Yusuf Qaradawi

Sheikh Prof. Dr. Yusuf 'Abdullah al-Qaradawi يوسف عبد الله القرضاوي
Yusuf al-Qaradawi during Annual Conference of International Union of Muslim Scholars
Title	Shaykh
Born	Yusuf 'Abdullah al-Qaradawi (1926-09-09) 9 September 1926 (age 91) Saft Turab, Kingdom of Egypt (now Egypt)
Era	Modern
Region	Egypt
Occupation	Islamic scholar Professor Doctor
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni (Sufism)
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Notable work(s)	Fiqh al-Zakat, al-Halal wa al-Haram fi al-Islam, Fiqh al-Jihad, Fiqh al-Awlawiyyat, Fiqh al-Daulah, Madkhal li-Ma'rifah al-Islam and others
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt) 1952 - Alimiyya degree, College of Usul ad-Din (Religious Fundamentals of Islam) 1958 - Post-Graduate Diploma in Arabic Language Studies, Institute of Advanced Studies in Arabic Language and Literature 1960 - Master’s degree 1973 - Ph.D. degree, Department of Quranic Studies at the College of Usul ad-Din
Influenced by Hassan al Banna, Mohammed al-Ghazali
Influenced Rashid Al-Ghannushi, M.A.M. Mansoor
Awards	King Faisal International Prize (Saudi Arabia) Prize of the Islamic University (Malaysia) International Holy Quran Award (Dubai) the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Prize (Brunei) Al-Owais Prize (UAE) Medal of Independence, First Class (Jordan) Top 10 in The 500 Most Influential Muslims, (United Kingdom) Top 20 Intellectuals Worldwide by Foreign Policy magazine, (Washington, D.C., United States)
Website	Al-Qaradawi Center for Islamic Moderation and Renewal

Al-Azhar University (Cairo, Egypt)

King Faisal International Prize (Saudi Arabia)
Prize of the Islamic University (Malaysia)
International Holy Quran Award (Dubai)
the Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Prize (Brunei)
Al-Owais Prize (UAE)
Medal of Independence, First Class (Jordan)
Top 10 in The 500 Most Influential Muslims, (United Kingdom)

Yusuf al-Qaradawi (Arabic: يوسف القرضاوي Yūsuf al-Qaraḍāwī‎‎; or Yusuf al-Qardawi; born 9 September 1926) is an Egyptian Islamic theologian based in Doha, Qatar, and chairman of the International Union of Muslim Scholars. He is best known for his programme الشريعة والحياة, al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh ("Sharia and Life"), broadcast on Al Jazeera, which has an estimated audience of 40-60 million worldwide. He is also known for IslamOnline, a website he helped to found in 1997 and for which he serves as chief religious scholar.

Al-Qaradawi's books can be found worldwide in local bookstores. He has published more than 120 books, including his famous The Lawful and the Prohibited in Islam and Islam: The Future Civilization. He has also received eight international prizes for his contributions to Islamic scholarship, and is considered one of the most influential such scholars living today. Al-Qaradawi has long had a prominent role within the intellectual leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian political organization, although he has repeatedly stated that he is no longer a member and twice (in 1976 and 2004) turned down offers for the official role in the organization.