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Mufti Menk Biography

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The Mufti Menk Biography is an extensive account of the life of Mufti Menk, a highly respected and renowned Muslim scholar and public speaker.

This comprehensive biography explores Mufti Menk’s upbringing, education, and the pivotal moments that contributed to his rise as a prominent figure in the Islamic world.

From his early years in Zimbabwe to his current status as a leading Islamic scholar and speaker, the Mufti Menk Biography takes an in-depth look at his journey and the lessons we can learn from his remarkable life.

QUICK INFORMATION OF MUFTI MENK

Date of Birth27th, June 1975
FatherMaulana Musa Ibrahim Menk
Age48-Year-Old
WifeUnknown
Country/Place of OriginZimbabwe
Place of birthHarare, Zimbabwe
Origin of ParentsIndia
Net worthWill be Updated Soon
NephewIbrahim Menk
Wife AgeUnknown
StudiesShariah in Madinah
Son NameUnknown
Real NameIsmail ibn Musa Menk
QualificationsDoctorate of Social Guidance from Aldersgate University
Email[email protected]
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic, Gujarati and Urdu
Height6 feet, In meter: 1.829m
Family NameMenk
Children9
Websitehttps://muftimenk.com/

Ismail ibn Musa Menk, famously known as Mufti Menk, born on 27th June 1975 is a Muslim cleric from Zimbabwe. And as the Head of the country’s fatwa department, Menk has been identified as a Salafi. But the scholar has disregard being in any Muslim sect. 

He has been named one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in the world by the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan in 2013, 2014 and 2017.

Menk was born in Harare, where he undertook his initial studies with his father, memorizing the Quran and learning Arabic, Urdu and Hanafi fiqh. He went to St. John’s College (Harare) for senior school. He later specialised in Hanbali fiqh at the Islamic University of Madinah.

Menk is known especially in eastern Africa and teaches internationally.

Views and Controversies of Mufti Menk Biography

Menk opposes terrorism and has pledged his aid in curbing religious extremism in the Maldives. On 31 March 2018, he urged Liberian Muslims to avoid Muslim-Christian violence, arguing that Muslims and Christians are brothers and sisters from one father, the prophet Adam. He blames western media for misleading the world that Muslims are generally terrorists. According to Gulf News, Menk said that everyone on this earth is a part of a family and has one maker, therefore, no one has the right to force any belief or faith on another.

The Huffington Post has described Menk as an “openly homophobic Islamic preacher” who has denounced the act of homosexuality as “filthy”. In 2013, he was due to visit six British universities – Oxford, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Cardiff and Glasgow – but the speaking tour was cancelled after student unions and university officials expressed concern about his views. Menk’s controversial statement included these words: “How can you engage in acts of immorality with the same sex?… The Qur’an clearly says it is wrong what you are doing… Allah speaks about how filthy this is… With all due respect to the animals, [homosexuals] are worse than animals.”

Bans from Traveling – Mufti Menk Biography

On 31 October 2017, Singapore banned Menk from its borders because it believes he expresses views incompatible with its multicultural laws and policies. According to the Straits Times, he has asserted that “it is blasphemous for Muslims to greet believers of other faiths during festivals such as Christmas or Deepavali”. Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs said in a statement that its decision to reject Menk’s application for a short-term work pass stemmed from his “segregationist and divisive teachings”. The Majlisul Ulama Zimbabwe, Menk’s own institution, released a statement to express “regret and dismay” regarding the ban. It said that Menk was an “asset to multi‐cultural, multi‐religious Zimbabwe” and that viewers should “listen to his sermons in full” and not “edited clips of a few minutes” to see the moderate path he has chosen.

In November 2018, the Danish government banned Menk from entering its borders.

Works

In 2018 he published a collection of his sayings as a book titled Motivational Moments and in 2019 published the second edition, titled Motivational Moments 2.

Awards and Recognition

Menk was honoured with an Honorary Doctorate of Social Guidance by Aldersgate College, Philippines and its collaborative partner Aldersgate College – Dublin, Ireland on 16 April 2016.
KSBEA 2015 Awards – Global Leadership Award in Social Guidance was awarded by the Cochin Herald.
He was listed as one of The 500 Most Influential Muslims in 2014 and, 2017.

MUFTI MENK MOBILE NUMBER

Do you need my phone number? Here is what Mufti Menk said about his contact.

