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**Islamic Fiqh Council**

It is an independent Islamic scholarly body with a distinct legal personality, operating within the framework of the Muslim World League. It is composed of a select group of eminent jurists and scholars from across the Islamic world.

**Objectives of the Council:**

The objectives of the Islamic Fiqh Council are as follows:

- To clarify Islamic legal rulings regarding the problems, new developments, and contemporary issues faced by Muslims worldwide, based on the recognized sources of Islamic legislation.
- To highlight the superiority of Islamic jurisprudence over secular laws and to demonstrate the comprehensiveness of Sharia and its ability to address all issues faced by the Islamic Ummah in every time and place.
- To promote and revitalize the Islamic jurisprudential heritage, redefine its terminology, and present it in a modern language and framework of understanding.
- To encourage scholarly research in various fields of Islamic jurisprudence.
- To compile fatwas and authoritative jurisprudential opinions from verified scholars and trusted fiqh councils concerning emerging issues, and to disseminate them among the general Muslim public.
- To address doubts and respond to objections raised against the rulings of Islamic Sharia.

**Means of the Council:**

The Islamic Fiqh Council employs all legitimate and appropriate means available to achieve its objectives, including:
• Establishing an information center to monitor issues faced by the Islamic world that require study.

• Compiling dictionaries of fiqh and its sciences to clarify jurisprudential terminology and make it easier for those engaged in fiqh studies and practice.
• Publishing a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to fiqh studies, presenting the most important research, discussions, and resolutions of the Council, and translating them into several languages.

• Cooperating with similar scholarly institutions and centers across the Islamic world and exchanging knowledge and ideas with them.
• Organizing scientific symposia on contemporary issues and new developments, and commissioning specialists to contribute studies on these topics.
• Translating the Council's resolutions, recommendations, and research, and disseminating them through all possible means, including the internet, satellite channels, and newspapers.

**Date of Establishment**: 1-12-1397 AH, corresponding to 22-12-1977

Secretary of the Council: H.E. Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Zaid
Phone: 00966125601276
Fax: 00966125601232
Email: \[<fiqhcouncil@themwl.org>\]
Website: \[<https://ar.themwl.org>\]
Address:
General Secretariat – Muslim World League
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia



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