Muhammad Naim Sai
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Muhammad Naim Sai (full name: Muhammad Naim Muhammad Hani Sai) is a contemporary scholar and professor of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and legal theory (usul al-fiqh) at the American Open University in the United States, best known for his legal reference work Mawsuat Masail al-Jumhur fi al-Fiqh al-Islami.
Academic Career and Scholarship
Sai served as a professor of jurisprudence and legal theory at the American Open University. His scholarly work focuses on comparative jurisprudence, Islamic theological sects, and contemporary religious discourse. His multi-volume legal encyclopedia, Mawsuat Masail al-Jumhur fi al-Fiqh al-Islami (The Encyclopedia of Majority Rulings in Islamic Jurisprudence), was published in Cairo in 1426 AH (2005 CE) after being compiled over more than seventeen years. The work systematically documents the primary legal questions on which the majority of scholars (jumhur al-ulama) agreed across early Islamic history, beginning with the generation of the Companions and Successors and extending through the era of early independent jurists such as Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari and Ibn al-Mundhir. Through this compilation, Sai followed the methodological advice of early authorities—including Ubaydah al-Salmani, Abu al-Zinad, and Malik ibn Anas—who emphasized adhering to majority consensus in disputed matters.
In addition to comparative jurisprudence, Sai has written on Islamic creed and contemporary discourse, authoring al-Qanun fi Aqaid al-Firaq wal-Madhahib al-Islamiyyah on the doctrines of Islamic schools and sects, and al-Khitab al-Dini bayna Tahdith al-Dukhala wa-Tajdid al-Ulama, published in Cairo in 1427 AH.
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Mawsuat Masail al-Jumhur fi al-Fiqh al-Islami (The Encyclopedia of Majority Rulings in Islamic Jurisprudence) is a modern Arabic reference work on comparative Islamic jurisprudence published in Cairo in 1426 AH (2005 CE). The work compiles and documents core legal issues on which the majority of Muslim jurists (jumhur al-ulama) agreed across early Islamic history.