Professor Najibah Mohd Zin obtained LL.B in 1988 and started her career as a lecturer in Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws soon after her graduation. She obtained her Master of Comparative Law in 1990 and pursued her doctorate in Glasgow Caledonian University, UK in 1995. As a lecturer she taught various subjects of Civil and Syariah Laws including Law of Contract, Law Torts, Land Law, Islamic Legal System, Family Laws and Shariah Procedures. At present, Prof Najibah is specializing in family related laws, and women's rights and she teaches these courses at postgraduate level and supervises research students in these related fields. Prof Najibah has gained international recognitions as examiners of theses and was invited as a guest speaker on Family Law as well as various issues relating to gender and women's rights in Malaysia.
Prof Najibah was a Visiting Fellow at the National University of Singapore and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford in 2005 and 2010-2011 respectively.
Prof Najibah has written articles and chapters in book on various family law issues and Shariah related laws published by various local and international refereed journals. She has edited a few books on family and procedural law. She has been awarded a number of research grants to facilitate her research activities. She occasionally writes in local newspapers and has been given a column in the daily KOSMO on women and Shariah.
Prof Najibah serves various governmental and non-governmental agencies. She is a member of the Shariah committee in the Attorney General's Chamber; a committee member on Practice Direction Shariah Judiciary of Malaysia; member of Disciplinary Committee, Bar Council for several years; research committee with IKIM on harmonization of law; a panel of expert on Shariah law and Siyasah, Shariyyah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka; IIUM Quad Team; Internal Audit Committee IIUM Holdings and Fellow in Centre for Women Science Studies, University Islam Malaysia. She has served Kulliyyah of Laws as Deputy Dean (Academic); Deputy Dean for Postgraduate and Research, and Head, Department of Islamic Law.
Prof Najibah is presently working as a full time professor and is a member of the Council of Professors of the University. She is involved in social activities in organizing legal literacy programmes for local community under AIKOL legal aid platform or NGOs. She is one of the advisors to AIKOL Legal Aid Clinic and Chairman of Raudhatul Sakinah Berhad, a guiding and training centre for adolescents.

• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Comparative Law
• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Human Rights
• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Syariah Law ~ Islamic Family Law - Family Law, Human Rights and Women, Shariah Procedural Law, Shariah law
• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Law ~ Administrative Law

LAW RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

2023/2024

Completed

2017 - 2018	Kajian Pemantauan Isu-Isu Pasca Perceraian dan Penyelesaiannya
2016 - 2019	Establishing the Legal Framework for Resolving Private International Law Issues Arising from Matrimonial Disputes in Malaysia
2014 - 2023	Establishing a Legal Framework for the Practice of Family Mediation in Malaysia
2014 - 2019	The Role of Chinese Muslim in the Malaysian Nation Building
2014 - 2018	Formulation of Legal Framework for Shared Parenting in Custodial Disputes in Malaysia: Protecting Welfare of the Child After Marital Separation
2013 - 2017	Legal Framework for Community Mediation in Malaysia : Exploring the Suitable Structure
2013 - 2013	Teras 5; Hak Kewajipan Antarabangsa
2012 - 2015	Developing a legal framework for promoting child protection in malaysia by means of intercountry adoption
2012 - 2012	Women's Rights In Islam And The Challenge Of Modernity
2012 - 2014	Harmonization Between International Human Rights and Islam in the Context of Muslim Society in Malaysia: Towards an Islamic Model
2012 - 2015	Exploring Law and Policies Affecting Older Parents under Malaysian Law
2012 -	Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU)
2010 - 2010	Training of Shariah Judges in Southeast Asia - The Malaysian Experience
2009 - 2011	Legal disputes in Determining Religious Status of Children upon Conversion of Parents to Islam
2008 - 2012	Conversion and its Effect from Human Rights Perspective
2008 - 2011	Addressing Pertinent Legal Issues in the Malaysian Shari'ah Court
2007 - 2007	The Plight of the Foreign Wife in a Marital Dispute
2007 - 2008	Regulating the Role of Extended Family in Providing Financial Support Under Malaysia Law
2007 - 2015	Islamic Family law in Malaysia: A Practical Approach
2007 - 2011	Judicial Creativity in the Malaysian Shariah Court: The Need for Paradigm Shift
2005 - 2008	The Changing Structure of Urban Families in Post Independent Malaysia
2004 - 2004	The Legislative Measures To Control Divorce for Muslim: The Malaysian Experience

