Abdallah Bin Bayyah
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| Abdullah bin Bayyah | |
| Born | 1935 Mauritania |
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| Residence | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar |
| Title | Sheikh Allama |
| Religious beliefs | Sunni Islam |
| Website http://www.binbayyah.net |
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Shaykh Abdallah bin Mahfudh ibn Bayyah (born 1935CE 1362H) is an Islamic scholar born in Mauritania (West Africa). Currently he teaches at King Abdal Aziz University.
From an early age, his profound intellectual gifts and ability allowed him to memorise massive texts. In his youth, he was appointed to study legal judgements in Tunis. On returning to Mauritania, he became Minister of Education and later Minister of Justice. He was also appointed a Vice President of the first president of Mauritania. However, in part because of the miliatary coup in Mauritania, he began to teach and traveled to Saudi Arabia where he became a distinguished professor at The University of Uṣūl al-Fiqh.
The shaykh is presently involved in several organizations in the Muslim world, such as al Majma’ al-Fiqhi, which comprises a body of scholars from across the Muslim world and from different madhhabs and viewpoints. They analyze and study modern issues confronting Muslims to formulate Islamic solutions.
Shaykh Abdallah is also an author, having written several books and delivered lectures in different countries. He has expertise in areas such as Fiqh al-`Aqalīyāt, the jurisprudence related to Muslim minorities in non-Muslim lands. This is a specialist field pioneered by Shaykh Abdallah's colleague and friend the eminent Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
[edit] See also
[edit] Prominent Students
- Shaykh Hamza Yusuf
- Shaykh Salman al-Ouda
- Dr. Hisham `Abdullah
