Professor Dr. Muhammad Amanullah commenced his career as an Assistant Professor in 1998 in the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). Since then, he has taught various courses on Usul al-Fiqh and Islamic Law in B. A., M. A. and Ph. D. levels. Later, he has developed an interest in Islamic finance and banking. He was promoted to the rank of Professor in 2011.
He has published more than twenty-five research papers and book chapters on different topics of Fiqh, Usul al-Fiqh, Islamic finance and Islamic professional ethics in a number of refereed journals and books. He has presented around forty research papers in a number of national and international conferences. He has been involved in a number of referred journals locally and internationally either as the chief-editor, or a member of the editorial board or an assessor of the articles. He has had the opportunity to evaluate more than 250 research papers in three different languages.
He has either supervised or examined around a hundred M. A. and Ph. D. theses in four different languages from a number of local and overseas universities, including IIUM. He has worked for the development and comprehensive evaluation of B. A., M. A. and Ph. D. curriculum of the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, IIUM. He has also evaluated M. A. (in Shari`ah) curriculum of two overseas universities. He served as the Head of the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, IIUM for three years. He has been serving as the chairman of the postgraduate committee of this department for last several years. Likewise, he served as the chairman of a number of departmental committees. Additionally, he served as the chairman of the Admission Committee of the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences for a number of years.
He has been serving as the chairman of the M. A. and Ph. D. theses committee of this Kulliyyah since 2014. He has completed eight short research projects under Research Management Centre of IIUM and organized an international conference as the chairman of its organizing committee. He has also participated actively in organizing a number of other national and international conferences organized by his department and served as a Shari`ah Committee member of an Islamic Bank at Kuala Lumpur for the last four years.

• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Philosophy ~ Ethics - Islamic Ethics of Professions
• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Religious Studies ~ Islamic Studies - Contemporary Issues of Fiqh, Selected Topics of Usul al-Fiqh, Selected Issues of Muamalat

• 2012 - 2015: Member of Profesional Body / Association, Association of Shariah Advisors in Islamic Finance

'AQIDAH AND LIVING ISLAM	1999/2000
ADILLAT AL-AHKAM (ARABIC)	2007/2008 2006/2007 2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003 2001/2002
ADILLAT AL-AHKAM II: EVIDENCES OF LEGAL RULES II	2008/2009
AL-MADKHAL ILA AL-FIQH: INTRODUCTION TO FIQH	2016/2017 2015/2016 2012/2013 2010/2011
AL-QAWA'ID AL-FIQIYYAH: ISLAMIC LEGAL MAXIMS	2022/2023 2019/2020
AL-QAWA'ID AL-USULIYYAH WA IKHTILAF AL-FUQAHA	2006/2007 1998/1999
AL-QAWA'ID AL-USULIYYAH WA IKHTILAF AL-FUQAHA': MAXIMS OF USUL AL-FIQH	2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010
AL-TADRIB AL-'AMALI: PRACTICAL TRAINING	2018/2019
ATHAR AL-QAWA'ID AL-QAID AL-USUL. FI-IKHTILAF	2007/2008
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN ECONOMICS	2010/2011 2009/2010 2008/2009
ETHICS & FIQH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE	2007/2008 2006/2007
EXTENSIVE TEXTUAL STUDIES IN ISLAMIC LAW	2011/2012 2010/2011
FIQH AL-'IBADAT(ARABIC)	2000/2001
FIQH AL-JINAYAT (ARABIC)	2005/2006 2004/2005 2003/2004 2002/2003
FIQH AL-JINAYAT: JURISTIC STUDY OF CRIMES & PUNISHMENT	2012/2013
GENERAL THEORIES IN ISLAMIC LAW	2007/2008
INTRODUCTION TO USUL AL-FIQH	2001/2002
ISLAMIC LAW OF WORSHIP	2008/2009
ISLAMIC POLITICAL SYS.AND INTER.RELATIONS	2005/2006 2004/2005
ISTINBAT AL-AHKAM (ARABIC)	2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999
MABAHITH AL-HUKM (ARABIC)	2007/2008 2003/2004 2001/2002 2000/2001 1999/2000 1998/1999
MABAHITH AL-HUKM: ISSUES ON ISLAMIC RULING	2013/2014
MABAHITH AL-IJTIHAD WA IFTA'	2022/2023 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016
MABAHITH FI AL-SUNNAH: ISSUES ON SUNNAH	2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013
NAZARIYYAT AL-IBAHAH 'INDA AL-USULLIYIN	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020 2018/2019 2017/2018 2016/2017 2015/2016 2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012 2006/2007 2005/2006
QADAYA FIQHIYYAH MU'ASIRAH: CONTEMPORARY JURISTIC ISSUES	2009/2010
QAWA'ID WA FURUQ FIQHIYYAH: LEGAL MAXIMS & JURISTIC VARIATIONS	2012/2013 2011/2012 2010/2011 2009/2010
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY (ARABIC)	2022/2023 2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
SHARIAH AND ITS APPLICATION IN DAILY LIFE	2004/2005
STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE FIQH	2004/2005 2003/2004
TEXTUAL STUDIES IN USUL AL-FIQH	2014/2015 2013/2014 2012/2013 2011/2012
THE SHARI'AH	2002/2003
THEORY OF PERMISSIBILITY FROM USULI'S PERSPEC	2009/2010 2008/2009 2006/2007 2005/2006
USUL AL-FIQH	2000/2001
USULI PRINCIPLES AND JURISTIC DIFFERENCES	2011/2012 2010/2011 2004/2005

