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.

Biography

Al-Kawthari's father Mawlana Adam was one of the senior scholars in England. Shaykh Adam Square in Leicester is named after him.^[1] Born in Leicester, Al-Kawthari graduated from Darul Uloom Bury and later studied with Muhammad Taqi Usmani at Darul Uloom Karachi.^[2] ^[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.

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. He is an Islamic jurist and researcher.^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10]

Literary works

Al-Kawthari's literary works include:^[11]

Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations (translated in German as Ehe und Liebesleben im Islam).^[12]
Birth Control & Abortion in Islam
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)^[13]
Al-Arbaʿin: Elucidation of Forty Hadiths on Marriage
The Issue of Shares and Simplified Rules of Zakat

External links

Darul Iftaa

Notes and References

News: Leicester honours one of the city's most prominent Muslim figures . 4 May 2020 . Leicester Mercury.
Web site: Muhammad ibn Adam al-Kawthari . whitethreadpress . 18 January 2011 . 4 May 2020.
News: Islamic Cleric to start U.S. Speaking Tour . 4 May 2020 . Rabwah Times.
Web site: . Fatwa on Al-Kawthari's Reliability . askimam.org . . 4 May 2020.
Afshan Mohiuddin . Mehrunisha Suleman . Shoaib Rasheed . Aasim I. Padela . When can Muslims withdraw or withhold life support? A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings . Global Bioethics . 2020 . 31 . 1 . 34 . 10.1080/11287462.2020.1736243 . 32284707 . 7144300 . 1128-7462.
Book: Berlatsky . Noah . Abortion . 27 August 2010 . Cristine Nasso . 41 . 9780737749281 . 12 April 2020.
Book: Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition. 9780199640164. Chaudhry. Ayesha S.. December 2013.
Nadia Halib . Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Salleh . Wan Abdul Fattah Wan Ismail . Haslinda Ramli . Nur Akilah . Abdul Ghaffar . Shofian Ahmad . Islam and technological development in Malaysia's health care: An Islamic legal basis analysis of dental materials used in periodontal therapy . Malaysian Journal of Society and Space . 2016 . 12 . 1 . 91–92 . 4 May 2020 . . 2180-2491.
Three British Muftis understanding of organ transplantation. Muhammad Mansur. Ali. 20 August 2019. Journal of the British Islamic Medical Association. 2. orca.cf.ac.uk . 3, 6.
Sabine Damir-Geilsdorf . Leslie Tramontini . Renegotiating shariʿa-based Normative Guidelines in Cyberspace: The Case of Women's ʿawra . Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet . 9 . 19 . 4 May 2020 . Heidelberg University.
Web site: Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam . cardiff.ac.uk . 16 November 2014 . . 4 May 2020.
Web site: سازمان فرهنگ و ارتباطات اسلامي – اخبار > ترجمه کتاب "ازدواج و زندگی عاشقانه در اسلام" به زبان آلمانی. icro.ir.
Book: . Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari . Mabahith fi Aqaid Ahl al-Sunnah . Dar al-Fath . . 9789957234409 . Arabic.