On-Going

2023 - Present	Kajian Pembangunan Kerangka Perundangan Dan Mekanisme Bagi Pentadbiran Perkhawinan Dan Perceraian Adat Orang Asli Di Semenanjung Malaysia
2022 - Present	Kajian Penggubalan Dasar Dan Pelan Perkhidmatan Kaunseling Negara
2021 - Present	The Application of Islamic Law of Evidence in Malaysia
2020 - Present	Kajian Pemantapan dan Perundangan Lembaga Pertubuhan Peladang (LPP) dan Pertubuhan Peladang (PP)
2018 - Present	The Influences of Islamic Civilization on Malay Muslim Women and Their Contributions in Malay Archipelago.
2009 - Present	Family Law and Ethics Unit (FAME)
-	Women for Progress Research Unit (WPRU)
-	Contribution of Tan Sri Harun M. Hashim in the Legal Development in Malaysia

Article

2022	Understanding teenage pregnancy out of wedlock within the structure of the Malay family. IIUM Journal of Human Sciences, 4 (1) pp. 27-38
2021	An empirical study on post divorce enforcement of court orders in Malaysia. IIUM Law Journal, 29 (S1) pp. 37-59
2021	The amendment to the law reform (marriage and divorce) act 1976: reconciling the irreconcilable. IIUM Law Journal, 29 (S1) pp. 1-15
2021	The challenges in enforcing post divorce orders of native courts in east Malaysia. IIUM Law Journal, 29 (S1) pp. 17-35
2019	Jurisdictional conflict in interfaith child custody disputes: a legal discourse in Malaysian courts. Al-Shajarah: Journal of The International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC), 24 (1) pp. 1-24
2019	The adequacy of existing support systems in addressing the issue of teenage pregnancies in Malaysia: a legal response. IIUM Law Journal, 27 (1) pp. 121-150
2018	A study on children’s rights protection in family aspects in Malaysia lessons for Zanzibar. Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, 80 () pp. 41-47
2017	A qualitative study on marriage reconciliation process under marriage tribunal in Malaysia. World Applied Sciences Journal, 35 (12) pp. 2608-2613
2017	Application of shared parenting in Malaysia: appraising the Australian experience. Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities, 25(s) (March issue) pp. 293-300
2017	Obstacles and challenges in implementing and applying shared parenting principle in Malaysia. Malayan Law Journal, 4 () pp. 1-6
2017	The applicability of the 1980 Hague Abduction Convention in Muslim countries: particular reference to the Malaysian position. Arab Law Quarterly, 32 (2) pp. 99-128
2016	Impact of globalisation on domestic family law: multi-tiered marriage in Nigeria as a case study. The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law, 48 (2) pp. 256-272
2015	Baseline study on the enforcement of nafkah orders in Selangor Syariah court. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 23 (S) () pp. 327-336
2015	Child protection through intercountry adoption with special reference to The Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption 1993. Global Journal of Business and Social Science Review, 4 (1 (October - December 2015)) pp. 108-116
2015	Driving from the backseat: an exploratory study of the dearth of Malaysian women in political decision making process. Journal of Asian and African Social Science and Humanities, 1 (1) pp. 27-47
2015	Isu dalam penahanan dan pemulihan banduan di Malaysia (Detention and rehabilitation of prisoners in Malaysia according to the perspective of islamic law and international Law). Kanun - Jurnal Undang-Undang Malaysia, 27 () pp. 143-168
2015	Legal entitlements of wives in the classical islamic family law. Journal of islam, law and judiciary, 1 (1) pp. 22-44
2015	The effectiveness of Sulh on matrimonial asset division after death of spouse. Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities (JSSH), 23 (S) pp. 141-152
2014	Examining the exisiting provisions and regulation on matrimonial asset involving matrimonial home. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research , 21 (10) pp. 1813-1822
2012	How divorced women can effectively enforce the financial support orders: the legal and administrative actions. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2 (13) pp. 141-148
2012	Legal disputes in determining the religion of the child when one parent converts to Islam under Malaysian Law. Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 6 (11) pp. 66-73
2012	The training, appointment, and supervision of Islamic judges in Malaysia. Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal, 21 (1) pp. 115-131
2011	Child related policy and legislative reforms in Malaysia. International Journal of Social Policy and Society, 8 () pp. 6-36
2011	Judicial creativity in the Malaysian Shari'ah (Syariah)Courts : the need for paradigm shift. Journal of Applied Sciences Research, 7 (SI) pp. 2266-2272
2010	Knowledge and accessibility of Muslim women to the law on post-divorce financial support. IIUM Law Journal, 18 (1) pp. 123-142
2009	Historical developments of financial rights after divorce in the Malaysian Islamic family law. Journal of Asian Culture and History, 1 (2) pp. 148-157
2009	Relationships between satisfaction of Muslim Women on financial supports after divorce and ex husband compliance to the supports with post divorce welfare. Pertanika Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 17 (2) pp. 153-166
2008	Regulating the role of extended families in providing financial support under Malaysian Law. IIUM Law Journal, 16 (1) pp. 109-124

