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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 ]
Grand Mufti Bujar Spahiu 2018–present Tirana: Grand Mufti Albania: Grand Mufti Selim Muca: 2004–2014 Tirana: Grand Muftiate of Albania: Grand Mufti Hafiz Sabri Koçi: 1991–2004 Tirana: Albanian muftiates Albanian Muftis Term of office Headquarters Muftiate of Elbasan: Mufti Agim Duka Elbasan. Muftiate of Krujë: Mufti Ledian Cikalleshi Krujë
The Grand Mufti (also called Chief Mufti, State Mufti and Supreme Mufti) is the head of regional muftis, Islamic jurisconsults, of a state. The office originated in the early modern era in the Ottoman Empire and has been later adopted in a number of modern countries.
Mufti Taqi Usmani; Ibn al-Nafis; Ibrahim ibn Faïd; Muzammil H. Siddiqi; Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz; Muhammad ibn al Uthaymeen; Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi; Taha Jabir Alalwani; Mufti Ghulam Rasool Jamaati; Taqiuddin al-Nabhani; Ahmed Raza Khan; Yusuf Al-Qaradawi; Mahmood Ahmed Ghazi; Khaled Abou El Fadl
In 1969, King Faisal abolished the office of Grand Mufti and replaced it with a Ministry of Justice. The position was restored in 1993 with the appointment of Abdul Aziz bin Abdullah bin Baz. [6] The current mufti Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al Sheikh was appointed in 1999 by King Fahd after the death of Ibn Baz.
Ahmed al Haddad (Arabic: أحمد الحداد) has been the Grand Mufti of Dubai, United Arab Emirates since 2011. In his capacity, Haddad is a qualified religious cleric, Imam and jurist who is entitled as the country's most senior Islamic scholar.
In late August 2014, the Grand Mufti condemned the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and al-Qaeda saying, "Extremist and militant ideas and terrorism which spread decay on Earth, destroying human civilisation, are not in any way part of Islam, but are enemy number one of Islam, and Muslims are their first victims". [13]
Nahiem Ajmal (born c. 1979), commonly known by the kunya Abu Layth, is a British Islamic scholar of a Pakistani background based in Birmingham.A follower of the Maliki school of jurisprudence and the Ash'ari school of theology of Sunni Islam, Abu Layth is a mufti and has received criticism from other Islamic scholars for many of his controversial views.