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IIFA mourns the passing of founding member H.E. Prof. Abdul Wahab Abu Sulaiman

17 April، 2023

The General Secretariat of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy received the news of the passing of the great scholar, historian, and academic, our father, H.E. Professor Abdul Wahab bin Ibrahim Abu Sulaiman,

##His Eminence was a founding member of IIFA

The International Islamic Fiqh Academy, its presidency, its Secretariat General, its members, and its experts mourn the deceased who passed away on Monday, 26th of the blessed Ramadan 1444, corresponding to Monday, April 17, 2023,

"His Eminence has educated generations of scholars and contributed to the Islamic library with significant works and extensive research on jurisprudence and its origins, as well as in history and civilization. His Eminence introduced the Ummah to Makkah, its holy mosque, university, library (birthplace of the Prophet PBUH), Al-Salaam Gate, and the significance of Islam in human history. His Eminence also discussed the Haram Library’s contribution to the modern literary and scientific renaissance.

His Eminence was a founding member of IIFA and made notable contributions as a researcher, speaker, and rapporteur during its numerous sessions and seminars until his passing. I can attest that he consistently reminded us of the importance of Islamic heritage and its gems...."

On behalf of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy’s president, its members, and its experts.

Prof. Koutoub Moustapha Sano.

Secretary General

International Islamic Fiqh Academy

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https://iifa-aifi.org/en/history-of-the-academy

Overview

The International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA) is a universal scholarly organization. It is a subsidiary organ of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). It was established following a resolution at the Third Islamic Summit of the Organization (N.8/3-T/S-I) on 19th-22th Rabi al-Awal 1401H, corresponding to January 25th-28th, 1981. Its headquarter is in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Academy is endowed with a legal personality. Its members are eminent Muslim jurists, scholars, researchers, and intellectuals who specialize in jurisprudential, cultural, educational, scientific, economic, and social fields of knowledge from different parts of the Muslim world.

The Academy is entrusted with elucidating the rulings and provisions of Shariah on issues of concern to Muslims around the world, in full independence and based on the Holy Quran and the Noble Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH). It also studies contemporary life issues, performing an authentic and effective Ijtihad, aiming at providing solutions stemming from Islamic heritage and open to the developments of Islamic thought.

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The International Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Organization of the Islamic Conference was established following a resolution issued by the Third Islamic Summit Conference, held in Makkah Al-Mukarramah in 1401 (1981). ...[m. which followed a speech by the king:] ...the speech ... by His Majesty King Khalid bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia.....called for establishing an International Islamic Fiqh Academy comprising jurists, scholars and thinkers from the Muslim world to sort out authentic Islamic answers to every question and issue posed by contemporary life.

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https://www.saudigazette.com.sa/article/631707/SAUDI-ARABIA/Renowned-Saudi-scholar-Sheikh-Abu-Suleiman-passes-away-leaving-behind-a-rich-legacy

Renowned Saudi Islamic scholar and former member of the Council of Senior Scholars Sheikh Abdul Wahhab Abu Suleiman passed away at the age of 88.

Funeral prayer was offered for him at the Grand Mosque in Makkah after Dhuhr prayer on Monday and his body was buried at Al-Moalla Cemetery in Makkah.

Abu Suleiman was the winner of the King Faisal International Prize in the category of Islamic Studies for the topic of “Civilizational Heritage in Makkah”. He was a member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy under the Muslim World League.

King Abdullah honored him as the Cultural Personality of the Janadriyah Festival. He had served as member of several prestigious Saudi and international bodies, and these included Islamic Studies Branch of the King Faisal International Prize; Prince Naif International Prize for the Prophet’s Sunnah and Islamic Studies; Committee of Experts of the Encyclopedia of Jurisprudence in the Islamic Fiqh Academy; Scientific Committee of the Islamic Development Bank; International Shariah Authority for Zakat in Kuwait; Advisory Council for the Maliki Jurisprudence Project at the Research House for Islamic Studies and Heritage Revival in Dubai; and Committee of Advisors to the Encyclopedia of Makkah and Madinah.

After obtaining his doctorate, he was appointed in 1390 as assistant professor at the College of Shariah in Makkah and in 1398 he was promoted to Associate Professor, and then Professor of Fundamentals of Jurisprudence in 1403.

He held several administrative jobs at the Umm Al Qura University, including dean of the College of Shariah and Islamic Studies between the years 1391-1393, chairman of the Manuscripts Evaluation Committee, as well as member of the University Certificate Equivalency Committee at the Ministry of Higher Education. During this period, he visited several European and American universities.

Abu Suleiman was one of the eminent scholars and researchers in the history of Makkah and the holy sites. He served as research professor at the Faculty of Law at Harvard University in the United States in 1996; visiting professor at Duke University in America, visiting professor at the International Islamic University in Malaysia,College of Arab and Islamic Studies in Dubai, and Emirates University of Al-Ain. He also represented Saudi Arabia in several international conferences and seminars.

