Tawfiq bin Abd al-Aziz al-Sudayri
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Tawfiq bin Abd al-Aziz al-Sudayri is a contemporary Saudi scholar and author specializing in Islamic constitutional thought and da'wah studies, best known for his work al-Islam wa al-Dustur (Islam and the Constitution).
Education and Academic Career
Al-Sudayri pursued his higher academic studies at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, where he presented his master's thesis to the Department of Islamic Culture at the College of Sharia in 1408 AH, titled al-Dustur fi al-Bilad al-Islamiyyah wa-Mushkilatuh fi Daw' al-Islam (The Constitution in Islamic Countries and Its Issues in Light of Islam). He subsequently earned his doctorate from the same university with a dissertation titled Mushkilat al-Da'wah ila al-Islam fi Mujtama' al-Aqalliyyat al-Muslimah fi Urubba wa-'Ilajuha (Issues of Inviting to Islam in the Muslim Minority Community in Europe and Their Remedies).
His published research includes al-Islam wa al-Dustur, in which he examines constitutional law as a branch of public legal theory, defining the foundational principles of constitutional governance in Islamic jurisprudence and analyzing historical and contemporary constitutional applications from the era of the Prophet ﷺ to the modern period.
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al-Islam wa al-Dustur (Islam and the Constitution) is a contemporary study on Islamic constitutional law that examines the principles of constitutional governance in Islamic jurisprudence alongside modern positive law. The work aims to bridge positive legal theories with Islamic legal thought (al-siyasah al-shar'iyyah), establishing the foundational rules of constitutional jurisprudence in Islam while analyzing their historical and contemporary applications.