al-Ghufayli, Abdullah bin Mansur
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Abdullah bin Mansur al-Ghufayli is a contemporary scholar and jurist specializing in Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), best known for his legal treatise on contemporary zakat rulings, Nawazil al-Zakat .
Education and Scholarly Activity
Al-Ghufayli pursued his higher religious education in Saudi Arabia, obtaining a doctorate in jurisprudence from the College of Sharia in Riyadh at Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University . His doctoral dissertation, titled Nawazil al-Zakat: Dirasah Fiqhiyyah Ta'siliyyah li-Mustajaddat al-Zakat ("Contemporary Issues of Zakat: A Foundational Juristic Study of Novel Developments in Zakat"), was supervised by Salih ibn Uthman al-Hulayyil and examined by Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Tayyar and Musa'id ibn Qasim al-Falih; the committee recommended granting him the degree with first-class honors on 20 Jumada al-Ula 1428 AH .
Al-Ghufayli's juristic research focuses on the foundational analysis of modern legal issues (nawazil). In his examination of contemporary zakat disbursement, he analyzes newly arisen applications—such as defense and institutional expenditures—maintaining that their eligibility for zakat funds requires scholarly determination that they fulfill the specified legal criteria . He also authored a research study on the rulings of pilgrimage stations titled Tawdih al-Mubhamaat fi Mas'alat Kawn Jiddah Miqatan ("Clarification of Obscurities Regarding Whether Jeddah is a Miqat") .
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Nawazil al-Zakat: Dirasah Fiqhiyyah Ta'siliyyah li-Mustajaddat al-Zakat (Contemporary Issues of Zakat: A Foundational Juristic Study of Novel Developments in Zakat) is a contemporary legal treatise examining the jurisprudence of newly arisen financial issues and modern applications of zakat.