Muhammad Khaldun Maliki
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Muhammad Khaldun Maliki is a Syrian scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and its foundations, based in Damascus and known for his doctoral study on political unity and the plurality of caliphs, Ta'addud al-Khulafa' wa-Wahdat al-Umma.
Biography and Academic Career
His full name is Muhammad Khaldun Ahmad Nawras Maliki, and his parents were Ahmad Nawras Maliki and Nuha Sab' al-Layl. He pursued advanced studies in Islamic jurisprudence and its foundations (al-fiqh al-islami wa-usuluh) at Damascus University, completing the drafting of his doctoral thesis in Damascus on 29 May 2010.
His dissertation, titled Ta'addud al-Khulafa' wa-Wahdat al-Umma Fiqhan wa-Tarikhan wa-Mustaqbalan ("The Plurality of Caliphs and the Unity of the Ummah Jurisprudentially, Historically, and in the Future"), addressed the juristic rules and historical occurrences of simultaneous caliphates alongside prospects for Islamic unity. The study was supervised by Muhammad Sa'id Ramadan al-Buti and defended on 28 Rajab 1431 AH (10 July 2010 CE) before an academic committee consisting of al-Buti, Hamza Hamza, Usama al-Hamawi, Abd al-Latif al-Shirazi al-Sabbagh, and Taysir Birmu. Among his prominent teachers and mentors, he specifically highlighted al-Buti and Mustafa Dib al-Bugha.
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This doctoral dissertation in Islamic jurisprudence and its foundations investigates the legal and historical dynamics of political fragmentation and unity across the Muslim world. It explores juristic rulings regarding the existence of multiple simultaneous caliphates, analyzes historical periods of concurrent rulers, and examines pathways for achieving future cohesion among Islamic states.