Conference or Workshop Item

2022	Fostering creativity among the vulnerable groups: a case of teenage pregnancy. In: Post Pandemic Empowerment, Recovery and Wellbeing of Children, Women, the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities”,
2022	Teaching creative thinking and problem-solving skills for a vulnerable group: the case of teenage pregnancy. In: The 14th Putrajaya International Conference on Children, Women, Elderly and Person With Disabilities 2022,
2022	Understanding teenage pregnancy out of wedlock within the structure of the Muslim Malay family. In: The 14th Putrajaya International Conference On Children, Women, Elderly And Persons With Disabilities 2022,
2021	Unveiling the Veiled: Unwed Teenage Pregnancy and its Impact on the Malaysian Population. In: The 13th Putrajaya International Conference On Children, Women, Elderly And Persons With Disabilities 2021,
2018	An empirical study on the post divorce enforcement of court orders in civil court. In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7),
2018	Kajian pemantauan isu-isu pasca perceraian dan penyelesaian. In: Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Penilaian Kajian Akhir “Kajian Pemantauan Isu-isu Pasca Perceraian dan Penyelesaiannya”,
2018	Kajian pemantauan isu-isu pasca perceraian dan penyelesaian. In: Mesyuarat Mengenai Hasil Kajian Pemantauan Isu-isu Pasca Perceraian dan Penyelesaiannya,
2018	Legal issues surrounding Chinese converts in Malaysia: an appraisal. In: 3rd International Social Science Conference: Islamic Thought & Understanding (ISSCITU 2018),
2018	Legal rights of Chinese Muslims in the case of Conversion to Islam in Malaysia: with reference to family law issues. In: 3rd International Social Science Conference: Islamic Thought & Understanding (ISSCITU 2018),
2018	Pengemaskinian tatacara/peraturan berkaitan Bahagian Sokongan Keluarga (BSK). In: Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Kerja Bahagian Sokongan Keluarga, Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Malaysia Bil.3/2018,
2018	Revisiting the administration of family justice in the family court in Malaysia. In: UUMILC 2017 9th UUM International Legal Conference,
2018	The amendment to the Act of 1964: reconciling the irreconcilability. In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7),
2018	The challenges in enforcing post divorce order of native court in East Malaysia. In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7),
2018	The socio-legal perspectives of child marriage in Zanzibar. In: 7th International Conference on Law And Society (ICLAS 7),
2017	A qualitative study on marriage reconciliation process under marriage tribunal in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Shariah and Globalisation,
2017	Establishment of family development fund towards economic sustainability of families. In: THE 21st MACFEA NATIONAL SEMINAR 2017,
2017	Family development fund: an alternative mode to enforcement of maintenance orders towards sustainable families in Malaysia. In: 16th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law,
2017	Kajian terhadap isu-isu pasca penceraian untuk orang bukan Islam dan ke arah penubuhan agensi pembangunan keluarga sebagai sistem bersepadu di mahkamah sivil. In: Mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Penilaian Kajian Insepsi “Kajian Pemantauan Isu-isu Pasca Perceraian dan Penyelesaiannya”,
2017	Legal framework of reconciliation process under Malaysian Islamic Family Law: A proposal for reform. In: 16th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law,
2017	Recent amendment to the Malaysian Family Law: A step to resolve interfaith custody disputes. In: 16th World Conference of the International Society of Family Law,
2017	Resolving conflict of law issues in parental child abduction: Mediation as an effective mechanism. In: International Conference on Dispute Resolution 2017 - Modern Trends in Effective Dispute Resolution,
2017	The applicability of the 1980 Hague Abduction convention in Muslim countries: a particular reference to the Malaysian position. In: 6th Biennial Conference of the Asian Society of International Law 2017,
2017	The challenges of integrating domestic violence in to court connected ‘Adr’ processes in Nigeria. In: International Conference on Dispute Resolution 2017 - Modern Trends in Effective Dispute Resolution,
