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Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari

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Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari
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Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari (born 1976) 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.

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Biography

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 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]

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Publications

Al-Kawthari authored Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations[11] and Mabahith fi 'Aqa'id Ahl al-Sunna, a marginalia in Arabic language to Al-Muhannad alal Mufannad, the creed book of Deobandis, authored by Khalil Ahmad Saharanpuri.[12] His other works include:[13]

  • Birth Control & Abortion in Islam[6]
  • Al-Arbaʿin: Elucidation of Forty Hadiths on Marriage
  • The Issue of Shares and Simplified Rules of Zakat
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