Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari | |
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 Al-Kawthari in 2023 | |
| Chief Mufti of Darul IftaLeicester | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1976 (age 48–49)[1] Leicester, England |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh |
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| Education | Darul Uloom Karachi Darul Uloom Bury |
| Occupation | Mufti |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Founder of | Darul IftaLeicester |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Teachers | Taqi Usmani Yusuf Motala |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Arabic name | |
| Personal (Ism) | Muḥammad محمد |
| Patronymic (Nasab) | ibn Ādam بن آدم |
| Teknonymic (Kunya) | Abū ʿAbd Allāh أبو عبد الله |
| Toponymic (Nisba) | al-Kawtharī الكوثري |
Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari (born 1976) is aBritishSunni Islamic scholar, jurist,mufti, researcher, founder and Chief Mufti ofDarul Ifta Leicester and a teacher at Jamiah Uloom-ul-Quran Leicester. He has authored a number of books includingIslamic Guide to Sexual Relations andBirth Control & Abortion in Islam. He has written acommentary to theDeobandi creed bookAl-Muhannad ala al-Mufannad in Arabic language.
Al-Kawthari's father Mawlana Adam was one of the senior scholars in England. Shaykh Adam Square inLeicester is named after him.[2] Born in Leicester, Al-Kawthari graduated fromDarul Uloom Bury and later studied withTaqi Usmani atDarul Uloom Karachi.[1][3] His other teachers include his father Mawlana Adam andYusuf Motala.[4] During 2000, he studied under Abd al-Razzaq al-Halabi and Abd al-Latif Farfur al-Hasani in Syria.[1]
Al-Kawthari is founder and Chief-Mufti of Darul Ifta Leicester and a teacher at Jamiah Uloom-ul-Quran Leicester.[5][6] He also teaches traditional Islamic sciences in London.[5] He is an Islamic jurist and researcher.[7][8][9][10]
Al-Kawthari authoredIslamic Guide to Sexual Relations[11] andMabahith fi 'Aqa'id Ahl al-Sunna, a marginalia in Arabic language toAl-Muhannad alal Mufannad, the creed book ofDeobandis, authored byKhalil Ahmad Saharanpuri.[12] His other works include:[13]
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