His Eminence Dr. Hamza Abu Faris was born in Libya in 1945. He obtained the Special Teaching Certificate (specialising in Arabic Language and Religious Studies) in 1967, and earned his Secondary School Certificate (Literary Stream) in 1971. He then enrolled in the Faculty of Education (formerly the Higher Teachers’ College) in Tripoli, where he was admitted to the Department of Languages (Arabic, English, and French) and specialised in French Language and Literature. He received a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Education in Tripoli in 1975. He subsequently enrolled in postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Education in Tripoli, obtaining a Diploma in Islamic Studies in 1980 and a Master’s degree in 1984. He later earned the State Doctorate in Islamic Sciences (Comparative Fiqh) from the University of Ez-Zitouna in Tunisia in 2000. His dissertation was entitled: “Judge Abd al-Wahhab al-Baghdadi and His Methodology in Explaining al-Risalah.”
His Eminence has been a member representing the State of Libya in the International Islamic Fiqh Academy since 13 September 2012.
His Eminence served as a professor in the Department of Sharia at the Faculty of Law, University of Tripoli, and as a visiting professor at the European Institute of Human Sciences in Paris, Château-Chinon. He supervised and examined more than eighty theses and dissertations. He also presented numerous research papers at seminars and conferences in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Mauritania, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In addition, he served as Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in Libya.
Books:
• ‘Iddat al-Buruq fi Jam‘ Ma fi al-Madhhab min al-Jumu‘ wa al-Furuq by Al-Wansharisi (critical edition), published by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, Beirut, 1990.
• Kashf al-Niqab al-Hajib min Mustalah Ibn al-Hajib by Ibn Farhun (critical edition), published by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, Beirut, 1990.
• Al-Furuq al-Fiqhiyyah by Muslim al-Dimashqi (critical edition), published by Dar al-Gharb al-Islami, Beirut, 1992.
• Al-Ta‘rif bi al-Rijal al-Madhkurin fi Jami‘ al-Ummahat (critical edition), published by Dar al-Hikmah, Tripoli, 1994.
• An Introduction to the Principles of Imam Malik’s Jurisprudence by Ibn al-Qassar (critical edition), published by Dar Elga, Malta, 1996.
• Al-Is‘af bi al-Talab (Legal Maxims) by Al-Tawati, an abridgment of Al-Manjur’s commentary on Manhaj al-Zuqqaq, published by Dar al-Hikmah, Tripoli, 1997.
• Inheritance and Wills in Islamic Sharia: Theory and Practice, published by Dar al-Hikmah, Tripoli, Libya, Tenth Edition, 2021.
• Highlights of Aspects of Libya’s Cultural Life, published by Dar Elga, Malta, 2001.
• Research and Studies on Selected Works of Maliki Jurisprudence, published by Dar Elga, Malta, 2001.
• Judge Abd al-Wahhab and His Methodology in Explaining the Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani, published by Dar Elga, Malta, 2003.
• Research and Studies on Intellectual, Jurisprudential, and Historical Issues, published by Dar al-Hikmah, Tripoli, 2008.
• Sources of Legal Maxims, Dar Ibn Hazm, Beirut, 2010.
• Introduction to the Study of the Objectives (Maqasid) of Islamic Sharia, Dar al-Walid, Tripoli, Libya, 2011.
• Al-Kafi by Ibn al-Munammar (critical edition), Dar al-Mayman, Riyadh, 2012.
• Commentary on the Risalah of Ibn Abi Zayd al-Qayrawani by Judge Abd al-Wahhab al-Baghdadi, in ten volumes (critical edition), 2021.
• Contemporary Jurisprudential Fatwas, Vol. 1, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2022.
• Historical Research and Studies, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2022.
• Jurisprudential Research and Studies, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2022.
• Intellectual Research and Studies, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2022.
• Leading Figures of the Maliki School in Libya up to the Fifth Hijri Century, Revival and Renewal Society, 2022.
• Al-Kafi by Ibn al-Munammar (revised and new edition, critical edition), Libyan Center for Research and Studies, 2022.
• Summary of Inheritance and Wills, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2023.
• Introduction to the Study of Islamic Jurisprudence, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2023.
• Legal Maxims, Imam Ibn Abd al-Ghalib al-Misrati Center, 2023.
Research Papers Published in the Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy:
• Dialogue among Followers of the Islamic Schools of Thought, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-One.
• Women and Public Offices: Women’s Appointment to the Judiciary, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Two.
• The Impact of the Marriage Contract on the Ownership Rights of Spouses, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Three.
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