Completed

2016 - 2018	Issues in the Preservation of Patients' Rights in Malaysia: A Juristic Analysis in the Light of Maqasid al-Shari'ah
2015 - 2019	Decision-making Guidelines for Shari?ah Committee: A Comparison between al-ma?ayir al-shar?iyyah, AAOIFI and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)
2014 - 2017	Legal Maxim: "Every Loan that Brings Benefit is Usury" : Its Related Issues and Implementation In Financial Transactions
2011 - 2013	Justification of War from Islamic Point of View: A Case Study of Bangladesh Liberation War (RU 2011)
2008 - 2011	Objectives of Jihad in Islam and Their Contemporary Implementations: A Case Study of Palestine
2008 - 2011	The Principles of Muslim Unity: A Comparative Analysis of Abu al-A'la al-Mawdudi and Sayyid Badi' al-Zaman Nursi's Views
2006 - 2006	Dreams in Islam: an Analysis of Their Truthfulness and Influence
2005 - 2006	Possibility Of Conducting Ijma'ic Consensus In Modern Times
2005 - 2006	Role of Zakah To Reduce Proverty: A Case Study Of Pusat Zakat Selangor, Malaysia
2004 - 2006	Evaluation And Classification Of Islamic Web Sites: Defining Web Site Metrics For An Islamic Information Gateway
- 2005	Adultery of One of the Spouses, as a Reason of Spreading Divorce: A Comparative Study Between Islamic Fiqh And Positive Law

On-Going

2016 - Present

Shariah Standard for Converting Agro-Bank Malaysia into an Islamic Bank: An Analytical and Evaluation Study

12 Dec, 2015	Best Paper Award - 8th Kuala Lumpur International Business, Economics and Law Conference	International
18 Dec, 2013	Award for Fifteen Years of Service - IIUM	University
13 Dec, 2012	Best Client Award - IIUM Library	University
21 Feb, 2012	Receipient of a silver medal on the poster on the topic of" Zina Ahad al-Zawjayn min Asbab intishar al-Talaq: Dirasah Muqaranah bayna al-Fiqh al-Islami wa al-Qanun al-Wad`i al-Misri wa al-Maliyizi" In IRIIE 2012 - KIRKHS, IIUM	University
31 May, 2004	Recipient of a certificate of ?The Best Lecturer, Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Department for the Academic Year 2003/2004.? - KIRKHS, IIUM	University

