Jasser Auda is among the scholars and thinkers of Maqasid al-Sharia, holder of the Imam al-Shatibi Chair at Al-Salam al-Alami University in South Africa, President of the Maqasid Institute, which is an international research center registered in the United States of America. He is a Professor of Islamic Law at Carleton University, Canada, and a founding member and board member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the North American Fiqh Council, member of the European Fiqh and Research Council, associate of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of India, and Secretary-General of the Foundation for Youth Thought Awakening.

He received a PhD in Islamic Legislation Philosophy from the University of Wales, UK, and a PhD in Systems Analysis from the University of Waterloo, Canada, in addition to memorizing the Quran and initial studies in Hadith, Fiqh, and Origins in the circles of Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo. Previously, he was the founding director of the Maqasid al-Sharia Research Center and Deputy Director of the Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics in Doha, and also a professor at the University of Waterloo, Canada, Alexandria University, Egypt, International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia, College of Islamic Studies (Qatar), and American University of Sharjah. He has lectured on Islam, its legislation, and ethics at dozens of universities and institutions around the world and has twenty-five books in Arabic and English, some of which have been translated into more than twenty languages.

Birth and Education

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He was born in November 1966, memorized the Quran at school and university, and studied Fiqh, Hadith, and Usul in the circles of Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo. He successfully completed formal educational stages and learned English and French languages at Dar al-Tarbiya School, Cairo.

He then pursued independent study in the study circles of Al-Azhar Mosque between (1984 to 1990), memorized the Quran according to the narration of Hafs from Asim, and there read the books of Bukhari, Fath al-Bari, Muslim with Sharh al-Nawawi, Shafi'i Fiqh (text of Qalyubi and Umayra), Isnad and Takhrij, and Comparative Usul al-Fiqh.

He received a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Cairo University (1988), a Bachelor's in Islamic Studies from the American Islamic University, Michigan (2001), a PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Wales, UK, a PhD in Systems Analysis from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a Master's in Comparative Fiqh from the American Islamic University in Michigan.

Educational Activities

PhD in Islamic Studies from the University of Wales, UK, with the topic being a comparative study between Maqasid al-Sharia as the philosophy of Islamic legislation and Western philosophy of legislation (2008).
PhD in Systems Philosophy, University of Waterloo, Canada, with the topic being mental classification systems (1996).
Master's in Comparative Fiqh, American Islamic University, Michigan, on Maqasid al-Sharia and its relationship with Sharia rulings (2004).
Bachelor's in Islamic Studies, American Islamic University, Michigan (2001).
Bachelor's in Engineering, Cairo University (1988). Al-Azhar Mosque between (1984 - 1990).

Activities

Professor of Islamic Law, Department of Law, University of Novi Pazar, Sanjak Province, Bosnia.
Board member of the International Union of Muslim Scholars.
Member of the Executive Office of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists, UK.
Member of the Association for Combating Racism and Islamophobia, UK.
Member of the British Association for Middle East Studies.
Trustee member of the Center for the Study of Civilizations, UK.
Member of the Muslim Scholars Council of UK, University of Cambridge, UK.
Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Institute of Islamic Thought.
Associate of the International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems, Canada.
Trustee member of the Jasoor Foundation, Egypt.
Member of the Sharia Standards Project in the Prime Minister's Office, Malaysia, in cooperation with the Cordoba Foundation.
Member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy in India.
Honorary member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, India.
Managing Editor of the Journal of Contemporary Islamic Studies, Bloomsbury Foundation Qatar.
Secretary-General of the Advisory Board of the Foundation for Thought Consciousness in Cairo.

Academic Positions

Director of the Board of the Maqasid al-Sharia Research Center, London (2005–2010).
Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Sharia, Alexandria University, Egypt (2006 – 2010).
Professor, Center for Philosophical and Religious Studies, University of Southampton, UK (2008).
Associate Professor, College of Science and Arts, American University of Sharjah (2001 – 2005).
Assistant Professor, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada (1999 – 2001), University of Bahrain (1998-1999), and University of Waterloo, Canada (1996 – 1997).

Works

The Civil State: Towards Overcoming Tyranny and Achieving the Objectives of Sharia,
Between Sharia and Politics: Questions for the Post-Revolution Phase,
Maqasidi Ijtihad: From Usuli Conception to Practical Implementation,
Critique of the Theory of Abrogation: A Study in Maqasid al-Sharia Fiqh,
Maqasid al-Sharia as a Philosophy of Islamic Legislation,
Reconsidering Fiqh of Minorities Towards a Western Islamic Identity,
Conduct with God: A Journey with the Hikam of Ibn Ata' Allah al-Iskandari,
Words of Wisdom – A Journey with the Hikam of Ibn Ata' Allah,
Summary of Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtasid by Ibn Rushd,
Maqasid al-Sharia: A Beginner's Guide,
Maqasid al-Sharia and Ijtihad: Methodological Studies and Applied Models,
Fiqh al-Maqasid: Linking Sharia Rulings to Their Objectives,
Abridgment of Bidayat al-Mujtahid wa Nihayat al-Muqtasid,
Maqasid al-Sharia according to Sheikh al-Qaradawi.

Policy Reports for Muslim Communities

Indigenization of Islam in the UK, report of programs submitted to the UK Ministry of Asylum, in participation with Cambridge University, October 2009.
International Approaches to Islamic Studies at the University Level, policy report submitted to the UK Department for Education and Skills Budget Office, March 2008.

Book Translations

Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury, UK), Islam, Christianity, and Pluralism,
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali, The Muslim Woman Between Imported and Stagnant Traditions,
Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali, The Future of Islam Outside Its Land: How We Think About It,
Parts of Sheikh al-Qaradawi's book: Sheikh al-Ghazali as I Knew Him.

Awards

Certificate of Leadership in Law, Qatar, 2009 AD.
Honorary Robe of the Union of Muslim Students, University of Cape Town, South Africa, August 2008 AD.
Honorary Robe of the Moderation Research Center, Kuwait, April 2008 AD.
Honorary Robe of Cairo University, February 2006 AD.
Innovation in Research Award, Institute for Institutional Analysis Research, Germany, August 2002 AD.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Canada. (1994: 1996)
Saskatchewan Graduate Scholarship, Canada. (1993: 1994)
First Prize for Quran Memorization, Sharia Abidin Association, Cairo, 1991 AD.

References

International Union of Muslim Scholars