The Scholars' Symposium.
A research-intensive platform for structured juristic inquiry, peer critique, and published reference outcomes.
By invitation
Platform III · The Scholars’ Symposium
Fiqh Symposium 2026
الزكاة والمصالح العامة وأعمال المناصرة في سياق الأقليات
Zakah, Public Interest, and Advocacy in Minority Contexts.
Our inaugural Symposium convenes scholars across the madhāhib and related disciplines to examine the permissibility of deploying zakāh funds in advocacy-related contexts. Grounded in classical fiqh, uṣūl, and maqāṣid, and informed by contemporary realities, it seeks to establish clear standards where permissible, and principled guidance for Muslim minorities where it is not.
At a glance
- Dates
- 20 – 21 June 2026
- Location
- The Dunkenhalgh Hotel
- Academic Authority
- Islamic Finance Advisory
01 / Premise
Disciplined scholarly convention on the questions that matter.
Each Symposium cycle takes a single contemporary question and treats it with the seriousness it deserves, through authentic and authoritative evidence, madhhab-grounded research, usul-driven reasoning, maqāṣid consideration, and published resolutions that can be cited, scrutinised, and built on.
Research. Deliberate. Publish.
Commissioned research
Pre-circulated papers from participating scholars, grounded in madhhab-specific reasoning and usul.
Structured deliberation
Closed scholarly convention, evidences examined, reasoning refined, dissent recorded.
Published outcomes
Resolutions drafted and published as durable reference material for institutions and communities.
By invitation.
Senior scholars of the recognised Sunni madhāhib, and scholars possessing ijtihād-level juristic authority, alongside specialised researchers, legal experts, and institutional practitioners.
Enquire about participationResolutions and publications.
Outputs from each cycle are archived as durable reference material for scholars, institutions, and communities.
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