Haytham al-Hamri
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Haytham al-Hamri, fully named Abu Abd al-Aziz Haytham ibn Qasim Musa al-Hamri, is a contemporary Bahraini Islamic scholar and researcher specializing in theology (aqida) and Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) .
Education and Academic Career
Al-Hamri is based in the Kingdom of Bahrain . He pursued graduate studies at the Department of Aqida within the Islamic University of Madinah, where he defended his master's thesis on 21 Sha'ban 1438 AH, receiving a grade of excellent with first-class honors and a recommendation for publication . His thesis examined the theological disputations of Ibn Taymiyya and was supervised by Abd al-Aziz ibn Salih al-Tuwayyan, with Abd Allah ibn Sulayman al-Ghafili and Salih ibn Abd al-Aziz Sindi serving as committee examiners . The study was subsequently published with an introduction by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Khumayyis, professor of creed at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University .
Scholarly Focus
Al-Hamri's scholarly work spans classical creedal debates and contemporary legal issues. In theology, his academic thesis al-Munazarat al-Aqadiyya li-Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya ("The Creedal Disputations of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya") gathered and analyzed disputations dispersed across historical and theological literature . In applied jurisprudence, he composed al-Ahkam al-Shar'iyya al-Muta'alliqa bil-Waba' wal-Ta'un ma'a Dirasa Fiqhiyya lil-Ahkam al-Muta'alliqa bi-Fayrus Corona ("Legal Rulings Pertaining to Epidemics and Plagues, with a Juristic Study of Rulings Pertaining to the Coronavirus"), completed in Bahrain on 9 Rajab 1441 AH (4 March 2020 CE), which examined the legal definitions of contagion and epidemic diseases alongside associated rulings .
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List of Works
This contemporary treatise on Islamic jurisprudence examines the legal rulings governing contagious outbreaks, plagues (ta'un), and epidemics (waba'), with specific application to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This specialized academic study compiles and analyzes the theological oral disputations conducted by Ibn Taymiyya.