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Muftis Of Algiers
The post of Mufti in Algiers, or ''Shaykh al-Djazaïr'', has been filled by a member of the ''Maliki and Hanafi ulema'', the religious scholars, of Algiers, within the Algerian Islamic reference. Maliki muftis Several Maliki Muftis professed in Algiers: * Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi * Ahmed Zouaoui * Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine * * * * * Ali Ben El-Haffaf * * Mohamed Saïd Benzekri * Mahmoud Bendali * Hamoud Hamdane * * * Mohamed Charef * * Hanafi muftis Several Hanafi Muftis professed in Algiers: * * Hamdan Khodja See also *Islam in Algeria *Algerian islamic reference *Zawiyas in Algeria *List of Islamic muftiates *Muftiate *Mufti *Grand Mufti *Imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muftis in Algiers Muftis of Algie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mufti Of Algiers Mohamed Charef محمد شارف الجزائري
A mufti (; , ) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (''fatwa'') on a point of Islamic law (''sharia''). The act of issuing fatwas is called ''iftāʾ''. Muftis and their ''fatāwa'' have played an important role throughout Islamic history, taking on new roles in the modern era. Tracing its origins to the Quran and early Islamic communities, the practice of ''ifta'' crystallized with the emergence of the traditional legal theory and schools of Islamic jurisprudence (''madhahib''). In the classical legal system, fatwas issued by muftis in response to private queries served to inform Muslim populations about Islam, advise courts on difficult points of Islamic law, and elaborate substantive law. In later times, muftis also issued public and political fatwas that took a stand on doctrinal controversies, legitimized government policies or articulated grievances of the population. Traditionally, a mufti was seen as a scholar of upright character who possessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Bendali
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''. Given name Mahmood *Mahmood Ali (1928–2008), Pakistani radio, television and stage artist *Mahmood Hussain (cricketer) (1932–1991), Pakistani Test cricketer *Mahmood Hussain (councillor), Lord Mayor of Birmingham, England 2002–2003 *Shah Mahmood Qureshi (born 1956), Pakistani politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2018 to 2022 *Mahmood Shaam (born 1940), Pakistani Urdu language journalist, poet writer and analyst *Mahmood Yakubu (born 1962), Nigerian academic and current chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission * Mahmood Monshipouri (born 1952), Iranian-born American scholar, educator, and author * Mahmooda Sultana, Aerospace engineer (NASA) *Begum Mahmooda Salim Khan (1913–2007), Pakistani social worker *Mahmood Hussein Mattan (1923–1952), Somalian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muftis Of Algiers
The post of Mufti in Algiers, or ''Shaykh al-Djazaïr'', has been filled by a member of the ''Maliki and Hanafi ulema'', the religious scholars, of Algiers, within the Algerian Islamic reference. Maliki muftis Several Maliki Muftis professed in Algiers: * Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi * Ahmed Zouaoui * Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine * * * * * Ali Ben El-Haffaf * * Mohamed Saïd Benzekri * Mahmoud Bendali * Hamoud Hamdane * * * Mohamed Charef * * Hanafi muftis Several Hanafi Muftis professed in Algiers: * * Hamdan Khodja See also *Islam in Algeria *Algerian islamic reference *Zawiyas in Algeria *List of Islamic muftiates *Muftiate *Mufti *Grand Mufti *Imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Muftis in Algiers Muftis of Algie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imam
Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, and provide religious guidance. Thus for Sunnis, anyone can study the basic Islamic teachings and become an imam. For most Shia Islam, Shia Muslims, the Imams are absolute infallible leaders of the Islamic community after the Prophet. Shias consider the term to be only applicable to the members and descendants of the ''Ahl al-Bayt'', the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad. In Twelver Shia, Twelver Shi'ism there are 14 The Fourteen Infallible, infallibles, 12 of which are Imams, the final being Muhammad al-Mahdi, Imam Mahdi who will return at the end of times. The title was also used by the Zaydism, Zaidi Shia Imams of Yemen, who eventually founded the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (1918–1970). Sunni imams Sunni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Mufti
A Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is a title for the leading Faqīh, Islamic jurist of a country, typically Sunni, who may oversee other muftis. Not all countries with large Sunni Muslim populations have Grand Muftis; in those that do, the Grand Mufti is typically appointed by the State (polity), state or elected by a council of scholars. The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman Empire and has been later adopted in a number of countries that were never part of the Ottoman Empire. Muftis are Islamic jurists qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion (fatwa) on a point of Sharia, Islamic law (sharia). In the 15th century, muftis of the Ottoman Empire, who had acted as independent scholars in earlier times, began to be integrated into a hierarchical bureaucracy of religious institutions and scholars. By the end of the 16th century, the government-appointed mufti of Istanbul came to be recognized under the title ''Shaykh al-Islam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muftiate
A muftiate is an administrative territorial entity, mainly in the post-Soviet and Southeast European states, under the supervision of a mufti. In the post-Yugoslavia states, spiritual administrations similar to the muftiate are called '' riyasat''. A grand muftiate is more significant than a muftiate, and is presided over by a grand mufti. A grand muftiate or muftiate is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the directorate, and oversees the local boards, clerics, mosques, and trusteeships. The structure of Russian- and south-eastern European muftiates were never prescribed by Islamic doctrine, but instead are based on the principle of an all-encompassing legal and administrative order in parallel fashion to Christian dioceses with the purpose of regulating the Islamic religion. History In 1788 the Russian Empire under Empress Catherine II established the first muftiate in Russia named “The Orenburg Muslim Spiritual Assembly” governed by a supreme mufti who oversaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Islamic Muftiates
