You are invited to an online meeting with the renowned Sheikh His Eminence Muhammad al-Hassan al-Dedew, inshāAllāh. Register below.

This is the third Ramadan in a row that the Shaikh has kindly given us his time to put some pressing questions to him, inshāAllāh.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81081253612?pwd=dDVDUnRmNXk5b0NNQmNJMjVOSFhwdz09

Passcode: 581007

The meeting is for Imams, tullāb al-‘ilm, scholars, activists, du’āt, and staff and volunteers at Islamic organisations, to submit questions to the sheikh and benefit from his advice. Also in attendance will be other senior scholars such as Shaykh Dr Haitham al-Haddad inshāAllāh, who also invites you to join.

His eminence Shaykh Muhammad al-Hassan al-Dedew (also spelt al-Dido) is a senior jurist and thinker among the scholars of Mauritania, who are known worldwide for their knowledge, piety and influence on global Islamic affairs.

Shaykh Dedew was born in 1963 into a family dedicated to knowledge. His teachers came initially from his extended family, which included many prominent scholars, especially his maternal grandfather Shaykh Muhammad ‘Ali Ould ‘Abd al-Wadud. In 2007, Shaykh Dedew founded the Islamic University known as Markaz Takwīn al-Ulamā (Ulema Training Center), a highly-selective institute boasting a world-renowned curriculum mastering 63 Islamic disciplines, lasting up to 17 years.

In 2010 he also participated in the setting up of the Islamic University Abdella Ben Yassine which proposes a complete academic course according to the international system LMD (Licence, Master, Doctorate).

Meeting in progress - register for recording

Online meeting with Shaykh al-Dedew 2023/1444

Please complete this form to receive details for the meeting and to submit questions on the topic of the meeting.

  • If you would like to ask any questions to the Sheikh you can mention them here, so that we can combine duplicates ahead of time to make the most of the time we have inshāAllāh.
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Recording of last year's meeting

This is a shortened version with most of the English live-translations removed and replaced with subtitles for brevity.

  • 6:15 brief reminder to Muslims in Europe
  • 15:50 Sh Haitham presents Sabeel’s Siddīqiyya model to Sh Dedew
  • 18:16 Introduction to the Sciences & Education Centre to support Sh Dedew’s Markaz Takwin al-Ulama
  • 20:35 Q1 cooperation between du’at  
  • 27:32 Q2 democratic participation and gradualism
  • 30:02 Q3 priorities for Muslims in the West considering rise of Islamophobia
  • 33:46 Sh Haitham’s encouragement to the audience
  • 35:43 Q4 bridging the gap between activists and scholars
  • 38:33 Q5 technical question about Zakat in Maliki madhhab
  • 40:05 Q6 how to re-establish the Khilafah
  • 44:03 Q7 programme for huffāz to deepen their connection with Qur’an
  • 47:23 Q8 unity between Ash’aris and Atharis
  • 53:00 concluding request for ijaza in hadith
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