08. June 2017
Walakum salam, May Allah accept your fasts and good deeds this Ramadan and eternally. I appreciate your response to my email and I cannot wait to read your new book next year insha Allah. May Allah give you health and happiness. I pray to Allah that we continue to have such learned people such as yourself to assist Muslims in their journey to knowing Allah and serving Him as best as we can. If you have the time to answer this one last question I would truly appreciate it. But if you cannot I...
22. May 2017
Letter 1: Thank you for responding to this email. I read the fatwa on the permissibility of not wearing the headscarf in the United States and found it compelling, logical, and easy to understand. I truly appreciate the detail given in the explanation for passing the fatwa. Most scholars usually pass a ruling, or give advice without giving detailed explanations as to why they have reached such conclusions. I have been wearing the headscarf for more than 10 years and I live in Canada and...
15. May 2017
Dear Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, I really appreciate the work you're doing. I had a question about your fatwa on the hijab (head covering). It's an understatement to say that the issue is controversial and as you rightly mentioned in your Hijab tapes the issue is in the present moment not open to rational discourses. The question of the hijab is seen by many muslims and traditional scholars as something not up for discussion and anybody trying to undermine its complete obligation is either a...
30. January 2017
Dear Dr. Abou El Fadl, First I'd like to thank you for your efforts and thoughts, which I very much appreciate. I wanted to reach out to you however for a personal Enquiry or rather a spiritual crisis as you once called it. I have seen your fatwa on Hijab, thinking it will relieve my struggle but I'm still unsure of which way to go. I have been wearing the headscarf for 24 years (since I was 16) out of strong urge by sheikhs and the belief that it is mandatory, and the strong fear that I'd be...
02. January 2016
FATWA ON PERMISSIBILITY OF NOT WEARING HIJAB, ISSUED 12.31.2016 In the name of God, the Most Gracious and Most Merciful Al-salāmu ʿalaykum. Recently, I have received numerous inquiries from Muslim women regarding the wearing of the headscarf, commonly known as the hijab. Feeling the rise of hostility and animosity towards Muslims in the West, a number of women have inquired whether NOT covering their hair is permissible in Shariʿah. A number of these women expressed concern about their own...
01. January 2006
This Conference was founded on the beauty of the Book, and our Civilization was the civilization of books. Our way to God is guided by the Book, and we found our worth only in books. Our God manifested through the Book, and our identity was defined by books. So how can we become the corrupters of the Book and the betrayers of books? What type of arrogance permits a people to name themselves God’s soldiers and then usurp His authority? What type of arrogance empowers a people to inject their...