Abd al-Raqib al-Shami
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Abd al-Raqib al-Shami (b. 1981 CE) is a contemporary Yemeni scholar specializing in the principles of Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh).
Biography and Academic Career
Abd al-Raqib Salih Muhsin al-Shami was born in Yemen in 1981 CE. He pursued his undergraduate studies at the Islamic University of Madinah, earning a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Sharia with distinction and first-class honors in 2005 CE. The following year, in 2006 CE, he obtained a higher diploma in judicial studies and Islamic governance (al-qada wa-al-siyasah al-shariyyah) with distinction from the same institution.
Al-Shami completed his postgraduate education at Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan, where he earned a master's degree in usul al-fiqh with distinction in 2009 CE, focusing on the legal-theoretical principles of Malik ibn Anas in al-Mudawwanah. In 2013 CE, he was awarded a doctorate in usul al-fiqh with distinction and a recommendation for publication from Omdurman Islamic University for his dissertation examining Islamic legal rulings between theory and practice in light of the higher objectives of Islamic law (maqasid al-shariah). His scholarly output also includes a dedicated study on expiations in Islamic law titled al-Kaffarat: Ahkam wa-Dawabit.
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al-Kaffarat: Ahkam wa Dawabit (Expiations: Rulings and Guidelines) is a contemporary jurisprudence treatise on Islamic expiations completed in Jumada al-Akhira 1439 AH (March 2018 CE) in Kuwait. The work offers a systematic study of the juristic rules, individual categories, and contemporary applications governing expiatory acts (kaffarat) in Islamic law.