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Abd al-Karim Murad

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Abd al-Karim Murad (also known as Abd al-Karim ibn Murad al-Athari) is an Islamic scholar who served as an associate professor at the College of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah.

Academic Career and Teaching

Murad taught Islamic sciences both at the Islamic University of Madinah and in the Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid al-Nabawi). His lessons covered various subjects, including logic (mantiq) at the Prophet's Mosque and theological texts such as Ibn Abi al-Izz's commentary on Al-Aqidah al-Tahawiyyah at the university; among the students who attended his classes was Hamid al-Ali.

Scholarly Contributions

Murad authored several specialized theological and legal treatises. In his treatise Idtirab al-Nas fi Mas'alat al-Kalam ("The Confusion of People Concerning the Issue of Speech"), he surveyed conflicting theological doctrines concerning the divine attribute of speech (kalam Allah) across different schools, contrasting them with the positions derived from textual evidences and sound human nature. In Al-Bida' wa Atharuha al-Sayyi'ah ("Religious Innovations and Their Evil Effects"), he examined the legal definition of religious innovation (bid'ah), maintaining that all religious innovations are misguidance, and distinguished genuine innovation from legitimate jurisprudential principles such as juristic preference (istihsan) and unrestricted public interest (al-masalih al-mursalah), drawing upon the discourses of Ibn Taymiyyah and Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi.

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List of Works

  • Idtirab al-Nas fi Masalat al-Kalam ma Bayan al-Haqq alladhi Tadullu alayhi al-Adilla wa Tashhadu bihi al-Fitar al-Salima

    This theological treatise provides a concise overview of conflicting doctrines regarding the nature of divine speech (kalam Allah) across various theological and philosophical schools, contrasting these divergent perspectives with the position held by early Muslim scholars (al-salaf).

  • Al-Bida wa Atharuha al-Sayyia

    This Islamic legal and theological treatise examines the definition of religious innovation (bid'ah) and argues that every innovation in religious matters is misguidance. It outlines the spiritual dangers incurred by innovators and distinguishes innovation from valid juristic principles such as unrestricted public interest (al-masalih al-mursalah) and juristic preference (al-istihsan).