Abd al-Karim bin Sunitan al-Omari

Abd al-Karim bin Sunitan al-Omari is a contemporary Saudi Islamic scholar and professor of Islamic law based in Medina Tashil al-Manasik+1. He is known for his academic contributions in Islamic jurisprudence and his editorial work on classical texts al-Lubab fi al-Fiqh al-Sh…+1.

Academic Career and Scholarly Contribution

Known by the kunya Abu Wa'il, al-Omari served on the faculty of the College of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he held the rank of associate professor and later full professor al-Lubab fi al-Fiqh al-Sh…+1.

His scholarly output includes original legal treatises as well as critical editions of historical manuscripts. Among his authored writings is Tashil al-Manasik (Facilitating the Rites of Pilgrimage), a concise legal handbook on the rites and rulings of the Hajj pilgrimage completed in Medina in Dhu al-Qi'da 1421 AH Tashil al-Manasik. He also authored al-Adrar al-Najima an Taati al-Muskirat wal-Mukhaddarat (The Harms Resulting from the Consumption of Intoxicants and Narcotics), an examination of the religious prohibitions and multifaceted health and socioeconomic damages associated with substance abuse al-Buyu al-Muharrama wal-…. In the field of manuscript editing, he prepared a scholarly edition of al-Lubab fi al-Fiqh al-Shafi'i, a classical Shafi'i legal text by Abu al-Hasan al-Mahamili al-Lubab fi al-Fiqh al-Sh….