Abd al-Fattah bin Sulayman Ashmawi
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Abd al-Fattah bin Sulayman Ashmawi (fl. 14th century AH / 20th century CE), also referred to as Abd al-Fattah Ashmawi Abu al-Nasr, was a contemporary Islamic scholar and educator who taught at the Islamic University of Madinah .
Academic Career and Activities
Ashmawi held a master's degree and was contracted around 1393 AH (c. 1973 CE) to teach within the institutes and colleges of the Islamic University of Madinah . He served as an instructor at the university's Secondary Institute (al-Ma'had al-Thanawi) and later as a lecturer in its Faculty of Noble Hadith (Kulliyyat al-Hadith al-Sharif) .
During his tenure in Madinah, he delivered various public and academic lectures organized by the university, addressing theological, Quranic, and social subjects such as the Battle of Uhud, discrimination, the position of women, and the unseen (al-ghayb) in relation to monotheism (tawhid) . In Safar 1397 AH (February 1977 CE), he participated in the International Conference for Directing Da'wah and Preparing Da'is held at the Islamic University of Madinah, contributing research on contemporary scientific and civilizational advancement and its impact on Islamic advocacy .
Ashmawi also published scholarly studies and essays in the Journal of the Islamic University of Madinah, including Huquq al-Insan fi al-Islam ("Human Rights in Islam"), which analyzed governance and human welfare from the perspective of Islamic legal objectives, and al-Khabitha Umm al-Khaba'ith ("The Vile Thing, the Mother of Evils"), an examination of the prohibition of alcohol and the preservation of the intellect in Islamic law .
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Huquq al-Insan fi al-Islam is a scholarly treatise examining the concept of human rights in Islamic law in comparison with contemporary international declarations. Originally published as a serialized journal study, the work evaluates human rights from the premise of Islamic theological and legal principles, arguing that divine revelation in the Quran and the Sunnah comprehensively covers human welfare while offering a decisive critique of the limitations of modern, human-devised frameworks.
al-Khabitha Umm al-Khabaith is a legal and theological treatise on intoxicants (khamr). Published in a university journal, the work examines the prohibition of alcohol across Quranic exegesis, prophetic traditions, jurisprudence, and modern medical and chemical findings, affirming the protection of the human intellect as the foundation for moral discernment and religious accountability.
al-Talim fi Bilad al-Muslimin is a contemporary treatise on Islamic educational reform. It examines the state of schooling across the Islamic world and proposes a comprehensive restructuring of educational policy, curricula, subject matter, and ultimate objectives according to Islamic principles.
Ila alladhina yuhaduna Mafatih al-Ghayb bism al-Ilm al-Hadith is a theological treatise and published lecture defending the doctrine of God's exclusive knowledge over the keys of the unseen (mafatih al-ghayb). The work critiques contemporary assertions made in the name of modern science and media regarding matters reserved exclusively for divine knowledge.