Yusuf al-Qaradawi

Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يُوسُفُ الْقَرَضَاوِي, romanized: Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī; 9 September 1926 – 26 September 2022) was an Egyptian-born Qatari Islamic scholar. He spent most of his life in Doha, Qatar. He is the chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.[1]

He is best known for his programme, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh ("Sharia and Life"), broadcast on Al Jazeera, which has an audience of 60 million worldwide.[2][3] He is also well known for IslamOnline, a popular website he helped found in 1997 and for which he now serves as chief religious scholar.[4]

Views

He views music as permissible, and listens to it himself,[5] he permits acting on movie sets and condemns those who withdraw from acting,[6] believes mortgages are permissible,[7] and shaving the beard to be makruh.[8]

Criticism

Shaykh al-Albani: He was criticised for having a very dangerous philosophy and passing verdicts that contradict the sharia, such as how he permitted music by Shaykh al-Albani.[9]

Shaykh Fawzan: He released a book called refuting Qaradawi's book "Al-Halal wal-Haram" where he is very lax.[10]

References

  1. ↑ AFP (news agency) (11 May 2014). "Qatar-based cleric calls for Egypt vote boycott". Yahoo News. Archived from the original on 16 June 2014.
  2. ↑ No.9 Sheikh Dr Yusuf al Qaradawi, Head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars – "The 500 most influential Muslims in the world 2009", Prof John Esposito and Prof Ibrahim Kalin – Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
  3. ↑ Smoltczyk, Alexander (15 February 2011). "Islam's Spiritual 'Dear Abby': The Voice of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alexa site info IslamOnline.net Ranking#3880 1 March 2010". Alexa. 16 February 2010. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Ar-Rayyah Al-Qatariyyah [5969-5970]
  6. ↑ Al-Liwaa al-Islami (no. 1198)
  7. ↑ "Islamic Mortgages .co.uk: Buying Houses with mortgages: Ruling European Council for Fatwa and Research". www.islamicmortgages.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  8. ↑ "GROWING BEARD IS IT MANDATORY IN ISLAM?". www.irfi.org. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  9. ↑ Silsilah al-Huda wa ʾl-Nur 362/6
  10. ↑ "Criticism of book Al-Halal wal-Haram of Qaradawi - al-Fawzaan". SifatuSafwa. Retrieved 2025-04-25.

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