الاشقر، محمد

A great Shariah Scholar (1930-2009). author of “Zubdat at-Tafsir” the abridged version of Tafsir ash-Shawkani and the author of the Usool book “al-Waadih fee Usool al-Fiqh” among many other works of the sheikh rahmiahullah. He was the older brother of sh. Omar Sulayman al-Ashqar . Ph. D from al-Azhar university. His thesis was in the field of Usool, the legal theory of Islamic law, and was titled “The actions of the Messenger of Allah and their legal authority in establishing the law”. heikh al-Ashqar then joined the efforts in completing a very famous Encyclopedia of Fiqh, Islamic jurisprudence, “al-Mawsoo’a al-Fiqhiyyah” sponsored by the ministry of Islamic affairs in Kuwait. He was a member of the Fatwa Counsel in Kuwait until the invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Sh. Al-Ashqar then moved to Amman, Jordan were he dedicated his time for research and writing until he passed away