Dr Hussain Hamed Hassan
Dr Hussain Hamed Hassan is Head of the Shari’a Board of Amlak Finance PJSC since March 2004. Qualified to give legal opinion and appear before courts in UAE and Egypt, he also heads Fatwa and Shari’a boards of numerous other leading global Islamic finance institutions including Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Jeddah.
With a career spanning over 50 years, Dr Hussain has advised various central banks and regulators, has supervised the establishment and conversion of various Islamic financial institutions and advised Presidents of various Islamic Republics. He has established Islamic universities/ faculties worldwide, including in Makkah, Islamabad, Kazakhstan and Libya. He is member of AAOIFI and the IFSB, the International Fiqh Academy of OIC, the Fiqh Academy of Muslim World League, Saudi Arabia and is also a President of American Muslim Jurists Association.
Dr Hussain has authored 21 books and over 400 articles, has supervised translation of the Holy Quran into Russian and of 200 Islamic books into various languages.
Dr Hussain holds a PhD in Shari’a and Usool Al Fiqh from Al Azhar University, Cairo, LLM in Comparative Law from the University of New York and a Bachelors degree in Law and Economics from the University of Cairo.
Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Al Sedeeq
Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Al Sedeeq is Member of the Shari’a Board of Amlak Finance PJSC since March 2004. In addition, he was Head of Shari’a and Law Society at UAE University and member of Fatwa Authority of Ministry of Islamic Affairs, UAE.
Registered for PhD in Comparative Fiqh (Jurisprudence) at Faculty of Shari’a and Law at Al Azhar University, Cairo, Sheikh Mohammed Abdul Razzaq has a Masters degree in Comparative Fiqh and a Masters degree in Fiqh from Imam Mohd. Bin Soud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia. He also holds a Bachelors degree in Shari’a from the Islamic Studies University, UAE, where he achieved first rank, a Diploma in Fiqh Principles from Faculty of Shari’a Imam Mohd. Bin Soud Islamic University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a Masters Diploma from the Faculty of Shari’a and Law, Al Azhar University, Cairo.
Dr Mohamed Abdel Hakim Mohamed Zoeir
Dr Mohamed Abdel Hakim Mohamed Zoeir is Member of the Shari’a Board of Amlak Finance PJSC since March 2004. He is also member of the Fatwa and Shari’a supervisory Boards of various other leading Islamic finance institutions and Islamic banks in the GCC and the wider MENA region.
At Amlak, Dr Zoeir oversees execution of Shari’a Board’s Resolutions to ensure Shari’a compliance and reviews all new services and products. He supervises and guides Shari’a Auditors. He also oversees Zakat calculations, financial reports and conducts Shari’a training for Amlak staff.
Dr Zoeir has published numerous papers and research on Islamic finance including ‘Role of Shari’a Supervision in Developing Islamic Banking,’ ‘Relationship between Shari’a and Financial Supervision,’ ‘Islamic Banks and Traditional Banks (comparative study),’ ‘Monotheism as the Base of Economic Activity’ and ‘Islamic Banks, Theory and Practice’.
Dr Zoeir is a Lecturer at the Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies and other prominent UAE universities. He holds a Doctorate in Islamic Economics, a Masters Degree and a Diploma in Islamic Studies.