Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari
British Mufti
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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.
- Islamic Guide to Sexual Relations
- Mabahith fi 'Aqa'id Ahl al-Sunna
Darul Uloom Bury
Muhammad ibn Adam Al-Kawthari | |
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Al-Kawthari in 2023 | |
| Chief Mufti of Darul Ifta Leicester | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50)[1] Leicester, England |
| Main interest | Fiqh |
| Notable works |
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| Education | Darul Uloom Karachi Darul Uloom Bury |
| Occupation | Mufti |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Founder of | Darul Ifta Leicester |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
| Muslim leader | |
| Teacher | Taqi Usmani Yusuf Motala |
| 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 |
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]
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