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A mufti reading in his prayer stool, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (c. 1900) A mufti (/ ˈ m ʌ f t i /; Arabic: مفتي, listen ⓘ) is an Islamic jurist qualified to issue a nonbinding opinion on a point of Islamic law . [1] [2] The act of issuing fatwas is called iftāʾ. [3]
In British English [a], Mufti is plain or ordinary clothes, especially when worn by one who normally wears, or has long worn, a military or other uniform, such as a school uniform. It is also called civies and civvies ( slang for " civilian attire").
Nine of the fourteen Malaysian states have their own sultan; each of these nine states have their own mufti who usually controls the Islamic Council or Islamic Department of the state. At the national level, the Fatwa Committee of the National Council for Islamic Religious Affairs together with the five officials appointed by the National ...
Mufti is a men's clothing fashion brand, based in India and founded by Kamal Khushlani in 1998. [1] [2] It manufactures shirts, jeans, t-shirts, sweatshirts, sweaters, joggers, blazers and jackets. [3] It is owned and managed by Credo Brands Marketing Limited. [4] It owns 1,400 multi brand outlets and 120 large format stores. [5] [6]
[3]: 5 From there, the concept spread to other Muslim states, so that today there are approximately 16 countries with sizable Muslim populations which have a Grand Mufti. [3]: 85 The relationship between the Grand Mufti of any given state and the state's rulers can vary considerably, both by region and by historical era. [citation needed]
A muftiate [a] 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.
The office was created in 1953 by King Abdul Aziz with the appointment of Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh. [3] Usually, the office of the Grand Mufti has been filled by a member of the Al ash-Sheikh (the descendants of Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab). [4] In fact, there has only ever been one Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia who was not an Al ash ...
Akhtar Raza Khan [a] (born Muhammad Ismail Raza; 23 November 1943 – 20 July 2018), [1] also known as Tajush Shari'ah, [b] and Azhari Miyan, [3] [4] was an Indian Islamic scholar. A mufti of the Barelvis , he was the great-grandson of Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi who was considered to be a Mujaddid by his followers and was the eponymous founder of ...