Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari | |
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Chief Mufti of Darul Ifta Leicester | |
Personal | |
Born | 1976 (age 47–48)[1] Leicester, England |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Movement | Deobandi |
Main interest(s) | Fiqh |
Notable work(s) |
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Education | Darul Uloom Karachi Darul Uloom Bury |
Teachers | Taqi Usmani Yusuf Motala |
Occupation | Mufti |
Organization | |
Founder of | Darul Ifta Leicester |
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 is a British Sunni Islamic scholar, jurist, mufti, researcher, 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. He has written a commentary to the Deobandi creed book Al-Muhannad ala al-Mufannad in Arabic language.
Al-Kawthari's father Mawlana Adam was one of the senior scholars in England. Shaykh Adam Square in Leicester is named after him.[2] Born in Leicester, Al-Kawthari graduated from Darul Uloom Bury and later studied with Muhammad Taqi Usmani at Darul Uloom Karachi.[1][3] His other teachers include his father Mawlana Adam and Yusuf 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's literary works include:[11]