Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (born 1974) is a

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Islamic scholar, author, and founder of Whitethread Institute and Zamzam Academy. He authored ''Fiqh al-Imam'' and ''Healthy Muslim Marriage''. He featured in the 2020 edition of

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compiled by the

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Biography

Mangera graduated from Darul Uloom Bury and studied

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at the Darul Uloom Zakariyya in South Africa and then at the Mazahir Uloom Jadeed in

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, India. He received a

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degree from the Rand Afrikaans University, Johannesburg and an

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and PhD degree in

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from the

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. He is authorized to transmit hadith from

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(through his student Zayn al-‘Abidin),

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, Muhammad al-‘Awwama, and

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. Mangera established the Whitethread Institute and ZamZam Academy. He featured in the 2020 edition of

. He was awarded an honorary fellowship at the Cambridge Muslim College in 2013 and at the

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in Amman, Jordan in 2016. In 2016, Mangera travelled to

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to speak in Imam Abu Hanifa Conference which was organized by

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in the Convocation Complex of the

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Literary works

Mangera's books include: * ''Fiqh al-Imam: Key Proofs in Hanafi Fiqh'' (1996) * ''Prayers for Forgiveness: Seeking Spiritual Enlightenment through Sincere Supplication'' (2004) * ''Provisions for the Seekers'' (2005), (translation and commentary of the Arabic work Zad al-Talibin compiled by Ashiq Ilahi Bulandshahri). * Co-authored ''Reflections of Pearls'' (2005) * ''

Imam Abu Hanifa Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn Zūṭā ibn Marzubān ( ar, نعمان بن ثابت بن زوطا بن مرزبان; –767), commonly known by his '' kunya'' Abū Ḥanīfa ( ar, أبو حنيفة), or reverently as Imam Abū Ḥanīfa by Sunni Musl ...

's Al-Fiqh al-Akbar Explained'' (2007) * ''Salat & Salam: In Praise of Allah's Most Beloved'' (2007), a manual of blessings and peace upon the Prophet Muhammed * ''Imaam Ghazali's Beginning of Guidance'' (Bidayah al-Hidaya) (2010) * ''A Critical Edition of Abū’l-Layth al-Samarqandī's Nawāzil'' (PhD Thesis, 2013) *''Healthy Muslim Marriage: Unlocking The Secrets to Ultimate Bliss''

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