In Celebration of the Life of Shaykh Taha Jabir al-‘Alwani
Shaykh Taha Jabir al-‘Alwani – professor of jurisprudence (fiqh) and the principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh); president of the School of Islamic and Social Sciences (SISS), which later became the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS); president of the Fiqh Council of North A...
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International Institute of Islamic Thought
2016
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| Sumario: | Shaykh Taha Jabir al-‘Alwani – professor of jurisprudence (fiqh)
and the principles of jurisprudence (uṣūl al-fiqh); president of the
School of Islamic and Social Sciences (SISS), which later became
the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS); president
of the Fiqh Council of North America, holder of the Imam Al-
Shafi‘i Chair in Islamic Legal Theory at Corboda University;
founding member and president of the International Institute of Islamic
Thought (IIIT); founder-member of the Council of the Muslim
World League in Makkah; member of the Organization of
Islamic Cooperation’s Islamic Fiqh Academy in Jeddah; prolific
writer; and world renowned Islamic scholar and expert in Islamic
legal theory, jurisprudence, the principles of jurisprudence, Qur’anic
sciences, and general Islamic thought – passed away on March 4,
2016, at Ireland’s Shannon Airport while stopping over on his way
from Cairo to Washington, DC.
An intellectual giant, friend, father, husband, and teacher, he
leaves an immense void in the lives of many people. The Muslim
world mourns his loss and is the poorer for it.
Shaykh Taha spent his life serving humanity and the truth,
working tirelessly not only to elucidate the principles and methodology
of Islamic jurisprudence, but also to remove many of the
myths and prejudices that had, over time, become entwined with
Muslim cultural traditions and gained a strong foothold in the Muslim
mind.
Shaykh Taha always took account of Islam as it is being practised
in the modern world. For example, his seminal work Apostasy
in Islam (2011), a masterful example of historical and scriptural ...
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