Mufti Menk (00:00)
My beloved brothers and sisters, that’s a very, very interesting question. As time has passed, obviously, responsibilities have grown. More and more people are aware of the work that I do. But I think what people need to remember is I’m not the only person on earth that they could actually get help from. I’m a human being with a very limited capacity. I won’t be able to meet everyone. I won’t be able to talk to everyone personally. I won’t be able to communicate with everyone and so on. In fact, it’s just a small number of people. How would you expect me to meet the thousand-odd who are here this evening? It would require four hours minimum. I think in the excitement, people forget that it becomes so difficult and it’s really exhausting. I give it my utmost. I do the best I can, and then I have to have a cutoff. Sometimes people feel offended when I haven’t given the time or as a human being, I’ve got to excuse myself, or if I say I won’t be able to. One of the sneakiest things to do is just to meet me randomly somewhere and say, Sorry, Sheik, what’s your number?

Mufti Menk (01:26)
And you’re holding your phone like I’m going to just say it. Okay. What we’ve done is we have an admin’s number. That’s the number that will go out. Then if it is felt that I need and it’s only me who can solve the matter and so on, perhaps it might get to me. From the emails I receive, I can only respond to a few a day. Admin responds to some, I would respond to some. Sometimes it’s diverted to me. If it’s a follow-up email, perhaps I would get to see it. It becomes very difficult because I don’t want to go into numbers. But in the thousands, there are similar requests every day from so many mosques, so many organizations, so many charities, so many people, and all of them are good causes and everyone means well. But as a human, we are so restricted. I also wait for Jannah to say that, Inshallah, there will be no limits, no restrictions. You won’t even need my number because you just have to think about it. I think about it, and next best thing, we’re talking, Mashallah. It is very difficult. One of the worst things, if I can say…

Mufti Menk (02:29)
What I’d say is to take pictures of others while they’re eating. That, for me, is very offensive. If we’re eating, I don’t eat more than once a day, basically, on most days. You’re stuck into your food and sometimes you have a morsel, you’re chewing, and some people are busy taking pictures or videos while you’re eating. I think that’s rude. Secondly is when a person is with his family, give them their space. It’s okay. From a distance, you can acknowledge, you can see. If not, pray for them and move on. Not just me, even others. Be considerate. If they’re with their family, it’s time. Because you’re asking me how I navigate, I can tell you my family finds it even more difficult sometimes because a simple going out to the shops. Yes, if I’m alone, it’s okay. But if I have my family with at least respect them, you can say, Salaam alaykun, and move on. But now every other person wants to stop you, and then they say, This guy is arrogant because now he thinks he’s a big deal because, look, he’s very famous. No, that’s not true. I think you’re not being considerate.

Mufti Menk (03:37)
The man’s a human being. He has a very limited capacity and he stretched it to its limits. Now give him his time as well. That’s why people say, Oh, you’re driving. I say, Yeah, I like to drive myself. Oh, but we can take you. I can do it. I say, No, that’s the whole thing. I’m running away from people taking me because I don’t want to talk all the way. I want to be on my own, my me time, think, reflect, do my own Dhikir, whatever else it may be. It’s really difficult. If you don’t get a number, don’t be offended. If you send an email and you don’t get a response, Inshallah, try some other scholars. Try a different channel. Don’t hold it against me because honestly, it becomes extremely difficult. Not because I don’t want to, because I just can’t cope. You’re a human being.

Interviewer (04:24)
I think it’s fair to say that there’s many ways of trying to get in contact with you, Inshallah, and we hope for the best. But you know you mentioned families.

Mufti Menk (04:31)
But before you say that, many ways of getting hold of me, but you don’t have to get hold of me in the sense that, Alhamdulullah, you can get hold of someone else. Your job would still be done, perhaps.

What did Mufti Menk study?

Mufti Dr Ismail Menk studied Shariah in Madinah and holds an Aldersgate University PhD in Social Guidance. 

How many children does Mufti Menk have

Mufti Menk is blessed with seven girls and two boys.

IS MUFTI MENK A MUFTI?

Yes, Mufti Ismail Menk is Mufti. Mufti is title in Islam given to someone/scholar who has legal authority who gives formal legal opinion (called fatwa) to answers to an inquiry by a private individual or judge. In different terms, Mufti can be described as a learned scholar known for their impeccable character and possessing extensive expertise in the Quran, hadith, and legal literature.

Mufti Menk Books

Mufti Ismail Musa Menk is known to have singularly written only one book, Motivational Moments by Mufti Menk and several others were co-written.

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