2016	An empirical study on women’s plight in Ta’liq and Fasakh proceedings in the Malaysian Syariah court. In: 1st International Conference on Women and Children Legal and Social Issues (ICWC 2016),
2016	An overview on marriage reconciliation process under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976. In: 5th International Conference on Law and Society (ICLAS V) 2016,
2016	Jurisdictional conflict on interfaith custody dispute in Malaysia: challenges and prospect for reform. In: 1st International Conference on Women and Children Legal and Social Issues (ICWC 2016),
2016	Mediation services at the Family Courts of Singapore and Australia: Lessons for Malaysia. In: 5th International Conference on Law and Society (ICLAS V),
2016	Optimization of lipase immobilization on nylon -6-grafted with PGMA polymer . In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016),
2016	Optimization of lipase immobilization on nylon -6-grafted with PGMA polymer . In: 4th International Conference on Biotechnology Engineering 2016 (ICBioE 2016),
2015	Baseline study on the enforcement of Syariah maintenance court order in Selangor. In: 4th International Conference on Law and Society (ICLAS IV) 2015,
2015	Developing a legal framework for promoting child protection in Malaysia by means of intercountry adoption. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 ,
2015	Family takaful based fund: proposing for a new mechanism in enforcing shariah courts' maintenance orders. In: International symposium Family Law and Family Justice in the 21st Century: Practice and Reform,
2015	Harmonization of law and comparative study; complementing the method of legal learning. In: Biennial Conference 2015,
2015	The effectiveness of Sulh on matrimonial asset division after death of spouse. In: 4th International Conference on Law & Society (ICLAS IV) 2015 ,
2014	E-maintenance at the syariah court: its effectiveness in helping single mothers in Malaysia. In: International Research, Invention and Innovation Exhibition: Socio-digital Transformation for the Ummah,
2014	Law affecting gender in Malaysia: responses to international conventions. In: International Conference at Ahfad University of Women,
2013	Adequacy of legal protection for women against domestic violence: revisiting the current policies & laws in Malaysia. In: International Conference of Law and Society 1 (ICLAS 1),
2012	Hak wanita dalam Islam: cabaran-cabaran pemodenan. In: Rights of Muslim Women in the Modern World Proceedings,
2009	Legal disputes in determining religious status of a child when one parents converts to Islam under Malaysian law . In: 6th Asian Law Institute Conference,
2009	Undang-undang keluarga bukan Islam. In: Simposium Fiqh Masyarakat Bukan Islam di Malaysia,

Book

2023	Harmonisation of shari‘ah and law: approaches and progress. Harun M Hashim Law Centre, IIUM, ISBN: 978-967-2424-46-8
2022	Undang-undang keganasan rumah tangga di Malaysia. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-491-082-2
2021	Contemporary issues in Islamic family law, property and finance: towards achieving Maqasid al-Shari'ah. Department of Syariah Judiciary Malaysia & Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, IIUM, ISBN: 978-967-0870-86-1
2019	The law on domestic violence in Malaysia. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-483-4
2016	Halsbury's Laws of Malaysia: Islamic Law, 2016 Reissue, 14(2). LexisNexis, ISBN: 978–967–400–639–6
2016	Islamic family law in Malaysia. Thomson Reuters Malaysia Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-0915-49-4
2016	Issues on harmonization of human rights in Islam. IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6
2013	Family law (non-muslim) in Malaysia . IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia , ISBN: 9789670225883
2011	Family law (Non-Muslims) in Malaysia. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789670225883
2009	Undang-undang keluarga dan prosedur. Department of Islamic Law & Harun M. Hashim Law Centre, ISBN: 9789834120351
2007	Undang-undang keluarga (Islam). Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN: 9789836297273
2006	Halsbury's laws of Malaysia- Volume 14, 2006 Reissue: Family Law, Syariah Law. Malayan Law Journal Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 9679627756

