Abd Allah al-Juday
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Abd Allah al-Juday is a contemporary scholar of hadith, Islamic jurisprudence, legal theory, and Quranic sciences based in the United Kingdom, known for writings such as Tahrir Ulum al-Hadith (The Editing of Hadith Sciences) .
Lineage and Career
His full name is Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Yusuf ibn Isa ibn Ya'qub al-Ya'qub al-Juday al-Inazi . During his period of residence in Kuwait, he participated in an electronic database project aimed at the text coding of the nine primary collections of hadith, during which scholars and students such as Amr ibn Abd al-Mun'im Salim gained practical training in hadith analysis under his direction .
Al-Juday later relocated to the United Kingdom and settled in Leeds, where he established an independent research center—Al-Judai Research and Consultations—to pursue his textual editing and academic projects . In Leeds, he assumed the role of Sharia consultant to the Grand Mosque and provided advisory services in Islamic finance to commercial enterprises . He became an active member of the European Council for Fatwa and Research, serving as its secretary-general for a two-year tenure before resigning the administrative post to focus on research, while remaining the head of its sub-fatwa committee . He is married to an English Muslim woman and has two sons, Muhammad and Yusuf .
Scholarly Contributions
Al-Juday’s academic work emphasizes grounding Islamic disciplines directly in scriptural sources while clarifying classical terminology. In his two-volume manual Tahrir Ulum al-Hadith, completed in Dhu al-Hijjah 1423 AH (February 2003 CE), he aimed to reformulate hadith methodology by dispensing with obsolete pedagogical categories that were no longer relevant to contemporary hadith verification, while strictly verifying textual citations against primary sources . In Islamic legal theory, he authored Taysir Ilm Usul al-Fiqh (Facilitating the Science of Legal Theory) to present the principles of jurisprudence systematically for students .
In the realm of contemporary jurisprudence (nawazil) for Western Muslim communities, al-Juday has contributed specialized legal studies. Among these is his research on prayer times in northern latitudes lacking distinct twilight transitions, wherein he argued for the permissibility of combining the evening and night prayers (Maghrib and Isha) during periods when astronomical signs disappear—a position formally adopted in the rulings of the European Council for Fatwa and Research . He has also authored research addressing the marital status of women who embrace Islam while their husbands remain non-Muslims .
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List of Works
This concise pedagogical treatise introduces the core principles of Arabic grammar (nahw) and morphology (sarf). Designed as an accessible manual for non-specialists, it serves as the foundational first stage of an educational curriculum preparing students for the study and comprehension of Islamic sciences.
This contemporary theological treatise examines the Salafi doctrine concerning the Speech of God (Kalam Allah) and provides a refutation of opposing theological factions. It outlines doctrinal principles with detailed textual argumentation and addresses historical theological disputes.
This two-volume work on hadith terminology and methodology provides an accessible yet rigorously grounded presentation of the discipline. Grounded in the practical methodology of the early hadith masters (al-mutaqaddimun), it was completed in 1423 AH (2003 CE) and published in 1424 AH (2003 CE).
Completed in Muharram 1422 AH (April 2001 CE), this single-volume treatise covers the Quranic sciences. It establishes essential introductions for studying the Quran, examining its text, preservation, modes of transmission, and foundational rules of interpretation.
This contemporary treatise on Islamic legal theory is designed to simplify and systematize the principles of jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) for students and aspiring jurists. Presented as an auxiliary science, it grounds legal principles directly in scriptural sources while removing extraneous scholastic digressions.