Article

2023	The examination of the social dimension of shari`ah from the viewpoint of maqasid al-Shari`ah: a case study of the preservation of intellect. International Journal of Social Science an Human Research, 6 () pp. 1038-1046
2022	Islamic ethics of business: a Maqāṣidic analysis. al-Burhān: Journal of Qurʾān and Sunnah Studies, 6 (3) pp. 15-28
2022	أثر الاعتدال في دالة الاستهلاك إسلاميا في جانب الاستثمار والإنتاج والتنمية المجتمعية = Being moderate in consumption and its effect on investment, production and societal development, in the context of Islam. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies (IJFUS), 6 (1) pp. 23-40
2022	الصكوك الخضراء وإمكانية تطبيقاتها في نيجيريا: دراسة استكشافية مقاصدية = Green Ṣukūk and their applicability in Nigeria: an exploratory maqāṣidic study. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies (IJFUS), 6 (1) pp. 41-59
2022	طبيق نظام الزكاة في الحد من مشكلة الفقر في ولاية جوزجان الأفغانية وبيان الآثار المترتبة على ذلك / The application of the zakat system to reduce the problem of poverty in the Afghan province of Jowzjan and its effects. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 6 (2) pp. 84-106
2021	Universal maqäsid al-sharrah and their modern application: towards ensuring a peaceful and secured environment. Al-Hikmah International Journal for Islamic Studies & Human Sciences, 4 (4) pp. 466-495
2021	Universal Maqasid al-Shari`ah and their modern application: towards ensuring a peaceful and secured environment. Al-Hikmah International Journal for Islamic Studies and Human Sciences, 4 (4) pp. 466-495
2021	استنباط قاعدة سد الذرائع من السنة وأثرها ف اإلفتاء ف القضايا املعارصة للمرأة ف بنغالديش =Deriving the principle of Sadd al-Dharāʾiʿ from the sunnah and its impact on the fatwa on contemporary issues of women in Bangladesh. Al-Burhan, 5 (2) pp. 124-146
2021	سلطة القاضي يف التفريق والفسخ بني الزوجن = The power of the judge to separate and annul the spouses. Al-Risalah Journal, 5 (3) pp. 104-131
2020	Articles of the mejelle on salam contract: juristic evaluation and applications. Jurnal Syariah, 28 (3) pp. 359-382
2020	حرية المرأة بين نصوص الوحي والمنظمات النسوية في بنغلاديش: دراسة تحليلية تقويمية = Freedom of women: a critical comparison between the women’s organisations in Bangladesh and the Islamic scripture. al-Burhān: Journal of Qur'an and Sunnah Studies, 4 (1) pp. 73-95
2019	Articles of the Mejelle on Istisna contract: juristic evaluation and applications. Journal of Shariah Law and Research, 4 (2) pp. 159-176
2019	Dana gas sukuk default: a juristic analysis of court judgement. International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 12 (4) pp. 569-585
2019	Duties and decision-making for shariah committee: an overview of BNM = Tugas-tugas dan garis panduan dalam membuat keputusan bagi jawatankuasa shariah: satu gambaran umum BNM. Journal of Islam in Asia, 16 (3) pp. 300-318
2019	Framework for harm elimination in light of the Islamic legal maxims. Islamic Quarterly, 63 (2) pp. 233-272
2019	The financial distress of corporate personality: a perspective from fiqh. Intellectual Discourse, 27 (1) pp. 245-268
2019	The Financial Distress of Corporate Personality: A Perspective from Fiqh. Intellectual Discourse, 27 (1) pp. 245-268
2019	العلاقة بين الوقف والابتكار في ظل الرؤية الفقهية. Al Hikmah : International Journal of Islamic Studies and Human Sciences, 2 (3) pp. 1-28
2018	Dispute over the legality of codification of Islamic law: a critical analysis = Perselisihan tentang kesahihan kodifikasi undang-undang Islam: analisa kritikal. Journal of Islam in Asia, 15 (2) pp. 430-452
2018	Duties and decision-making guidelines for Shari'ah committee: an overview of AAOIFI. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (2) pp. 729-748
2018	Islamic ethics for mediation: a maqāṣidic analysis. The Islamic Quarterly, 62 (1) pp. 193-205
2018	Juristic differences over the implementation of qiṣāṣ against a Muslim who kills a non-Muslim. Arab Law Quarterly, 32 (4) pp. 185-203
2018	Legal maxim: “Every loan that brings benefit is usury,” its related issues and implementation in pre-Islamic and Malaysian financial transactions. Journal of Islam in Asia, 15 (1) pp. 204-227
2018	Medical ethics in the light of maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah: a case study of medical confidentiality. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (1) pp. 133-160
