About the author
Dr Shaikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, born in 1926 in Egypt, is at the forefront of contemporary Muslim thinkers and scholars. His vast contributions include more than 80 books and hundreds of articles on different Islamic issues, ranging from the fundamental principles and laws of Islam to the needs and challenges of modern Muslim societies. His knowledge, intellect, moderation and unrelenting efforts to bring Islam to a larger audience have gained him the respect of millions of Muslims and non-Muslims worldwide. He has been also famous for his poplular Al-Jazeera Television program Ash-Shariah wal-Hayat (Sharia and Life), with an estimated 40 million viewers worldwide. Many of his books have been translated into other languages. Shaikh Al-Qaradawi’s contributions to the study of Islamic law are best illustrated in his book Fiqh Az-Zakat (The Law of Alms), a major reference in the Islamic world.
Professor Al-Qaradawi was the founder and Dean of the College of Shari’a and Islamic Studies and founder and current Director of Sunnah Research Center at Qatar University. He worked also as the President of the World Muslim Scholars Association, the European Council for Islamic Guidance and Research, the Supervisory Commissions of Islamic Banks of Qatar and Bahrain, Vice-President of the International Commission for Alms in Kuwait, and Member of the Islamic Academy of Fiqh of the World Muslim League and several other Islamic research institutions and charity organizations. He is also a trustee of Oxford University Center for Islamic Studies and has been recently named technical consultant for an epic movie in English on the Prophet Muhammad.
In addition to the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies, Shaikh Al-Qaradawi received a number of other international awards and honors for his distinguished contributions, including the Prize of the Islamic University in Malaysia, Dubai International Holy Quran Award, the Sultan Hasan Bolkiah Prize in Brunei and Al-Owais Prize (UAE). In 2008, Foreign Policy magazine placed him in third position on its list of the “20 top intellectuals worldwide.” The Islamic Studies Faculty in Qatar incepted “the Sheikh Yusuf Al Qaradawi Scholarships” in 2009. It also named its newly established research centre “The Qaradawi Center for Islamic Moderation and Renewal”.
In 2011, he was awarded the Jordanian Medal of Independence (First Class).
Professor AI-Qardhawi has been awarded the Prize for his continuous academic efforts to relate Islamic Law (Fiqh) to modern Muslim society. His work “Fiqh Az-Zakat” is characteristically comprehensive in content, academic method, and analytical approach.
His contributions in different aspects of Islamic sciences are still going on, and he didn’t stop his intellectual journey despite of the age and health problems he is facing for past a few years.
About the book :
Islam, through its teachings and beliefs raised a nation of shepherds and gentiles and transformed them into a “generation” established the truth and justice among the people, brought them out of the darkness of ignorance, to the light of faith, and from humiliation and submissiveness, to the pride and dignity of humanity.
They remained inheriting this message from "generation" to another “generation”until we came to the strange and alien ideas about Islam and Muslims from secular atheist or communist infidel. This book, "The Generation who desires the victory, sets out the parameters and characteristics of a "generation" that transcends randomness, denies deceit, and submits to the truths. It takes into account the divine laws in being. A generation that believes in science, respects reason and rejects superstition, has learned from Quran and Sunnah that thinking is obligatory and that seeking knowledge is a jihad, and that is why he learns before he works, and thinks before he judges. The book is small in size but has many benefits. It talks about the problems of Ummah with victory and its laws.
Mr. Mohammad Shahid Khan surely deserves our appreciation and thanks as he translated such a valuable book in Urdu. His sincerity in bringing out the most relevant and useful content to Urdu world is very evident from this work.