Dr. Yusuf Al-Qaradawi:The most influential Muslim pundit in the modern world
Yusuf Al- Qaradawi was born on September 9, 1926 in an Egyptian Muslim
family. He lost his father at two years old in 1928 and brought up by
his uncle. Though his family pressured him to be sources of income, he
had few concentrations about that, due to fulfill the thirst of
knowledge. He concentrated in reading Quran and memorized it when he was
9 years old boy.
Moreover, he has been struggling to
depose misconceptions and misinterpretations about Islam and to provide
exact and superior solutions on various issues through his writings and
speeches.
Yusuf Al- Qaradawi was born on September 9, 1926 in an Egyptian Muslim
family. He lost his father at two years old in 1928 and brought up by
his uncle. Though his family pressured him to be sources of income, he
had few concentrations about that, due to fulfill the thirst of
knowledge. He concentrated in reading Quran and memorized it when he was
9 years old boy.
It should be noted that he was very
pious from his childhood which made him a follower of Hasan Al Banna,
the great Muslim scholar in that time. He gathered much knowledge from
his teachers and leaders. Before moved to Qatar to his uncle, he
attended in the Al Azhar university in 1928.
He came back from Qatar in 1940 and
joined at Al Azhar to restart his study. Then he joined the Faculty of
Theology and got the `Aliyya certificate (equivalent to BA degree at
present) in 1952-53. He got also the ‘Ijaza of teaching from the Faculty
of Arabic Language in 1954.
In 1960 he obtained the High Preliminary
Study which is equivalent to MA degree from the department of the
Sciences of Qur’an and Hadith at the Faculty of Theology. In 1973 he got
the PhD. degree with his dissertation about Az-Zakah wa-Atharuha fi
Hall al-Mushkilat al-Ijtima`iyya (Zakah and its Influence in the
Solution of Social Problems.)
Actually in his life he tried to ease
off the Shariah within the obligations in practical life. So in his
early life, he delivered much speech and writings for Islam and against
monarchy and was imprisoned more than three times in 1949 when his book
‘Tyrant and the scholar’ was published.
Al Qaradawi is now one of the most
eminent scholars of Islam. He has been trying to provide practical
solution on current world problem which are in integral part of Muslim
life. These problems cover suicide bombing, terrorism, alcohol,
Homosexuality, conflict between Israel-Lebanon, Israel-Palestine and
other basic Shariah rules and obligations such as Hijab, religious
rights. For his contributions, he is known as moderate Muslim scholar on
religious and social matters.
Moreover, he has been struggling to
depose misconceptions and misinterpretations about Islam and to provide
exact and superior solutions on various issues through his writings and
speeches.
He has published over 100 books dealing
with various aspects of Islamic life, literature and poetry. His best
known books include: The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam (1960),
Priorities of the Islamic Movement in the Coming Phase (1990).
Approaching the Sunnah: Comprehension & Controversy , Islamic
Awakening Between Rejection and Extremism and Priorities of Islamic
Movement.
Qaradawi served as Dean of the Islamic
Department at the Faculties of Shariah and Education in Qatar, and as a
Chairman of the Islamic Scientific Councils of Algerian Universities and
Institutions. He was also a faculty member at the Michigan-based
Islamic American University (IAU), a subsidiary of the Muslim American
Society. Until at least June 2003 he was Chairman of the IAU Board of
Trustees.
Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi is the head of
the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR), and the president of
the International Association of Muslim Scholars (IAMS).
He is popular for his ‘Al Jazeera’
program named ‘Ash-Shariah wal hayat (Shariah and life) and for website
“Islam online” that he helped to found in 1997, where he offers opinion
and religious verdicts (Fatwa) and provide possible solutions based on
Quran, Hadith and strong logic. He delivered many speeches in his
interviews given in different media.
He worked as a khatib, teacher, and
writer at Al-Awqaf and Al-Azhar. Many scholars consider him to be a
mujtahid of the Modern Age. He has been active in the field of da`wah
and the Islamic Movement for more than half a century.
Dr. Yusuf is also well-known in
Bangladesh as a moderate Muslim scholar. Many of his books are available
in Bangla language. We should study those books to clarify the concept
of Islam. Finally, it can be said that, we have lots of things to learn
from this great scholar’s life and works.
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