Syariah Advisory Committee

Associate Professor Dr. Shamsiah Mohamad

Associate Professor Shamsiah Mohamad obtained her Bachelor of Syariah (1st Class Honour) from the University of Malaya in 1991. She obtained her Master of Syariah degree from the same university in 1995. In 1999, she completed her doctoral studies in Syariah at the University of Jordan. She specialised in Fikh Muamalat, the subject in Syariah which deals with socio-economic issues. Professor Shamsiah was born in Kuala Terengganu in 1967.

She currently serves as a lecturer at the Akademi Pengajian Islam, University of Malaya.

Dr Hikmatullah Babu Sahib

Dr Hikmatullah Babu Sahib is currently serving in the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as an Assistant Professor. He obtained his Ph.D in Islamic Jurisprudence from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland
in 1995. He earlier obtained his BA and MA in Islamic Studies from the University of Peshawar, Pakistan in 1989 and 1992 respectively. He completed his postdoctoral research fellowship in Islamic Metaphysics at Yale University (USA) in 2001.

Dr Hikmatullah was the Shariah Adviser to a good number of organizations in Singapore before moving here to take up the post in IIUM.

Ustaz Zaharuddin Abd Rahman

Ustaz Zaharuddin is currently serving the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as a lecturer. He obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Usūl ad-Dīn from Malaya University, Malaysia and a Master’s Degree in Fiqh and Usūl al-Fiqh from University of Yarmūk, Jordan. He graduated as one of the top students from the master’s program. He is currently (year 2008 to 2011) pursuing his doctorate degree in Syariah and Islamic Finance at University of Wales, UK. Apart from that, he was also a part time teaching staff at European Institute of Human Sciences in Wales. In the past, he used to serve the nation in various positions: as a Sharī`ah Executive at a corporate company, a Research Fellow in one of the private academic research centre, the Senior Sharī`ah Compliance Manager at a local Islamic Bank, as well as the Head of Sharī`ah Department at International Islamic Bank.

He is currently serving as the Sharī`ah Advisor and Consultant several Islamic Financial Institutions in Trinidad, Jeddah, Dubai and Malaysia. He has published a number of books in Fiqh issues as well as Islamic banking and Finance, such as “Money, You and Islam; a view on contemporary banking and financial issues”, “Murabahah : Theory, Application and Issues”, “The Objectives (Maqasid Shari’ah) of Islamic Commercial Transaction” (in Arabic) and many more.

Dr. Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah

Dr. Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah is currently serving in the Kulliyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) as a lecturer. She obtained her PhD in Islamic Banking & Finance from University of Loughborough, United Kingdom in 2005.

Prior to her doctorate, she obtained her LL.B and LL.B (Shariah) and MA in Comparative Law from International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).