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Fiqh in a Changing World

A free one-day online webinar covering Uṣūl, fatwas, finance, minority fiqh
and contemporary Muslim life

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Sunday 28th June 2026

Program schedule

Session 1

Legal Reasoning

Sh. Abu Taymiyyah
  • Do I take a Western fatwa or a Gulf fatwa?
  • Can I take a fatwa from social media or IslamQA?
  • Can I use ChatGPT, and what is the future of AI in legal reasoning?
  • Can I choose any fatwa that is easy for me?
  • Why scholars differ, and how fatwa is applied today
Session 2

Islamic Finance Today

Sh. Khalid Hassan
  • The development of Islamic finance
  • How modern finance may hinder its progress
  • Is Islamic finance a scam?
  • Major challenges facing Islamic finance today
  • Possible solutions and parting thoughts
Session 3

Legal Theory

Sh. Abubakar al-Khalafi
  • Understanding Uṣūl al-Fiqh through scholarly examples and analogies
  • Why Uṣūl al-Fiqh matters in reaching sound legal conclusions
  • Why scholars differ on contemporary issues and modern nawāzil
  • Applying Uṣūl al-Fiqh to modern legal reasoning
  • Key lessons from Uṣūl al-Fiqh and contemporary nawāzil
Session 4

Minority Fiqh

Sh. Muhammad Abdurahman
  • What is Fiqh al-Aqalliyyāt, and why does it matter for Muslims in the West?
  • What principles guide scholars in addressing minority Muslim challenges?
  • Examples of minority fiqh in contemporary Western contexts
  • Why scholars differ on minority fiqh and its key debates
  • Practical guidelines for Muslims navigating contemporary issues
Your teachers

Four sessions.
Four focused discussions.

AT
Sh. Abu Taymiyyah

Sh. Abu Taymiyyah

M.A. candidate in Islamic Law
KH
Sh. Khalid Hassan

Sh. Khalid Hassan

M.A. in Islamic Law
AK
Sh. Abubakar al-Khalafi

Sh. Abubakar
al-Khalafi

M.A. in Legal Theory
MA
Sh. Muhammad Abdurahman

Sh. Muhammad Abdurahman

M.A. candidate in Islamic Law
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