Salah Abu al-Haj | |
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صلاح أبو الحاج | |
 Salah Abu al-Haj in 2025 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Salah Muhammad Salim Abu al-Haj (1974-07-24)24 July 1974 (age 51) |
| Era | Modern |
| Main interest(s) | Islamic jurisprudence |
| Education | University of Baghdad |
| Occupation | |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Salah Muhammad Salim Abu al-Haj (Arabic:صلاح محمد سالم أبو الحاج,romanized: Ṣalāḥ Muḥammad Sālim ʾAbu al-Ḥāj; born 24 July 1974) is a Jordanian Islamic scholar and researcher. He is considered one of the leading scholars onHanafi jurisprudence.
Salah Muhammad Salim Abu al-Haj was born on 24 July 1974 inAmman,Jordan. He earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Dawah and Fundamentals of Religion and obtained his master's and doctoral degrees from theUniversity of Baghdad inBaghdad,Iraq.[1] His teachers include Shaykh Abd al-Malik al-Sa'di.[1]
Abu al-Haj served as assistant professor atAl-Balqa Applied University from 2004 to 2010.[2] He later became Dean of Hanafi Jurisprudence at theWorld Islamic Science and Education University in Jordan and currently serves in the position.[2]
Abu al-Haj is the author of at least over 30 works as of 2025.[3] Some of them include: