As a result of his intervention and personal representation, the Mufti of Saudi
Arabia donated £2,000 to the scholarship programme. Fouad Abdul Hameed
Elkhateeb was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia in 1925 and had his elementary
education in his place of birth. He was then sent to a Cairo High School and from
there he proceeded to Baghdad University where he graduated with a B.A.
degree in Political Science. He joined the Royal Arabian Foreign Service in 1948
and was posted ...
the role of religion : a collection of speeches delivered at the 74th National Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, from 23rd to 25th January, 2003 at Bustan-e-Ahmad, Accra
... Muslim, Jewish and other religious leaders in Assisi to pray for peace in the
Balkans. On August 28th through 3 1 st of the year 2000 , about one thousand of
the world's pre-eminent religious and spiritual leaders representing the many
faith traditions gathered at the United Nations for a millennium world Peace
Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders. Religious leaders approached,
included Sheik Ahmed Kettaro, the Grand Mufti of Syria; the Grand Sheikh of AI-A
!azar from Cairo; ...
This second in the four-volume history of the life of the Prophet Muhammad is translated from a fourteenth-century text and looks at the early years of Muhammad's prophethood and the development of Islam as a faith.
In another account the words are, 'I saw a light'." These scholars say that the sight
of the Everlasting could never be through eyes that are ephemeral. Therefore
God Almighty said to Moses, as is reported in certain holy texts, "O Moses, no
mortal being can see me until he dies, nor any dry thing until it moves." 10. The
plural of fatwa, a term used to denote the pronouncements of a mufti, one who
delivers formal legal opinions. The dispute over this question perplexed the early
scholars ...
The composers of their texts are almost unknown except from these records and
therefore, it may not be out of place to enumerate here the names of a few of
them : Burhani, Da'udi (14th century), Mufti, Nadim, Mahdi (15th century), Abu'l-
Qasim Lari, Afdali Amin, Hakimi, Hushi, Khusrawi, Nuri (16th century), Abu'1-Fadl
, 'Ashiq, Chiraghi, Dabir, Mazhar and Mubariz (17th century). A few of the builders
from among the nobility like Amin Khan and Jamshid Khan were poets of no
mean ...
... asked the religious authorities — the turbaned ones — to dissuade him from
reciting a poem.1 In their deliberations to convince him not to engage in politics
during the mawlid, the turbaned ones, who included the mufti (his maternal uncle
), wanted him to see that the govemment of the day was more just than the
Mahdist state whose yoke they had sufferred until its overthrow by the British. To
confound them, al BushI used a parable in which allusions were made to issues
of fiqh.
Ross, who had lost his royal patron, observed: "And indeed if Christians will but
diligently read and observe the Laws and Histories of the Mahometans, they may
blush to see how zealous they are in the works of devotion, piety and charity, how
devout, cleanly and reverend in their Mosques, how obedient to their Priests, that
even the Great Turk himself will attempt nothing without consulting his Mufti." The
revolutionaries, according to their critics, followed their own self-declared ...
The Role of Religion : a Collection of Speeches Delivered at the 73rd National Annual Convention of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Ghana, from 22nd to 24th March, 2002, at Bustan-e-Ahmad, Accra
matters that seem impossible can be made possible through prayers but let me
give you only one Maulvi Mufti Muhammad Sadique Sahib, the first designated
Missionary to America, started his journey from India and when the ship was
about to reach the shore of Cairo, the captain announced that they would stop at
Cairo for few days, so interested passengers would be allowed to go for sight-
seeing on the payment of certain amounts of money, otherwise they would have
to remain ...
polity, economy and military organization, fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
The Wide Spectrum Of The Study And Varied Contents Of This Book Depict Multifarious Aspects Of Central Asian History Ranging From Civil To Military Organisation, Tribal To Settled, Agrarian To Artisan Population And The Life And Activities Of Naqshandi Saints Int He State Business. It Further Deals With Political Setup, Changing Notions Of State Craft, Economic Structure, System Of Taxation Which Go To Make The Medieval Central Asian Life Come Alive.
... bridges and other public works,65 and oversee the mint. Sometimes the chief
Qazi was quite an influential person. The Qazi-ul Quzzat Nuruddin Muhammad
who not only held this post but enjoyed 'the charge of the affairs of the country
and all the important and trivial matters'.66 Qazis could also be removed.67 The
highest place in the second office of Mufti was enjoyed by the Alim (most learned
man) who issued fatwa (opinion on legal matters) to the common and the poor
people.
So far as the fruits are concerned, their value cannot be correctly assessed until
they are ripened and wear a mellow look. That is the reason why their purchase
and sale is prohibited before they enter the ripening stage. 1992. 'Arlyi is that sale
by which some trees in the garden are dedicated to the poor for the use of fruits
But it must be five wisqs in weight. One wasq is equal to sixty aa's and one sa' is
equal to four seers nearly. According to Mufti Mubammid Shifi', the well-known
jurist ...
... religious understanding never tied him to a particular group or sect. He
reached to such a pinnacle of greatness that different religious sects owned and
adored him. His massage of love was unlimited. It depicts the universality of his
mission. His personality influenced every conceivable human activity in Kashmir.
REFERENCES 1. Muqbool, Mufti (1989) Shah Hamadan (urdu); (Fridous:
Srinagar); Page 15 2. Lawrence, Walter (1967) The Valley of Kashmir, (Keser:
Srinagar);Page 62.
