His Eminence Dr. Abdallah Idriss Abu Bakr Maiga was born in Niger in 1950. He studied the Holy Qur’an and the fundamentals of Islamic sciences in the village kuttab (Qur’anic school), and later pursued his studies in the circles of scholars in Niamey, the capital of Niger, from 1957 to 1971. He obtained his Intermediate Certificate in 1974 and his Secondary Certificate in 1977 from the Institute of the Islamic University of Madinah. He then earned a Bachelor’s degree from the Faculty of Sharia in 1981 and a Master’s degree in Islamic Jurisprudence in 1985 from the same university. In 1992, he received the State Doctorate from the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences (Department of Islamic Studies) at Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
His Eminence has been a member of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy representing Niger since 14 March 2017.
His Eminence has held several important positions in local and international institutions, including Director of the Research and Studies Department at the International Islamic Fiqh Academy. He was also a member of the National Committee responsible for preparations for the opening of the Islamic University of Niger, a faculty member, and head of the Faculty of Islamic Studies and Arabic Language at that university. He subsequently held various positions at the same institution, including Faculty Member at the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies, and Assistant Rector of the University. He also served as Imam and Khatib of the mosque at the Prince Sultan Cultural Center in Niamey, Niger. His Eminence has participated in numerous training courses and conferences.
Books and Research
Books
- A Study and Critical Edition of the Book “Tibq al-Artab fima Iqtatafnahu min Masanid al-A’immah wa Kutub Mashahir al-Malikiyyah wa al-Imam al-Hattab.”
- The System of Kharaj and Ushr in Islamic Jurisprudence.
- Slaughtering and Sacrificial Animals in Islamic Sharia.
- The Principle of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil in Contemporary Muslim Society: Between Theory and Practice.
Research Papers
- The Personality of the Muslim Woman: Her Rights and Responsibilities.
- Collective Ijtihad and Its Institutions.
- Moderation (Wasatiyyah) in Islam.
- The Importance of the Arabic Language in Understanding the Holy Qur’an and Islamic Sharia.
- The Right of the Custodian Relative to Child Custody and the Means of Its Enforcement.
- Fighting Among Muslims in the Name of Jihad, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-One.
- Offensive Jihad and Defensive Jihad, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Two.
- Marriage of Underage Girls Between the Guardian’s Right, the Girl’s Interest, and the Extent of the Ruler’s Authority to Prohibit or Restrict It from an Islamic Perspective, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Three.
- Tolerance in Islam: Its Social and International Necessity and Its Impacts, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Four.
- Clarifying the Role of Bequests as an Effective Tool for Combating Poverty and Ensuring the Circulation and Growth of Wealth in Islamic Sharia, Journal of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, Issue Twenty-Five.
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