This is a growing List of Islamic muftis and territorial muftiates. The mufti is the official head of the muftiate. The Grand Mufti is the official head of a board of regional muftis. Countries Albanian muftiates Algerian muftiates Office of the Grand Mufti of Australia Belarusian muftiates Bosnian muftiates The muftiates of Croatia, Sandžak, and Slovenia are under authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mešihat of Croatia The Mešihat of Croatia is under the authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mešihat of Sandžak The Mešihat of Sandžak is under the authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Mešihat of Slovenia The Mešihat of Slovenia is under the authority of the Grand Muftiate of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgarian muftiates Muftiates in the Caucasus states The South Caucasus states (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia (country), Georgia) are under authority of the Grand Muftiate of the Caucasus (Bak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zawiyas In Algeria
The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are associated with Sufism, with each affiliated to a tariqa (torouq) brotherhood under the supervision of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments (Algeria), Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments, in accordance with the precepts of the Algerian Islamic reference. History The history of the Zawiya (institution), zawiyas in Algeria is linked to that of the Sufi brotherhoods or tourouqs. With the advent of the fifteenth century, the movement to create these spiritual retreat (spiritual), retreats intensified, as the Muslim world in the Machrek as in the Maghreb declined. The large Muslim cities lost their scientific and spiritual influence when the last Muslim dynasties lost educational and initiatory control over the mass of Muslim faithful due to the fragmentation of territories between rival emirates. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algerian Islamic Reference
The Algerian Islamic reference is the fundamentalist and legal framework for the practice of the religion of Islam in Algeria within Sunnism under the tutelage of the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments. Reference elements Sunnism Algeria belongs to the Sunni world which is the Islamic community to which the vast majority of Muslims belong. The sources of its Sunni Islamic jurisprudence are the Quran and Sunnah of Muhammad in the hadiths attributed to him. Ash'arism Algeria is based in its Muslim aqidah on Ash'arism which is a theological school of Islam, founded by Al-Ash'ari (873-935). Malikism Algeria adopts Malikism, which is one of the four Madhhabs of Sunni Muslim law, based on the teaching of Imam Malik ibn Anas (711-795). Sufism The Sufism is taught and practiced in more than 1,600 zawiyas in Algeria. Quran recitation The Tilawa of the Quran in Algerian mosques takes place according to Warsh recitation in the Salah ''Salah'' (, also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islam In Algeria
Islam is the majority and state religion in Algeria. The vast majority of citizens are Sunni Muslims belonging to Maliki school of jurisprudence, with a minority of Ibadi Muslims, most of whom live in the M'zab Valley region. Islam provides the society with its central social and cultural identity and gives most individuals their basic ethical and attitudinal orientation. Orthodox observance of the faith is much less widespread and steadfast than is identification with Islam. There are also Sufi philosophies which arose as a reaction to theoretical perspectives of some scholars. History Arrival of Islam Islam was first brought to Algeria by the Umayyad dynasty following the invasion of Uqba ibn Nafi, in a drawn-out process of conquest and conversion stretching from 670 to 711. The native Berbers were rapidly converted in large numbers, although some Christian and probably pagan communities would remain at least until Almoravid times. However, as in the Middle East itself, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdan Khodja
Hamdan ben Othman Khodja ''()'' (1773–1842) was an Algerian dignitary and scholar. He wrote the book "''Le Miroir''" in which he denounced the encroachments by French soldiers in Algiers, thus becoming the first essayist on this subject.. Biography Khodja was born in Algiers in 1773 to a family of Turkish origin active in the high administration of the regency.. His father was a Turkish scholar, an alim and also the defterdar of the deylik. His mother was a from Algiers. He was thus a .. Hamdan received an excellent education and was well travelled. He was taught religious sciences by his father, and succeeded greatly academically. As a reward, in 1784, when his uncle was chosen to take the dey’s gift to Constantinople, he was allowed to accompany him. After his father’s death, his uncle brought him into his business and sent him in his stead to cities such as Tunis, Livorno, Marseilles, London and Gibraltar, thereby giving him the opportunity to learn Turkish, French and En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Charef
Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of Adam in Islam, Adam, Noah in Islam, Noah, Abraham in Islam, Abraham, Moses in Islam, Moses, Jesus in Islam, Jesus, and other Prophets and messengers in Islam, prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets in Islam, and along with the Quran, his teachings and Sunnah, normative examples form the basis for Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born in Mecca to the aristocratic Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father, Abdullah, the son of tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, died around the time Muhammad was born. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
