Wikipedia's first sentence called it “muslim deobandi mufti and teacher of islamic law based in camperdown”. Today it says “south african muslim scholar and jurist who established the darul iftaa mahmudiyyah”.
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Ebrahim Desai is South African Mufti of Indian origin and a Grand Mufti of South Africa who was trained in a Hanafi Deobandi legal school. He runs the fatwa website Ask Imam , an online Islamic questions and answers database of Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah. Previously, he used to head the Dar al-Ifta of Madrasah In'aamiyyah . He is currently the senior lecturer of Hadith at Darul Uloom Nu'maniyyah in Chatsworth, KwaZulu-Natal and Madrasah Hameediyyah in Durban .1He has been ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims .2A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings" . A narrative review of Islamic juridical rulings" . Wifaqul Ulama (Britain) . 25 September 2016 .3
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Ebrahim Desai is a Muslim Deobandi mufti and teacher of Islamic law based in Camperdown , South Africa. He runs the fatwa website Ask Imam , an online Islamic questions and answers (Q&A) database and currently heads the Dar al-Ifta of Madrassa In'amiyyah , Camperdown as the Principal Mufti as well as being the Senior Lecturer of Hadith (Shaykh al-Hadith) there AskImam About us page Staff at Madrassah In'amiyyah Camperdown
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Ebrahim Desai is a South African , Deobandi Muslim Grand Mufti of Indian origin and a teacher of Islamic law based in Durban, Sherwood, South Africa .He runs the fatwa website Ask Imam an online Islamic questions and answers (Q&A) database and used to head the Dar al- Ifta of Madrasah In'aamiyyah , Camperdown as the principal mufti as well as used to be the senior lecturer of Hadith (Shaykh al-Hadith) there He currently heads the Darul iftaa in Sherwood, Durban, South Africa and is the oversight for the Fatwa Department of Jamiatul Ulama KZN. AskImam About us page Staff at Madrassah In'amiyyah Camperdown
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South African Muslim scholar and jurist (1963–2021) Ebrahim Desai (16 January 1963 – 15 July 2021) was a South African Muslim scholar and jurist who established the Darul Iftaa Mahmudiyyah, the Askimam fatawa portal and served as the senior professor of hadith at Madrasah In'aamiyyah .He was an alumnus of Jamiah Islamiah Talimuddin Dabhel and ranked among The 500 Most Influential Muslims .He authored books including Commentary on Qaseedah Burdah , Introduction to Hadīth and Introduction to Islamic Commerce .
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muslim deobandi mufti and teacher of islamic law based in camperdown
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south african muslim scholar and jurist who established the darul iftaa mahmudiyyah
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