Aleppo 1904 – Amman 1999

Shaykh Mustafa Ahmad al-Zarqa

Hanafi jurist, codifier, and a leading figure in the renewal of contemporary Islamic jurisprudence.

By his son, Dr. Muhammad Anas al-Zarqa

Mustafa al-Zarqa

Syrian Islamic Fiqh and civil law scholar, teacher, author and legislator (1904-1999) Synopsis Mustafa al-Zarqa was preeminent in helping provide a vision and bases for reconnecting fiqh to academia and modern legislation. He made significant impact on how fiqh is now written an…

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