Book Section

2023	Registration of Adoptions Act 1952: towards harmonisation of adoption laws governing Muslims and non-Muslims in Malaysia. In: Harun M. Hashim Law Centre, ISBN: 978-967-2424-46-8, pp. 155-176
2021	Reconciliation process of Muslim marriage under the Islamic family law of Malaysia. In: CFRU and IBT, ISBN: 978-967-0526-83-6, pp. 108-121
2020	Managing faith among Chinese converts in Malaysia: the legal perspectives. In: Pustaka Yamien Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2201-39-7, pp. 51-70
2020	Rights of Chinese Muslims under the Malaysian family law: the case of conversion to Islam. In: Pustaka Yamien Sdn Bhd, ISBN: 978-967-2201-39-7, pp. 71-94
2019	An overview of syariah law in family matters. In: Thomson Reuters Asia Sdn. Bhd., ISBN: 978-967-2187-74-5, pp. 513-526
2018	Dispute resolution during the classical Islamic period and family, dispute resolution in the Shari'ah Courts in Malaysia. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 99-127
2018	Hukuman alternatif ke atas tahanan syariah. In: Darul Syakir Entreprise, ISBN: 978-967-2027-61-4, pp. 83-94
2018	Legal issues surrounding Chinese converts in Malaysia: an appraisal. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 148-173
2018	Legal rights of Chinese Muslims in the case of conversion to Islam in Malaysia: with reference to family law issues. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-008-2, pp. 173-215
2017	Female Judges in Malaysian Shariʿa Courts: A Problem of Gender or Legal Interpretation?. In: Brill, ISBN: 978-90-04-30691-2, pp. 153-177
2016	Gender equality and women rights from Islamic perspective. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674184186, pp. 35-61
2016	The application of CEDAW Convention in Muslim countries: special reference to the Malaysian position. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6, pp. 231-256
2016	The impact of CEDAW on gender equality: Islamic and Malaysian perspectives. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6, pp. 197-230
2016	The right of illegitimate child to paternity under Malaysian Islamic law : a revisit. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 978-967-418-418-6, pp. 99-120
2014	Women's matrimonial rights in her marriage: theory and contemporary practice. In: SerialsPublications, ISBN: 9788183876247, pp. 269-289
2014	Women's matrimonial rights in her marriage: theory and contemporary practice. In: SerialsPublications, ISBN: 9788183876247, pp. 269-289
2012	Women's rights in Islam. In: Sweet and Maxwell Asia, ISBN: 978-967-5040-87-0, pp. 413-431
2011	Human capital as matrimonial property. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674182250, pp. 129-140
2011	The role of family support division (BSK) in helping Muslims single parent in Malaysia: an overview. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674182267, pp. 165-174
2009	Injunksi dalam undang-undang Islam dan pemakaiannya di Makamah Syariah. In: Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws and Harun M. Hashim Law Centre, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 9789834120351, pp. 247-259
2009	Marital disputes and legal barriers: a case study. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789833855865, pp. 227-255
2009	The plight of foreign wife in marital disputes: extending the legal barriers. In: IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789833855780, pp. 13-19
2007	Nafkah 'iddah dan mut'ah. In: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN: 978-983-62-9727-3, pp. 155-176
2007	Perceraian dalam undang-undang keluarga Islam. In: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ISBN: 978-983-62-9727-3, pp. 101-154

Monograph

2019	Establishing the legal framework for resolving private International Law issues arising from matrimonial disputes in Malaysia. In: ,
2012	The right of conversion and its effect in relation to human rights: a case study of Malaysia and Indonesia. In: s.n,
2012	Women's rights in Islam and the challenge of modernity. In: s.n,