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Mawlawi (Arabic: مولوي, romanized: Mawlawī), rendered in English as Molvi, is an Islamic religious title given to Muslim religious scholars, or ulama, preceding their names, similar to the titles Mawlānā, Mullah, or Sheikh.
The basic prerequisite for issuing fatwas under the classical legal theory was religious knowledge and piety. According to the adab al-mufti manuals, a mufti must be an adult, Muslim, trusted and reliable, of good character and sound mind, an alert and rigorous thinker, trained as a jurist, and not a sinner. [11]
Famous local sheikhs include Ishaaq bin Ahmed, an early Muslim scholar and Islamic preacher, Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, an early Muslim leader in Somaliland; Abadir Umar Ar-Rida, the patron saint of Harar; Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Sheikh of the riwaq in Cairo who recorded the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt; Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al ...
The formal acknowledgment by decree of the sultan became a prerequisite to issue fatwas. In the 17th century, the annalist al-Hamawi used the expression "sultanic mufti" (al-ifta' al-sultani) to delineate the difference between the officially appointed religious leaders and those who had followed the traditional way of education.
[3]: 5 The Sheikh ul-Islam (or "grand mufti") of Istanbul had, since the late 16th century, come to be regarded as the head of the religious establishment. [4] He was thus not only pre-eminent but bureaucratically responsible for the body of religious-legal scholars and gave legal rulings on important state policies such as the dethronement of ...
Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar, officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad [b] [3] [4] (born 22 March 1931) [1] [a], is the tenth and current Grand Mufti of India. [5] [6] and General Secretary of the All India Sunni Jamiyyathul Ulama (the Indian Muslim Scholars Association) and General Secretary of Samastha Kerala Jem-iyyathul Ulama of AP Sunnis.
Mufti, a Muslim legal authority; in particular, the Sheik ul-Islam. Muhtesib, a lieutenant of police. Mujtahid, a doctor of the Sacred Law. Mulazim (candidate), a graduate of the higher Medressehs. Munejim-bashi, a chief astrologer. Muste emin, a resident foreigner. Mutbakh-emini, intendant of the kitchen. Muteveli, an administrator of an ...
A Sheikh or shaykh (Arabic: شيخ, romanized: shaykh, pl. شيوخ, shuyūkh), of Sufism is a Sufi who is authorized to teach, initiate and guide aspiring dervishes in the Islamic faith. The sheik is vital to the path of the novice Sufi, for the sheik has himself travelled the path of mysticism.