Fadl Murad
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Fadl Murad (Abu Zakariyya Fadl ibn Abd Allah Murad al-Yamani) is a contemporary Yemeni Islamic scholar and professor of jurisprudence, legal theory, and legal objectives at Qatar University, known for his work al-Muqaddima fi Fiqh al-Asr .
Academic Career and Activities
Murad obtained doctorates in Sharia and law as well as in Islamic jurisprudence and its principles (usul al-fiqh), alongside a higher specialized license in legal issuance (ifta), the judiciary, teaching, and preaching . He served as a professor of the higher objectives of Islamic law (maqasid al-sharia), jurisprudence, legal theory, and legal maxims at al-Iman University before being appointed as a professor of contemporary jurisprudential issues in the College of Sharia at Qatar University . He has also held memberships in the International Union of Muslim Scholars, the Association of Yemeni Scholars, and the Board of Yemeni Scholars .
In legal theory, Murad authored al-Tahqiqat ala Sharh al-Jalal lil-Waraqat, an analytical commentary on Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli's commentary on al-Waraqat, wherein he verified doctrinal positions directly from primary source texts and illustrated theoretical principles through applied legal branches . Addressing modern legal challenges, he composed al-Muqaddima fi Fiqh al-Asr as an integrated contemporary jurisprudential manual spanning statecraft, public finance, social institutions, and civil society .
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List of Works
al-Tahqiqat ala Sharh al-Jalal lil-Waraqat is a contemporary work on Islamic legal theory (usul al-fiqh). It serves as an analytical supercommentary and clarification of the classical commentary by Jalal al-Din al-Mahalli (d. 864 AH / 1459 CE) on al-Waraqat, the foundational primer by Imam al-Haramayn Abu al-Ma'ali al-Juwayni (d. 478 AH / 1085 CE).
al-Muqaddima fi Fiqh al-Asr (The Prolegomena to the Jurisprudence of the Era) is a contemporary Islamic legal manual designed as a comprehensive modern matn (legal text). Departing from the traditional organization of classical legal works, it addresses contemporary jurisprudence, institutional governance, social issues, and modern transactions.
al-Qawaid al-Umm lil-Fiqh (The Principal Maxims of Jurisprudence) is a contemporary work on Islamic legal maxims (al-qawaid al-fiqhiyya). As part of the broader Fiqh al-Asr project and a module within the encyclopedia Maalim al-Ijtihad fi Fiqh al-Asr, it focuses on activating agreed-upon universal maxims to derive legal rulings for unprecedented modern issues and inquiries.
Fiqh al-Siyam wa Mustajaddatuhu al-Muasira (The Jurisprudence of Fasting and Its Contemporary Developments) is a treatise on Islamic jurisprudence dedicated to the legal rulings, objectives, and contemporary issues pertaining to fasting (sawm).