Abdallah Bin Bayyah
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Shaykh Abdallah bin Mahfudh ibn Bayyah (born 1935) He was born in Mauritania
. Currently he teaches at King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia. He is a specialist in all four traditional Sunni schools, with an emphasis on the Maliki
school of Madh'hab.
In his youth, he was appointed to study legal judgments in Tunis
. On returning to Mauritania, he became Minister of Education and later Minister of Justice. He was also appointed a Vice President of the first president of Mauritania.
Shaykh Bin Bayyah is presently involved in The Islamic Fiqh Council, a Saudi-based Institute. He is also a member of the Dublin-based European Council for Fatwa and Research
, a council of Muslim clerics that aims at explaining Islamic law in a way that is sensitive to the realities of European Muslims.
He was ranked amongst the 50 most influential Muslims in 2009.
Mauritania
Mauritania is a country in the Maghreb and West Africa. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean in the west, by Western Sahara in the north, by Algeria in the northeast, by Mali in the east and southeast, and by Senegal in the southwest...
. Currently he teaches at King Abdul Aziz University in Saudi Arabia. He is a specialist in all four traditional Sunni schools, with an emphasis on the Maliki
Maliki
The ' madhhab is one of the schools of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam. It is the second-largest of the four schools, followed by approximately 25% of Muslims, mostly in North Africa, West Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and in some parts of Saudi Arabia...
school of Madh'hab.
In his youth, he was appointed to study legal judgments in Tunis
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
. On returning to Mauritania, he became Minister of Education and later Minister of Justice. He was also appointed a Vice President of the first president of Mauritania.
Shaykh Bin Bayyah is presently involved in The Islamic Fiqh Council, a Saudi-based Institute. He is also a member of the Dublin-based European Council for Fatwa and Research
European Council for Fatwa and Research
The European Council for Fatwa and Research is a Dublin-based private foundation, founded in London on 29 March - 30 March 1997 on the initiative of the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe...
, a council of Muslim clerics that aims at explaining Islamic law in a way that is sensitive to the realities of European Muslims.
He was ranked amongst the 50 most influential Muslims in 2009.
Publications
- Manufacturing of Fatwa and minority fiqh, 2005.
- A dialogue about human rights in Islam, 2003.
- Ideological opinions (فتاوى فكرية)
- Amaly Alddalalat (Usul alfiqh), 2003.