2018	قاعدة البراءة الأصلية وأثرها في اختيار الشيخ الألباني طهارة الدماء = The extent to which the judgment of two arbitrators is compulsory in the United Arab Emirate’s personal status law (2005): analytical juristic study. المجلة الدولية للبحوث الاسلامية والانسانية المتقدمة, 5 (7) pp. 50-70
2018	قاعدة: "لا ضر ولا ضرار" وتطبيقاتها في العلاقة بين الحاكم والمحكوم بدولة الامارات العربية المتحدة. المجلة الدولية للبحوث الاسلامية والانسانية المتقدمة, 8 (2) pp. 01-14
2018	مدى لزوم حكم الحكمين في قانون الاحوال الإماراتي م 2005: دراسة فقهية تحليلية. المجلة الدولية للبحوث الإسلامية والانسانية المتقدمة, 8 (2) pp. 28-46
2017	Khiyar Al-majlis (option of withdrawal before parting) in sale contract contemporary applications. Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics, 4 (2) pp. 37-50
2017	التحديات والإشكالات التي تواجه تطبيق صيغة الوقف المؤقت في ولايات مختارة في ماليزيا الصور المستحدثة وضوابطها = Challenges and problems facing the application of temporary Waqf in selected states in Malaysia: new issues and their guiding rules. Journal of King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics, 30 (3) pp. 291-314
2017	الرهنان الحيازي والرسمي في النظام المالي الإسلامي الماليزي دراسة فقهية تحليلية = Possessory and official mortgages in Malaysian Islamic monetary system: a fiqh analytical study = Gadaian Hiyazi dan gadaian rasmi dalam sistem kewangan Islam Malaysia: satu kajian analisis fiqh. at-Tajdid, 21 ((41)) pp. 133-155
2017	الوقف المؤقت: دراسة تأصيلية فقهية = Temporary endowment: a juristic Ta`sili study. Ulum Islamiyyah, 21 () pp. 121-139
2017	تجربة الوقف المؤقت: دراسة مقارنة بين دولة الكويت ودولة ماليزيا = Implementation of temporary Waqf: a comparative study between Kuwait and Malaysia. Jurnal Fiqh, 14 () pp. 75-98
2017	حقيقة الوقف المؤقت وحكمه ومصالحه = The nature of temporary Waqf, its ruling and public interest. Global Journal Al-Thaqafah (GJAT), 7 (2) pp. 175-187
2016	Islamic guiding principles for sustainable development: a case study of International Islamic school (IIS),IIUM. Journal of Islam in Asia, 13 (2) pp. 223-257
2016	Mutual consent in formation of financial contracts: a juristic analysis. Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management, 6 (4) pp. 9-26
2016	Sales subject to a condition in Islamic law: a juristic analysis. Jurnal Syariah, 24 (3) pp. 423-444
2016	Ta'bīd al-waqf wa ta'qītuhu fī wilāyāt mukhtārah fī Malaysia. Studia Islamika : Indonesian Journal for Islamic Studies, 23 (3) pp. 561-603
2016	The implementation of temporary endowment in Kuwait. Al-Jami`ah: Journal of Islamic Studies, 54 (2) pp. 477-503
2016	The origin and evolution of fiqh codification: a preliminary analysis = Asal-usul dan evolusi kodifikasi fiqh: satu analisis. Journal of Islam in Asia, 13 (1) pp. 194-219
2015	Criteria of Sharī‘ah supervisory committee: a comparative study between guidelines of Bangladesh Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia. Intellectual Discourse, 23 (Spec.I) pp. 453-473
2015	Islamic ethics and guidelines for using facebook: a maqasidic analysis. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, 8 (4) pp. 17-31
2015	Islamic Ethics and Guidelines for Using Facebook: A Maqasidiq Analysis. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, 8 (4) pp. 1-16
2015	Proposed Islamic ethics for food processing. International Journal of Business, Economics and Law, 8 (4) pp. 72-79
2013	Ethics of disagreement and its impacts on Muslim unity and IFTA. Hamdard Islamicus, XXXVI (3) pp. 49-63
2012	Animal ethics: an Islamic perspective (Etika dalam melayani binatang: satu perspektif Islam). QURANICA - International Journal of Quranic Research, 2 (2) pp. 57-66
2011	Engineering Ethics in Islam: An Evaluative and Comparative Study Between Cod of Ethics of Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB)and Code of Professional Conduct of Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM) . IIUM Engineering Journal, 12 (5) pp. 151-164
2011	Understanding the problems and prospects of the Muslim unity an analysis of Mawdudi's views . Journal of Islam in Asia, Spcl (2) pp. 422-433
2010	Possibility of conducting Ijma` in the contemporary world . Journal of Islamic Law Review, 6 () pp. 109-125
2009	Conditions of investment in Islamic jurisprudence and their contemporary implementation : a case study of Tabung Haji fund. Australian Journal of Islamic Studies, 2 (1) pp.

