Salih al-Lahim
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Salih al-Lahim (Salih ibn Abd Allah al-Lahim) is a contemporary Saudi scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and a professor in the College of Sharia at Qassim University.
Background and Career
Salih ibn Abd Allah belongs to the al-Lahim family of Buraydah, which traces its origins to the al-Lahim line in al-Shammāsiyyah. His father, Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Lahim, was an active student of religious knowledge who frequented scholarly circles in mosques. Salih pursued specialized higher studies in Islamic jurisprudence and entered academia, serving as a professor of fiqh in the Faculty of Sharia at Qassim University.
Scholarly Focus
Al-Lahim's academic output focuses on detailed legal analysis and comparative jurisprudence (fiqh). Among his prominent research monographs is al-Ahkam al-Mutarattiba ala al-Hayd wa al-Nifas wa al-Istihada (The Legal Rulings Resulting from Menstruation, Postnatal Bleeding, and Irregular Bleeding), a peer-reviewed juridical study published by Dar Ibn al-Jawzi examining the rulings of ritual purity, acts of worship, and related obligations. He also authored Sujud al-Tilawa wa Ahkamuhu (The Prostration of Recitation and Its Legal Rulings), an analytical study addressing the legal conditions, placement, and performance of the prostration of recitation both inside and outside ritual prayer.
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List of Works
Al-Ahkam al-Mutarttiba ala al-Hayd wa al-Nifas wa al-Istihada (The Legal Rulings Resulting from Menstruation, Postnatal Bleeding, and Irregular Bleeding) is a contemporary treatise on Islamic jurisprudence that examines the legal rulings governing vaginal bleeding in women.
Sujud al-Tilawa wa Ahkamuhu (The Prostration of Recitation and Its Legal Rulings) is a specialized work of comparative jurisprudence that examines the legal rulings, conditions, locations, and manners of performing the prostration of recitation (sujud al-tilawa) both within and outside formal ritual prayer.