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https://radianceweekly.net/king-faisal-international-prize-for-2014/

King Faisal International Prize for 2014

The King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has announced the King Faisal International Prize for 2014. The recipients in the categories are as follows. Service to Islam: Shaikh Dr. Ahmed Abou Bakr Lemu of Nigeria; Islamic Studies (Topic: Cultural Heritage of Makkah Al-Mukarrama): Professor Abdulwahab Ibrahim Abou Sulaiman of Saudi Arabia;

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The prize for Islamic Studies has been awarded to Professor Abdulwahab Ibrahim Abou Sulaiman of Saudi Arabia. Abou Sulaiman, who is member of the Saudi Council of Senior Islamic Scholars, was awarded the prize in recognition of his illustrious academic studies which monitor and document cultural exchanges between people in the Holy Haram and its surroundings, particularly his text: Bab Al-Salam which portrays the issue during important historical periods. His studies are distinguished by objectivity, profundity and richness of resources.

https://al-furqan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/publication_catalogue_en.pdf

Book available from them:

Abu Solayman, Abdul Wahhab Ibrahim

Islamic Historical Places in the Holy City of Makkah Al-Mukarramah

£30.00

Historian and researcher Abdul Wahhab Abu Sulaiman presented the Sharia ruling on the proposed development of the birthplace site and preserving historical sites in and around Mecca, arguing that they should be protected under Islamic law. Yet, Saudi authorities continue to refuse permission for any excavations to be carried out in this historical area and continue to deny preserving the historical buildings.

Also views of overwelming majority of todays wordwide Ulema and scholars... plus unanomous opinion of ulema, scholars, muslim leaders that this the site, there never was a question until the 20th century when the ews met resistance to the destruction of the BP, and the ..... it was a mosque till the day rhey damaged it.

https://archive.org/details/from-the-two-holy-sanctuaries/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater

*I PUT: SAW IN PLACE OF THE ARABIC*

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....of all the historical remnants connected with the life of the Messenger of Allah (SAW) both as a private person and as a Prophet, and, subsequently, their perpetrating deeds that violate Islamic Law and violate the method which the pious Predecessors used to follow.”

Muhammad Sa‘ld al-Buti. 1

Vestiges

“Do not raze the vestiges of the past for they are the adornment of Madina” (La tahdimii al-atama fa-innaha zinatu al-Madina), said the Prophet [m.SAW they had arabic] FT2

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The Apartments of the Holy Prophet (Madina)

When the rooms of the Holy Prophet [m. saw.they had it in arabic] were destroyed by al-Walld ibn ‘Abd al-Malik to make room for the enlargement of his Mosque, the entire population of Madina wept and Sa‘id ibn al-Musayyab said: “By Allah! I wish they had left them exactly as they were for the youngsters of Madina and the visitors from afar to see the little with which the Messenger of Allah [m.saw, they had it arabic] was content in his life and to encourage people to do without material luxuries and mutual rivalry.” 3

The Hallowed House where the Prophet was Born (Makka)

In his book Akhbar Makka wa-Ma Jaaflha min al-Athar (Makka: Matabi' Dar al-Thaqafa, 1965, 2:160) the 3rd-century historian of the Mother of Cities, Abu al-Walld al-Azraql, mentions as one of the many places in Makka in which the performance of Salat is desirable the house where the Prophet Up was born (mawlid al-Nabi). The noble house where the Holy Prophet was born (located in what became known as Suq al-Layl, Shu'ab BanI ‘Amir, Shu'ab ‘All, or Shu'ab al-Mawlid, present-day Qashshashiyya Street in Makka), belonged to his father ‘Abd Allah by inheritance from his father ‘Abd al-Muttalib, then passed on to the Prophet Up himself. It is said that the Prophet lip passed it on to his cousin ‘Aqll ibn Abl Talib in whose hand it remained even after the conquest of Makka. ‘Aqll’s son sold it to Muhammad ibn Yusuf the brother of al-Hajjaj. He expanded it and the house became known as al-Bayda’ and Dar Ibn Yusuf. When al-Khayzaran—the mother of the caliphs Musa al-Hadl and Harun al-Rashld—performed pilgrimage, she brought out Ibn Yusuf from the house and turned it into a mosque, after which the house became known as Zuqaq al-Mawlid. 4

The Qur’anic scholar al-Naqqash (266—351) mentions this Birthplace Mosque as a place where du‘a’ by noon on Yawm al-Ithnayn (Mondays) is answered. 5

Ibn Jubayr (540—614) in his Rihla (“Travels” p. 114—115) states:

This blessed place [the Birthplace Mosque of the Prophet] is opened, and all men enter it to derive blessing from it (mutabarrikin bih) on every Monday of the month of Rabf al-Awwal, for on that day and in that month was born the Prophet. [M.SAW]

The 7th-century historians Abu al-Abbas al-‘Azafl and his son Abu al-Qasim al-Azafl wrote in their unpublished Kitab al~Durr al-Munazzam:

Pious pilgrims and prominent travelers testified that, on the day of the mawlid in Mecca, no activities are undertaken, and nothing is sold or bought, except by the people who are busy visiting his noble birthplace and rush to it. On this day the Ka‘ba is opened and visited.

The famous eighth-century historian Ibn Battuta relates in his Rihla (1:309 and 1:347), that on every Jumu'a after the Salat and also on the birthday of the Prophet, the door of the Ka'ba is opened by the head of the Banu Shayba—the doorkeepers of the Ka'ba—while on the Mawlid, the [Sharif] Shafi‘1 head judge of Makka Najm al-Dln Muhammad ibn al-Imam Muhyl al-Dln al-Tabari distributes food to the descendants of the Prophetflj and to all the other people of Makka.

https://archive.org/details/from-the-two-holy-sanctuaries/page/48/mode/1up?view=theater

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