Ahmad Ali Taha Rayan
- Died
- 1442 AH
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Ahmad Ali Taha Rayan (d. 1442 AH / 2021 CE) was an Egyptian scholar and author of studies in Islamic jurisprudence, legal methodology, and contemporary social questions .
Scholarly Contributions
Rayan's research encompassed biographical examinations of classical legal authorities as well as contemporary legal problems . In the field of Maliki biographical jurisprudence, he published Malamih min Hayat al-Faqih al-Muhaddith Malik ibn Anas (Aspects of the Life of the Jurist and Hadith Scholar Malik ibn Anas) through Dar al-I'tisam in Cairo . In family and social jurisprudence, he examined marital law extensively in his work Ta'addud al-Zawjat (Polygyny) . He also addressed contemporary interdisciplinary topics connecting medical science with Islamic legal thought in al-Mukhaddirat bayna al-Tibb wa-l-Fiqh (Narcotics Between Medicine and Jurisprudence), published in Cairo in 1407 AH . Furthermore, he contributed scholarly articles to academic journals, including a comparative study on traditions of natural disposition (sunan al-fitra) published in the journal of the Islamic University of Madinah .
Death
Rayan died in 1442 AH (2021 CE).
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List of Works
Fiqh al-Usra 1 (Family Jurisprudence 1) is a textbook on Islamic personal status law that examines the legal and normative foundations of marriage, marital rights, and the dissolution of marital ties.
al-Dhabaih fi Manasik al-Hajj: Masadiruha wa Masarifuha (Sacrificial Animals in the Rites of Hajj: Their Sources and Distribution) is a legal treatise examining the jurisprudential rulings governing the causes, timing, locations, and beneficiaries of sacrificial animals (hady and expiatory blood offerings) in Hajj and Umrah, while addressing contemporary challenges regarding surplus meat and distribution.
Rukhsat al-Fitr fi Safar Ramadan wa ma Yatarattab 'Alayha min al-Athar (The Concession of Breaking the Fast During Travel in Ramadan and Its Resulting Legal Consequences) is a comparative jurisprudential study examining the legal rules, conditions, and consequences surrounding the traveler's exemption from fasting during Ramadan.