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Islamic scholar and jurisconsult

About Yusuf al-Qaradawi

In 1977, while exiled in Qatar after Egypt’s crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood, he founded the Islamic Sharia Council—later the European Council for Fatwa and Research—with a radical premise: that Islamic jurisprudence must respond not to abstract ideals but to the lived realities of Muslims scattered across London, Berlin, and Toronto. He pioneered the concept of 'fiqh al-aqalliyat' (jurisprudence of minorities), issuing fatwas permitting interest-free mortgages in non-Muslim lands and allowing women to lead mixed-gender prayers in diaspora contexts—not as concessions, but as acts of ijtihad rooted in maqasid al-sharia. His televised program 'Al-Shari‘a wal-Hayat' ran for over two decades, blending Quranic exegesis with labor law, bioethics, and stock-market halal compliance. Unlike predecessors who deferred to classical texts, he treated modernity as a juridical arena demanding fresh evidence: census data, psychiatric studies, and international treaties became admissible sources in his legal reasoning. His moderation was never dilution—it was precision calibrated to migration, secularism, and digital life.

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Did Qaradawi support democracy as an Islamic principle?
He distinguished between democracy as a procedural system and democracy as an ontological authority. In his 2001 book 'The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam', he argued that shura (consultation) mandates collective decision-making but rejects popular sovereignty over divine law. He endorsed electoral participation in non-Muslim states as a means of protecting rights—not because voting conferred legitimacy on secular constitutions, but because it fulfilled the juristic duty of 'dar al-ahd' (land of covenant).
What was his stance on female genital mutilation (FGM)?
In a landmark 2003 fatwa, he declared FGM 'medically harmful and religiously baseless', citing hadiths graded weak by classical scholars like Ibn Hajar and emphasizing the Prophet’s prohibition of harm ('la darar wa la dirar'). He rejected cultural justifications, insisting that no custom overrides the Quranic principle of bodily integrity—and later co-signed a 2012 Cairo Declaration condemning FGM as a violation of maqasid al-sharia.
Why did he permit interest-based student loans in the UK but not in Egypt?
His ruling hinged on the juristic concept of 'darura' (necessity): in Britain, where state-funded Islamic finance alternatives were absent and higher education was essential for socioeconomic survival, interest-bearing loans met the threshold of unavoidable hardship. In Egypt, he maintained, Sharia-compliant alternatives existed—even if imperfect—so the same concession did not apply. This contextual distinction exemplified his insistence that fatwas bind specific geographies, not universal conditions.
How did he reconcile supporting Hamas with advocating non-violence in Western contexts?
He classified armed resistance in occupied Palestine under 'jihad al-daf' (defensive jihad), permitted under classical Hanafi and Shafi'i rulings when territory is seized. In contrast, he forbade violence in Europe or America, arguing that Muslims there enjoy legal protections, civil rights, and avenues for redress—making offensive action both unlawful and counterproductive to da'wa. His position rested on the juristic distinction between 'dar al-harb' and 'dar al-ahd', not ideological inconsistency.
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