Notable Scholars in the World of Islamic Finance
The History Behind Ijara & Riba Free Financing Options
Scholars
Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon
A scholar from Karachi who studied under Justice Mufti Taqi Usmani and other leading ulama. Director of Religious Affairs at Westchester Muslim Center, New York.
Shaykh Mufti Mohamed-Umer Esmail
Canadian-born and traditionally trained over thirteen years, with Ijazah in Hanafi Fiqh, Hadith and the Ten Qira’at, and Islamic finance studied under Mufti Taqi Usmani.
Dr. Ahmed Shleibak
PhD from the University of Jordan; former Dean of Academic Affairs at Islamic American University. Reviewed and approved our documents as Sharia compliant in 2007.
Sheikh Waleed Idrees Meneesee
Vice President of the Islamic University of Minnesota and a member of the Permanent Fatwa Committee of AMJA. Used our Ijara™ Conversion product in 2011.
Justice Taqi Usmani
Retired member of the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Involved in approving the original CIHF contract in 1995 and the 1997 Fatwa update. Please Note that Justice Taqi does Not serve on our board.
Sheikh Dr Abdul Sattar Abdul Kareem Abu Ghuddah
Sharia Advisor at Al-Baraka Investment Co. and a member of the OIC Islamic Fiqh Academy and AAOIFI. Involved in approving the original CIHF contract in 1995.
Sheikh Nizam Yaqubi
Sits on the boards of AAOIFI, the International Islamic Financial Market and the Dow Jones Islamic Market Indexes. Involved in the 1995 contract and the 1997 and 2003 updates.
Sheikh Dr. Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo
Consultant to the Asian and Islamic Development Banks, and once Secretary of the Fiqh Council of North America. First to compile Sharia board rulings in English.