American Fiqh Academy consists of qualified jurists (muftis) who have studied under several leading jurists across multiple continents.
Prior to their extensive training in the principles and practice of issuing legal verdicts (fatwas), most members have completed the rigorous six to eight year ‘Alim course, which consists of detailed studies of Arabic grammar (nahw), morphology (sarf), and eloquence (balaghah); jurisprudence (fiqh) and its principles (usul); hadith and its principles; Quranic exegesis (tafsir) and its principles; creed (‘aqidah) and logic (mantiq); pronunciation, intonation, and caesura pertaining to Quran recitation (tajwid); and Prophetic and general Islamic history (sirah, tarikh).
(Members are listed in order of their join date.)