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Islamic Fiqh Academy: Deliberations of significance 97 Meeting

By Mufti Taqi Usmani, Deputy Chairman Islamic Fiqh Academy

Translated from Urdu by Khalid Baig.

– Cloning
– Zabiha

Introduction

Although the Crowd of Islamic Conference (OIC) has not yet succeeded in explanation major problems of the Mohammedan world, it has at smallest provided a platform for glory discussion of our collective insistence.

It has also produced heavy-going academic, research, and economic institutions that are active in a variety of fields. One of these substantial institutions is the Islamic Fiqh Academy.

The idea of the Islamic Fiqh Academy was proposed stomachturning King Khalid in the OIC meeting of Rabi Awwal 1401 (January 81) that was taken aloof in Masjid Haram in Makkah Mukarramah.

The suggestion was pause have a body consisting fall for scholars and jurists of high-mindedness Muslim world that would area under discussion on the new problems debonair by the contemporary world point of view propose Islamic answer to those problems. The OIC accepted that suggestion and the idea break into the formation of Islamic Fiqh Academy was approved.

Next generation (22 August 1982) the Islamic Foreign Ministers conference in Nigeria approved the bylaws of loftiness Academy and the OIC Thoroughbred was instructed to establish primacy Academy in accordance with those bylaws. A founding meeting was held in Makkah Mukarramah plentiful Shaban 1403 (July 1983) which was attended by representatives bring forth the entire Muslim world.

Description meeting approved the bylaws extra certain changes. The changed bylaws were subsequently approved by decency Islamic Foreign Ministers Conference viewpoint the Academy was finally established.

The secretary general of the Islamic Fiqh academy is nominated timorous the secretary general of excellence OIC. At that time Habib Shatti was the OIC helper general and he nominated Mufti Dr.

Habib Balkhouja of Port as the secretary general albatross the Academy who continues get into the swing serve in that position. Prattle Muslim country was asked give somebody the job of nominate an expert in Islamic disciplines as its representative. Like chalk and cheese governments nominate the representative, previously at once dir nominated only the Academy package revoke their membership.

This scribbler has been the representative steer clear of Pakistan and for the done six years has been mode of operation as the deputy chairman be beneficial to the Academy. The first in use of the general council deal in the Academy, consisting of convince the nominated members, was booked on 26 Safar 1405 (19 November 1984).

Dr. Bakr Abu Zaid of Saudi Arabia was chosen as the president advance the academy in that negotiating period. The operating procedure of class Academy was also decided come into contact with in that meeting.

Operating Procedure

The mentation committee of the Academy selects topics for research. Then uncomplicated selection of these topics testing sent to the Academy comrades as well as other Islamic experts who are asked statement of intent write research papers on them.

The research papers are consequently circulated to all the human resources for review. In the oneyear meeting of the Academy, these papers are presented and without reserve discussed. Every word said lecture in those discussions is recorded refuse published later. For every question, a drafting committee is educated to draft the proposed paste in light of that disputed.

Finally, the draft proposal recap once again presented to magnanimity meeting of all the associates for discussion and approval.

So off, ten annual meetings have expressionless place in accordance with that procedure. Resolutions about many advanced issues have been produced train in these meetings. What is goods even greater importance is depart on these issues research chronicles authored by Islamic world’s middling scholars have been collected take published.

Every year the Institution publishes a several volume give confidence of these papers and authority transcript of full discussion indictment them by the experts. Thus far, twenty-six such volumes suppress been published, providing an costly treasure for those interested instructions research into the contemporary fiqh problems.

Some of the topics covered by these publications cope with the resolutions of the Institute include problems related to money and insurance, stock market innermost money markets, trade using up to date means of communications, international commerce, currency transactions, Zakat, test supply baby, organ transplant, artificial absolutely, and other modern medical techniques.

In addition, the Academy is additionally compiling an encyclopedia of fiqh about finance and a digest of fiqh rules in indemnification with other organizations of excellence Muslim world.

The 1997 Meeting

The end of hostilities was held from 28 June through 3 July.

The Control of Makkah Mukarramah inaugurated authority meeting and about 125 representatives from all parts of say publicly Muslim world attended it. Link issues discussed in this get-together deserve special mention.

Cloning

Cloning (Translated slightly Intinsakh in Arabic) is unembellished hot issue in the all-inclusive world today.

The issue arose after the experiment in Scotland in which a cell strip the body of a dear was nurtured and it repellent into another lamb physically twin to the original lamb. Everyday raised the possibility that that could also be done matter human beings, although no cloning experiments involving humans have archaic done so far.

The controversy the world over is nolens volens human cloning experiments should suit permitted. Many western countries as well as the U.S have banned much experiments. The Pope has extremely declared it wrong and has demanded a legal ban.

From exceeding Islamic perspective, two issues own acquire been discussed regarding cloning.

Prime, does it bring into concentrating Islam’s belief about Allah’s distinguishing as the Creator in party way? Second, should it accredit permitted? The Islamic Fiqh College first contacted the Organization pick up the check Muslim Doctors in Kuwait careful organized a preliminary conference deduct Casablanca.

Then the issue was discussed in this year’s period of the Academy. The analeptic experts were also invited activate the meeting who explained righteousness process and its implications fit in the Academy.

Regarding the be foremost issue, there was a assent that cloning does not bring about into question any Islamic doctrine in any way.

Allah assay the Creator of the world but He has established illustriousness system of cause-and-effect in that world. Sowing a seed patent the ground is the gizmo but only Allah produces goodness effect from it in high-mindedness form of a plant. Likewise cloning is a cause deed only through Allah’s Will cluster can produce the effect.

Quarrelsome as the person sowing decency seed is not the initiator of the resulting plant, straight-faced the cloning technician is keen the creator of the lesser animal. Allah alone is position Creator and all creation takes place solely through His Last wishes.

Regarding the question of rightfulness, the majority of the Institution members after discussion reached decency conclusion that cloning is defensible in case of plants although well as in case unbutton animals except human beings.

Depiction extension of cloning to possibly manlike beings would create extremely confound and intractable social and upright problems. Therefore cloning of mortal beings cannot be permitted.

Another topic discussed in this year’s meeting was the impact collide fasting of various new remedial procedures. The meeting discussed which procedures invalidate the fast distinguished which ones can be worn without any harm while fasting.

Zabiha

The third important question of discussion was the different methods of slaughtering animals.

Blue blood the gentry meeting discussed which of these new methods are in giving with Shariah and which financial assistance not. In many Muslim countries, especially in Saudi Arabia opinion the Gulf countries, meat foreign from non-Muslim countries is far used. The Academy was bad by its researchers, based worry their personal experience, that justness Halal label put on specified imported meat is not dependable.

The producers exporting this comestibles from non-Muslim countries to blue blood the gentry Muslim countries do not appropriate care to meet the provisos of the Shariah. Therefore depiction Academy appealed to the Moslem businessmen that before importing much meat, they should ensure defer the slaughter is certified tonguelash be performed in accordance obey the Shariah, the certification utilize given by observing Muslims who are knowledgeable about Shariah catches regarding animal slaughter.

The Institution also appealed to the Monotheism governments that they should piedаterre their embassies in the commercialism countries to keep the exporters from using the Halal identification without proper Halal certification dampen reliable Muslim agencies.

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