Conference or Workshop Item

2023	Duress and its legal consequences in Islam. In: 4th International Islamic Business Management Conference 2022,
2016	Misunderstanding about the Usuli Maxim "no Ijtihad in the presence of a text" and its clarifications. In: Kuala Lumpur International Business, Economics and Law Conference (KLIBEL 9),
2016	Possession (qabd) in contemporary financial transactions: a Shari'ah perspective analysis. In: 11th International Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance (ICIEF),
2015	Islamic code of conduct for mediation: a case study of the code of conduct of Malaysian Mediation Centre (MMC). In: 2nd International Conference on Management & Muamalah (ICOMM 2015),
2015	Islamic ethics and guidelines for using facebook: a maqasidic analysis. In: Kuala Lumpur International Business, Economics and Law Conference 8 (KLIBEL8),
2015	Proposed Islamic ethics for food processing. In: Kuala Lumpur International Business, Economics and Law Conference 8 (KLIBEL8),
2014	Criteria of Shari`ah supervisory board: a comparative study between guidelines of Bangladesh Bank and Bank Negara Malaysia. In: 5th International Conference on Islamic Jurisprudence in the 21st Century 2014 ,
2013	Islamic conditions for sustainable development: A case study of International Islamic School (IIS), IIUM. In: International Conference on Islamization of Modern Science and Scientification of the Studies in Islamic Revealed Knowledge,
2013	Juristic disputes over implementation of Qisas against a muslim who kills a non-Muslim. In: National Conference on Human Rights in Islam: Issues and Challenges (CHRI2013),
2012	Code of medical ethics in Islam: a case study of the code of Medical Ethics of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA). In: Intellectbase International Consortium,
2012	Islamic ethics of manufacturing. In: Intellectbase International Consortium,

Book Section

2022	The application of Islamic Law in a Muslim Minority Community: an examination of Sri Lankan Muslim scholars’ opinions from the perspective of Maqāṣid al-Sharīʽah. In: Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh, IIUM, ISBN: , pp. 295-313
2015	Maqasid al-Shari'ah and their implications for non-Muslim minorities: the case of Malaysia. In: The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), ISBN: 978-967-418-333-2, pp. 187-204
2015	The shari'ah objectives and their implications for non-Muslim minorities: the case of Malaysia. In: The Other Press, ISBN: 978-983-9541-98-4, pp. 187-204
2011	Marketing ethics in the financial market: an Islamic perspective. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181772, pp. 57-79
2011	Role of just retribution (qisas) and its alternatives to preserve the higher objectives of shari'ah. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225807, pp. 8-21
2011	The role of zakah in reducing poverty: a case study of Pusat Zakat Selangor, Malaysia. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674181772, pp. 115-153
2011	استثمار أموال الزكاة وتطبيقاته في هيئة الزكاة في سلانجور (Istithmar amwal al-zakah wa tathbiqatihhi fi hai'ah al-zakah fi Salanjur) . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180669, pp. 289-306
2011	زنا أحد الزوجين من أسباب انتشار الطلاق : دراسة مقارنة بين الفقة الإسلامي والقانون الوضعي (zina ahad min al-zaujaini min asbab intisyar al-talaq: dirasah muqarinah bainaal-fiqh al-Islami) . In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674180621, pp. 77-148
2009	Ethics for multinational JV projects for construction work. In: Thomas Telford Limited, ISBN: 9780727736512, pp. 41-50

Monograph

2017	Legal maxim “every loan that brings benefit is usury”: its related issues and implementation in financial transactions. In: ,