fi al-islam into Malayalam (4th edition, 1987)
16. Miscellaneous articles published in various newspapers/magazines
Courses taught
1. Evolution of Fiqh and the Emergence of the Schools of Jurisprudence
2. Fiqh al-Hadith: A Study of Bulugh al-Maraam
3. Readings in Sahih al-Bukhari
4. Islamic Ethics: Readings in Riyad al-Saliheen
5. Fiqh of Priorities
6. Islamic Ethics and Morals
7. Studies in Islamic Spirituality based on Imam Ghazzali’s Ihya ulum al-Ddeen
8. Islamic ‘Aqeedah Level One
9. Islamic ‘Aqeedah Level Two
10. Marriage and Family in Islam
11. Comparative Religions
12. Sects and Sectarianism in Islam
13. Fiqh al-Zzakah
14. Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (Usul al-Fiqh)
Career/experience
1. Presently: Senior Lecturer/Imam at the Islamic Institute of Toronto & and a non-resident Imam/Khatib (orator) at the following centers/mosques in Toronto: Islamic Center of Canada, Islamic Center of Canada, Bosnian Islamic Center, and Ansar Mosque
2. 1984-1994: Director/Imam Islamic Foundation of Toronto
3. 1979-1982: Director/Imam: Islamic Center of Toronto
4. 1973-1975: Assistant Director: Islamic Center of Toronto
Participation in Seminars/Symposia, etc.
1. Participated as a presenter in numerous seminars, conferences, and symposiums (from1975 onwards).
2. Participated on a regular basis in the ISNA conferences as a speaker & as a participant in Fiqh Sessions (1975 onwards).
3. Presentations on Islam in various churches/ inter-faith gatherings/hospitals, etc.
4. Gave numerous interviews to newspapers/ television (both local and national) on various issues affecting Islam and Muslims.
Status of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Hijab/Niqab & Muslims' Integration
Apostasy & Freedom of Religion
Your Mufti
Your Contribution