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Taha Karaan (2 June 1969 – 11 June 2021) was a South African Muslim scholar and jurist. He was the head-mufti of the Muslim Judicial Council, South Africa. He was the founder of Mahajjah Research Institute and the Dar al-Uloom al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in Strand.
Biography
Taha Karaan was born on 2 June 1969, in
Deobandism.[5]
Taha was seen as an influential thinker in South Africa.Ahadith on Contagion and Pandemics.[1]
He died on 11 June 2021, from COVID-19 complications.[3] Islamic scholars and intellectuals Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera, Faraz Rabbani, Ismail ibn Musa Menk, Omar Suleiman and Yasir Qadhi expressed grief over his death.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Muslim world at loss, Mufti Taha Karaan passes away". The Chenab Times. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ^ a b "If Only Someone Else Said it, Mufti Taha Karaan of South Africa". Seekers Guidance. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "MJC mufti Moulana Taha Karaan has died". News24. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "SA & Global Muslim Ummah Shattered by Passing of Great Islamic Scholar Mufti Taha Karaan". Radio Islam. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan: 227, 231.
- ^ "Güney Afrikalı Müslüman Yargı Konseyi Müftüsü Karaan vefat etti" [Moulana Taha Karaan, Mufti of the Muslim Judicial Council (MJC) in the Republic of South Africa, passed away.]. Haberler (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-137-55231-0. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Database of Sanad holders in the Quran 2019-2020 (8 ed.). Western Cape: Al-Tanzīl Institute of Quranic Sciences. 2019. pp. 381, 705. Retrieved 2 July 2021.