His Excellency Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa, Secretary-General of the MWL and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars, stated during the Forty-eighth Session of the Grand Hajj Symposium:“Sharia concessions represent a distinguished facet of Islamic jurisprudence. According to prevailing interpretations, they are defined as: ‘The legal rulings that have been adapted from their original legislative context to another, taking into account the specific circumstances of the obligated individual.’”