Simplification of the rules of acts of worship, by Sheikh Fayçal Mawlawi (2nd edition)

Simplification of the rules of acts of worship, by Sheikh Fayçal Mawlawi (2nd edition)

This reference book is a particular methodology for presenting the fiqh of worship acts (Prayer, Fasting, Zakat and Pilgrimage), which is based on:

- The return to the Koran and the Sunna, as far as possible, so that the legal prescriptions remain linked to their main source, and to allow anyone wishing to stick to the "dalil" argument to refer to this book.

- The quotation of the main opinions relating to the question subject to the divergence, adopting one of the opinions when it is supported by an explicit argument. Then, the evocation of other opinions during the explanation or in a footnote.

- We endeavored to evoke the opinions of the four schools, as far as possible, in order to allow any person wishing to conform to one of them to benefit from this book.

- We mentioned – sometimes – opinions belonging to imams apart from the four imams in accordance with the conclusive opinion allowing to follow other than the four imams.

About the Author: Sheikh Faisal Mawlawi

His eminence Sheikh Fayçal Mawlawi magistrate, "faqih" jurisconsult was born in 1941 in Tripoli, Lebanon. He was an adviser to the Lebanese Supreme Court. He was a notoriously famous scholar, preacher and thinker in Lebanon, in the Arab-Muslim world and in Europe.

He was in France from 1980 to 1985.

He contributed to the creation of the UOIF and the European Institute of Human Sciences.

He contributed to the creation of the European Fatwa Council, of which he is the vice-president.

He actively contributed to spreading an enlightened understanding of Islam that links the text to the context and calls for openness to society.

Sheikh Faycal Mawlawi passed away on Sunday, May 08, 2011