Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Sheikh
Yusuf al-Qaradawi
Yusuf al-Qaradawi in 2006
TitleSheikh
Personal
Born
Yusuf 'Abdullah al-Qaradawi

(1926-09-09)9 September 1926
Saft Turab, Kingdom of Egypt
Died26 September 2022(2022-09-26) (aged 96)
Doha, Qatar
ReligionIslam
ChildrenAbdul Rahman Yusuf
Ilham Al-Qaradawi
EraModern
DenominationSunni
MovementModernism[1]
Notable work(s)Fiqh al-Zakat, al-Halal wa al-Haram fi al-Islam, Fiqh al-Jihad, Fiqh al-Awlawiyyat, Fiqh al-Dawlah, Madkhal li-Ma'rifat al-Islam and others
Alma materAl-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt)
  • 1952 – Alimiyya degree, College of Usul ad-Din (Religious Fundamentals of Islam)
  • 1958 – Post-Graduate Diploma in Arabic Language Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies in Arabic Language and Literature
  • 1960 – Master's degree
  • 1973 – Ph.D. degree, Department of Quranic Studies at the College of Usul ad-Din
OccupationIslamic scholar
Muslim leader
Influenced by
Influenced
AwardsKing Faisal International Prize (Saudi Arabia)[3]

Prize of the Islamic University (Malaysia)
International Holy Quran Award (Dubai)
the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Prize (Brunei)
Al-Owais Prize (UAE)
Medal of Independence, First Class (Jordan)
Top 10 in The 500 Most Influential Muslims (United Kingdom)[4]

Top 20 Intellectuals Worldwide by Foreign Policy magazine (Washington, D.C., United States)[5]
Websiteal-qaradawi.net

Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يوسف القرضاوي, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.[6] His influences included Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Qayyim,[7] Sayyid Rashid Rida,[8][9] Hassan al-Banna, Abul Hasan Ali Hasani Nadwi,[10] Abul A'la Maududi and Naeem Siddiqui.[11] He was best known for his programme الشريعة والحياة, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh ("Sharia and Life"), broadcast on Al Jazeera, which had an estimated audience of 40–60 million worldwide.[12][13][14] He was also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped for establishment in 1997 and for which he served as chief religious scholar.

Al-Qaradawi published more than 120 books,[13] including The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam: The Future Civilization. He also received eight international prizes for his contributions to Islamic scholarship,[15] and was considered one of the most influential Islamic scholars living.[12][16][17] Al-Qaradawi had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood,[18] an Egyptian political organization, although he repeatedly stated that he was no longer a member[19] and twice (in 1976 and 2004) turned down offers for the official role in the organization.[12][20]

Al-Qaradawi was sometimes described as a "moderate Islamist".[21] Some of his views, such as his condoning of Palestinian suicide bombings against Israelis, caused reactions from governments in the West:[22] he was refused an entry visa to the United Kingdom in 2008,[23] and barred from entering France in 2012.[24]

  1. ^ Toguslu, Erkan; Leman, Johan (2014). "Fethullah Gülen, Tariq Ramadan and Yusuf al-Qaradawi: The Pluralisation of Islamic Knowledge". Modern Islamic Thinking and Activism: Dynamics in the West and in the Middle East. Leuven University Press. p. 40. Defending a modernist way, but without calling them modernist, is symptomatic of our three Muslim public intellectuals.
  2. ^ a b Warren, David H. Debating the Renewal of Islamic Jurisprudence (Tajdīdal-Fiqh) Yusuf al-Qaradawi, his Interlocutors, and the Articulation, Transmission and Reconstruction of the Fiqh Tradition in the Qatar-Context. Diss. The University of Manchester (United Kingdom), 2015. "Muhammad ‘Abduh and Rashid Rida that this thesis uses to enter the discussion. Al-Qaradawi lays claim to their legacy, and this thesis is particularly concerned with the engagement between himself and his interlocutors in the unusual context of Qatar"
  3. ^ "Professor Yousef A. Al-Qaradawi (King Faisal International Prize)". King Faisal International Prize. 1 January 1994. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Yusuf al-Qaradawi – The 500 Most Influential Muslims". The Muslim 500, United Kingdom. 1 January 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Yusuf al-Qaradawi – The World's Top 20 Public Intellectuals". Foreign Policy Magazine, Washington, D.C., United States. 7 October 2009. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ AFP (news agency) (11 May 2014). "Qatar-based cleric calls for Egypt vote boycott". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.
  7. ^ Shaham, Ron (2018). Rethinking Islamic Legal Modernism: The Teaching of Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Boston: Brill Publishers. pp. 5, 57. ISBN 978-90-04-36899-6.
  8. ^ Shaham, Ron (2018). Rethinking Islamic Legal Modernism: The Teaching of Yusuf al-Qaradawi. Boston: Brill Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-90-04-36899-6.
  9. ^ al-Qaradawi, Yusuf (1992). Priorities of The Islamic Movement in The Coming Phase. Awakening Publications. p. 60. ISBN 0953758214.
  10. ^ القرضاوي, يوسف. الشيخ أبو الحسن الندوي كما عرفته الدكتور.
  11. ^ Al-Qaradawi, Yusuf (2002). Ibn al-Qarya wa-l-Kuttab: Malamih Sira wa-Masira, Vol. 1. Dar al-Shorouq. p. 245
  12. ^ a b c No.9 Sheikh Dr Yusuf al Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars – "The 500 most influential Muslims in the world 2009", Prof John Esposito and Prof Ibrahim Kalin – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
  13. ^ a b Smoltczyk, Alexander (15 February 2011). "Islam's Spiritual 'Dear Abby': The Voice of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  14. ^ No.31 Sheikh Dr Yusuf al Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, retrieved 4 July 2017
  15. ^ "Qaradawi Wins Hijra Award" Archived 16 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine ION, 15 December 2009
  16. ^ Product Description: The Global Mufti: The Phenomenon of Yusuf Al-Qaradawi (Paperback)by Bettina Graf (Author, Editor), Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen (Editor) C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd (20 July 2009). ASIN 1850659397.
  17. ^ Raymond William Baker, Islam Without Fear: Egypt and the New Islamists (2003), p.4
  18. ^ Olivier Guitta (20 February 2006). "The Cartoon Jihad: The Muslim Brotherhood's project for dominating the West". The Weekly Standard. pp. Volume 11, Issue 22. Archived from the original on 17 February 2006.
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  20. ^ "Al-Qaradawi Turns Down Offer to Assume Leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood". Al Jazeera. 12 January 2004.
  21. ^ Halverson, Jeffry R. (24 May 2018). "Yusuf al-Qaradawi". Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  22. ^ Controversial preacher with 'star status' BBC article, by agdi Abdelhadi on 7 July 2004
  23. ^ Cite error: The named reference BBC 2008-02-07 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  24. ^ "France bars Muslim clerics from entering France". CBS News. 29 March 2012. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)