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which are related to various areas of human life, whereas Muslimscholars and researchers try their utmost to portray thehappenings in their correct perspective and find out theappropriate religious ruling for them.The Islamic Fiqh Council at Makkah Mukarramah has takenthe good steps and adopted the clear methodology. It has amoderate approach in its resolutions and recommendations,which are based on evidence from the Qur’an, Sunnah, Ijma(consensus), Qiyas (analogy) and other established sources of theIslamic Shari’ah. It combines the pursuance of textual provisionsand consideration of the Shari’ah objectives.The Islamic Fiqh Council welcomes anything that is new andpurposeful, and at the same time does not contradict the IslamicShari’ah. Thanks to Almighty Allah that it did not issue anyresolution in which the textual provision has been subjugated tosuite the happenings. That is why the resolutions of Islamic FiqhCouncil have the great impact in the Muslim world.The Islamic Fiqh Council represents the collective Ijtehad inwhich the Muslim scholars consult each other on issues whichare taken up for discussion. There is no doubt that the collectiveopinion is more authentic than the individual one, because oneperson may see an aspect of the issue, which another person maynot see, and a person may remember what another person maynot. The collective discussion can highlight the points which areoften found missing. Similarly, collective discussion can clarifythings, which were often considered ambiguous as well as it canconsider things which were generally forgotten.In order to achieve the aims of the Islamic Fiqh Concil andcontinue its efforts for the service of Islam and Muslims, we havethe pleasure to present to the Muslim world in general and to theMuslim scholars, researchers and students in particular and to22