Shabir Ally

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Shabir Ally
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Shabir Ally in 2013
Personal life
Bornc. 1953
Guyana
Main interest(s) Da'wah
Education Laurentian University (BA)
University of Toronto (MA, PhD)
Religious life
Religion Islam
Denomination Sunni
Jurisprudence Hanafi
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Years active2008–present
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Website shabirally.com

Shabir Ally (born 1953) is a Guyanese-Canadian Islamic scholar. As of 2020, he was President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto. [1] [2] [3] [4] He promotes a contextual interpretation of Qur'anic verse, and justification of them in similar expressions within the Christian Bible. [5] [6]

Contents

Ally performs dawah by adopting preaching methods targeted at both the Muslim population and the non-Muslim population. [7]

Early life and education

Shabir Ally was born in c. 1953 in Guyana, and moved to Canada with his family in 1978. He belongs to an Indo-Guyanese family with ancestral roots in Gujarat, India. [8] He received his B.A. in religious studies from Laurentian University, with a specialization in Biblical literature, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. [8] [9] His PhD thesis, completed in 2013, was on the exegesis of the Qur'an (tafsir). [8] [10] He also holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in physics. [8]

Views

Despite his conservative upbringing, many views of Shabir Ally differ significantly from the Traditional Conservative Mainstream Islamic scholars.

Hijab

Shabir Ally argues that covering the hair isn't mandatory for women in Islam. [11] [12] [13] [14]

Stoning

Stoning adulterers is not a part of Islam according to Shabir Ally. [15]

Hadith

Shabir Ally questions the process of Hadith classification done by many traditional scholars and doubts the true authenticity of many Hadiths which have been classified as authentic by other traditional scholars. [16] [17] [18]

Ijma/Consensus

Shabir Ally calls into question the idea of a scholarly consensus (ijma) as a source of Islamic law. He says there is no consensus on the definition of a scholarly consensus, there is disagreement about whose agreement matters, the time period and location of the consensus, the scope of matters covered, and even the source of the authority of this consensus. [19]

Celebrating Non Muslim Festivals

Celebrating Christmas [20] [21] and Halloween [22] is not prohibited for Muslims according to Shabir Ally.

Theory of Evolution

Shabir Ally argues that the theory of evolution is not incompatible with Islam. [23]

Publications

References

  1. ↑ "shabir ally - IslamiCity". www.islamicity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  2. ↑ Silverstein, Barbara (2019-03-25). "Rings of peace held outside Canadian mosques". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  3. ↑ "Prominent Islamic scholar says according to Imam Abu Hanifa prayers can be offered in native language". Chitral News. 2020-06-30. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  4. ↑ Folkins, Tali (2019-01-21). "Evolution of interfaith friendships led to powerful experience of 'trialogue'". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
  5. ↑ https://www.islamicity.org/by/shabir-ally
  6. ↑ F.Y., Mustaffa (2020-03-31). "Needs and Preferences of Qur"anic Arabic Vocabulary Learners Regarding Learning through Qur"anic Arabic Mobile Applications" . International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation. 24 (5): 152–162. doi: 10.37200/ijpr/v24i5/pr201678 . ISSN   1475-7192. S2CID   216471813.
  7. ↑ Abu Zarin, Zarinna (2019). "Dr Shabir Ally and His Contribution to Da'wah". Cluster of Education and Social Sciences.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Shabir Ally". Maturidi Institute. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  9. ↑ Neurock, Gabriella (2018-04-03). "The New Testament: Fact or Fiction - Royal Purple News". Royalpurplenews.com. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  10. ↑ Shabir Ally. "The Culmination of Tradition-based Tafsīr : The Qurʼān Exegesis al-Durr al-manthūr of al-Suyūṭī (d. 911/1505)" (PDF). Tspace.library.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Q&A: Can You Be Modest Without Wearing the Hijab?".
  12. ↑ ""Q&A: Is It Sinful to Not Wear Hijab?".
  13. ↑ ""The Evolution of Hijab: The Headscarf & Dress of Muslim Women"".
  14. ↑ ""Hijab - Dr. Shabir Ally"".
  15. ↑ "Q&A: Is Stoning Part of Islamic Sharia?".
  16. ↑ "A Balanced Approach to Hadith".
  17. ↑ "Can We Trust Hadith?".
  18. ↑ "How should Muslims view Hadith?".
  19. ↑ "Problems with the Scholarly Consensus (Ijma)".
  20. ↑ "Navigating Christmas as a Muslim".
  21. ↑ "Muslim Approaches to Christmas".
  22. ↑ "Muslim Perspectives on Halloween".
  23. ↑ "Q&A: Was Adam the First Man? Reconciling Creation with the Theory of Evolution".
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