Abdal Hakim Murad

Timothy John Winter, known as Abdal Hakim Murad (b. 1380 AH / 1960 CE), is a British Muslim scholar, academic, and one of the most influential Muslim thinkers in the Western world. Born in London, he studied classical Arabic and Islamic sciences at the University of Cambridge, Al-Azhar University in Cairo, and in Jeddah. He mastered traditional Islamic scholarship including Shafi'i jurisprudence and Ash'ari theology while also receiving a rigorous Western academic education.

Abdal Hakim Murad is the Dean of the Cambridge Muslim College, which he founded, and has served as the Shaykh Zayed Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge. He has been a student of traditional scholars in Egypt and has received ijazahs connecting him to the classical tradition of Islamic learning. His scholarly work combines Western academic methodology with deep grounding in classical Islamic sciences.

His numerous translated and original works include translations of major texts of al-Ghazali including the Ihya' Ulum ad-Din sections on faith and knowledge; and his own works on Islamic spirituality, theology, and the place of Islam in modernity. His essay collections — including Travelling Home: Essays on Islam in Europe — address the challenges facing Muslims in Western societies with depth, elegance, and spiritual insight. He has also produced the widely-distributed Contentions, aphoristic reflections on Islamic thought. He broadcasts widely and his lectures and sermons are followed by a global audience. He is regarded as one of the leading voices of traditional Sunni scholarship in the English-speaking world.