Muḥammad Rawwās Qalʻahʹjī

Muhammad Rawas Qal'aji (Arabic: محمد رواس قلعه جي; 1934 – April 23, 2014) was a prominent Syrian jurist, scholar of Islamic jurisprudence, and prolific author. He was particularly renowned for his extensive work in systematizing the legal opinions of the Salaf (the early generations of Muslims), making them accessible to modern researchers and practitioners. Trained in the Hanafi school of law but maintaining a strong methodological inclination toward the Salafi approach of evidence-based jurisprudence, Qal'aji's contributions bridged the gap between classical Islamic legal heritage and contemporary academic needs.

Early life and education Muhammad Rawas Qal'aji was born in 1934 in the city of Aleppo, Syria, a historic center of Islamic scholarship, into a family that valued literature and religious sciences. His formal religious education began at the prestigious Al-Khasrawiyya Sharia School (the Sharia Secondary School of Aleppo), where he studied under some of the city's most distinguished scholars. Most notably, he was a student of the historian and traditionist Muhammad Raghib al-Tabbakh.

Death Muhammad Rawas Qal'aji died in the early hours of Wednesday, April 23, 2014 (23 Jumada al-Akhira 1435 AH), while in Saudi Arabia. His body was transported to Kuwait, where he was buried in the Sulaibikhat Cemetery.

Selected bibliography Original works Contemporary Financial Transactions (1999) Dictionary of Islamic Legal Terminology (Arabic-English, co-authored, 1985) Encyclopedia of the Fiqh of Ibn Taymiyyah The Simplified Encyclopedia of Fiqh Our Leader and Theirs: Between Machiavelli and Umar ibn al-Khattab

Encyclopedia of the Fiqh of the Salaf series This series includes individual encyclopedias dedicated to the jurisprudence of: Abu Bakr Umar ibn al-Khattab Uthman ibn Affan Ali ibn Abi Talib Abdullah ibn Mas'ud Abdullah ibn Abbas Abdullah ibn Umar Ibrahim al-Nakha'i Al-Hasan al-Basri Sufyan al-Thawri Zayd ibn Thabit Ibn Jarir al-Tabari Abu Hurairah Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz Al-Layth ibn Sa'ad Al-Awza'i

Edited works (Tahqiq) Al-Mukhtar fi 'Ilaj Amrad al-'Ayn by Ammar al-Mawsili (co-edited with Zafir al-Wafai) Sifat al-Safwa by Ibn al-Jawzi Dala'il al-Nubuwwah by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani