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Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
British Islamic scholar (born 1974) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (Born 1974) is a Sunni Islamic scholar, author, and founder of Whitethread Institute and Zamzam Academy. He authored Fiqh al-Imam and Healthy Muslim Marriage. He was featured in the 2020 edition of The 500 Most Influential Muslims compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre.
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Biography
ABdur Rahman Mangera was born in 1974 in London to a Gujarati Muslim family.[1] He graduated from Darul Uloom Bury and studied Ifta at the Darul Uloom Zakariyya in South Africa and then at the Mazahir Uloom Jadeed in Saharanpur, India. He received a B.A degree from the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg and an M.A and PhD degree in Islamic Studies from the SOAS, University of London.[2][3][4][5][6] He is authorized to transmit hadith from Habib Al-Rahman Al-Azmi (through his student Zayn al-‘Abidin), Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi, Muhammad al-‘Awwama, and Muhammad Yunus Jaunpuri.[4]
Mangera established the Whitethread Institute and ZamZam Academy.[6][7] He was featured in the 2020 edition of The 500 Most Influential Muslims.[8] He was also awarded an honorary fellowship at the Cambridge Muslim College in 2013 and at the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Amman, Jordan in 2016.[9] In 2016, he travelled to Kashmir to speak in Imam Abu Hanifa Conference which was organized by Darul Uloom Raheemiyyah in the Convocation Complex of the University of Kashmir.[10]
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Literary works
Mangera's books include:
- Fiqh al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh (1996)
- Prayers for Forgiveness: Seeking Spiritual Enlightenment through Sincere Supplication (2004)
- Provisions for the Seekers (2005), (translation and commentary of the Arabic work Zad al-Talibin compiled by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri).
- Co-authored Reflections of Pearls (2005)
- Imam Abu Hanifa's Al-Fiqh al-Akbar Explained (2007)
- Salat & Salam: In Praise of Allah's Most Beloved (2007), a manual of blessings and peace upon the Prophet Muhammed
- Imaam Ghazali's Beginning of Guidance (Bidayah al-Hidaya) (2010)
- A Critical Edition of Abū’l-Layth al-Samarqandī's Nawāzil (PhD Thesis, 2013)[11]
- Healthy Muslim Marriage: Unlocking The Secrets to Ultimate Bliss [8]
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References
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