A member of Al-Azhar's Council of Senior Scholars rejects the fatwa of the Mufti of Jerusalem
Member of the Senior Scholars Council of Al-Azhar, Dr. Abbas Shoman. Archives
A member of the Senior Scholars Council of Al-Azhar, Dr. Abbas Shoman, expressed his surprise at the fatwa issued by the Mufti of Jerusalem prohibiting Emiratis from praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque after the announcement of the peace treaty between the UAE and Israel.
Dr. Abbas Shoman refused to download Sharia law that it cannot tolerate, and said: “I refuse to issue legal fatwas that are not based on any foundations or legal rules, and I do not know as a specialist in Islamic jurisprudence a justification for ruling to nullify the prayer of the people of an entire Muslim country in a mosque of God based on a political position "It was taken by his country, and it is not in defense of the Emirates and does not interfere with its political positions that are valued by its leaders, because the fatwa issued is selective and not considered Sharia."
He pointed out that Turkey has had relations with Israel since 1949 and was the first Islamic country to recognize Israel, and these relations continue to this day and reached cooperation in the economic and military fields, which is far beyond normalization. Nevertheless, we have not heard of a Palestinian fatwa prohibiting Turkish prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we do not want. To hear, just as Qatar has commercial relations with Israel. We have not heard that Qatari prayers are forbidden in Al-Aqsa, and we do not want to hear.
Dr. Abbas Shoman said that the fatwa contradicts the strong pressure from the leaderships in Palestine to issue fatwas calling on all Muslims to visit Al-Aqsa and pray there.
He added: "Within the limits of my knowledge, no fatwa was issued in our Islamic history by the predecessor or successor prohibiting a person or group from praying in a Muslim mosque."