Dr. Mohammed Farid Ali obtained his 'Alamiyah in Arabic and Islamic studies from Jamia Ashrafi Lahore in which he studied various subjects ranging from language to Qur'an, Sunnah, and Fiqh for eight years with ijazah. Then he obtained his training in issuing fatwa (Ifta) under the supervision of Ra'is al-mufti of the Darul-ifta Mufti Hameedullah Jan. In this programme he studied Usul al-Ifta and wrote the required number of fatwas in various matters to obtain permission to issue fatwa. After that he returned to Fiji and joined Fiji Muslim League as their religious advisor, mufti, imam and khatib.
In 2003, he came to Malaysia and pursued Master's in Islamic Civilization from ISTAC, IIUM. He wrote his thesis on "Urf as a source of Islamic Jurisprudence in Ibn Abidin's Works". Then, he obtained his Doctorate with his dissertation "Principles to Issue Fatwa in Hanafi Legal School: An Annotated Translation and Analysis of Sharh Uqud Rasm al-Mufti of Ibn Abidin al-Shami."
After his university studies, he held the position of Research Fellow at the International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS) Malaysia from 2011 to 2013. He worked in the area of specific Islamic Legal Objectives (Maqasid al-Shari'ah) of contracts and transactions, and in the area of Islamic Legal Objectives of Philanthropy (tabarru'at) such as endowment (waqf) and gift contract (hibah). He also did research on the Islamic concept of contentment (qana'at) and its role in overcoming environmental and social issues. He worked in various committees of the institute such as Research Committee, Library Committee, and IAIS Bulletin editorial committee.
He is currently working at the Research and Publication Unit, International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, IIUM as an Academic Fellow from July 2014. He translated a classical Arabic text "KasÉd al-Nuqūd (Currency depreciation)" of al-TamartÉshi (d. 1596 CE), did work on critical edition (takhrÊj al-aÍÉdÊth) and translation of Mulla Jami's 40 Hadith, Cataloguing of Qur'an and hadith related to Persian and Urdu manuscripts, and other publication assignments.

• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Arts and Culture ~ Islamic Calligraphy - Various styles of Arabic Calligraphy
• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Philosophy ~ Ethics - Ilm al-Akhlaq and social and environmental issues
• Humanities ~ Humanities ~ Religious Studies ~ Religion and Civilisation - World Contemporary Muslim Issues
• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Sociology ~ Fatwa and Society - Principles of Issuing Fatwa in Hanafi Legal School
• Social Science ~ Social Science ~ Syariah Law ~ Islamic Law of Transaction - Maqasid Studies (Islamic Finance and Transactions)

ETHICS & FIQH FOR EVERYDAY LIFE	2016/2017 2017/2018
ETHICS AND FIQH IN EVERYDAY LIFE	2017/2018
FINAL YEAR PROJECT I	2020/2021 2019/2020
FINAL YEAR PROJECT II	2020/2021
INTRODUCTION TO FIQH	2017/2018
ISLAM, KNOWLEDGE & CIVILIZATION	2016/2017 2015/2016
ISLAM,KNOWLEDGE AND CIVILIZATION	2015/2016
ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE	2018/2019 2020/2021 2021/2022 2019/2020
ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW	2015/2016 2017/2018
ISLAMIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE	2018/2019 2017/2018
PRINCIPLES OF ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE	2021/2022 2020/2021 2019/2020
QADAYA FIQHIYYAH MU'ASIRAH: CONTEMPORARY JURISTIC ISSUES	2017/2018 2018/2019
RESEARCH PAPER 1	2018/2019
RESEARCH PAPER I	2018/2019
RESEARCH PAPER II	2018/2019
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ISSUES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES	2020/2021
THE ISLAMIC WORLDVIEW	2015/2016 2016/2017

Completed

2020 - 2020	Taiwan-INHART Halal Certification Authority (TIHCA)
2018 - 2021	Re-modelling concept of wellness towards senior citizens in Malaysia and institutional modality of intergenerational relationships, analytical study from Islamic perspective
2018 - 2021	The Local Fiqh Framework in Malaysia: Identifying its Characteristics in Islamic Family Law
2017 - 2021	Contemporary Issues in Islam : for Undergraduate Students
2017 - 2020	Revisiting Ideas of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi pertaining to the Muslim Youth (Hayrat Foundation, Turkey)
2016 - 2018	Peaceful Coexistence Between Muslims and Buddhist in Myanmar; Looking into Singapore as the Role-Model
2016 - 2019	Rights of Detainees and Prisoners in Islam
2016 - 2019	Modern Application of Bai'Murabahah, Bai'Mu'ajjal And Bai'al-Sarf in the Light of Maqasid Shariah
2012 -	Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU)

On-Going

2020 - Present	Islamization and Contextualization of Islam to the Contemporary World
2018 - Present	The Influences of Islamic Civilization on Malay Muslim Women and Their Contributions in Malay Archipelago.
2018 - Present	Forty Hadith Collection Series on Contemporary Fundamental Issues of Malaysia
2017 - Present	Amanah (Trust) in Islam, Its Dimensions and Implications
2017 - Present	Maqasid Shari'ah Approach for measuring Key Intangible Performance in Islamic Academic institutions:

Article

2020	Interpretation of youth from the thinking of Badiuzzaman said Nursi. Journal of Islam in Asia, 17 (4) pp. 220-239
2020	Modern application of Bain al-Sarf (Currency Exchange) from Maqasid al-Shari’ah perspective: A scoping review. Journal of Islam in Asia, 17 (2) pp. 291-297
2020	Precautionary measures in dealing with Covid-19 pandemic: learning from the Prophet’s tradition. The Companion, () pp.
2020	The theoretical framework for measuring Key Intangible Performance (KIP) in research and publication using Maqasid al-Shar'iah (MS). Intellectual Discourse, 28 (2) pp. 409-432
2020	Women’s rights in the Qur’an, sunnah and heritage of Islam. Journal of Islam in Asia, 17 (3) pp. 321-331
2019	Cultural-globalization and its external and internal impact on Muslim marriage = العولمة وتأثيرها الخارجي والداخلي على زواج المسلمين. Journal of Shari'ah Sciences and the Arabic Language, 4 (2) pp. 521-533
2019	Modern applications of profit-sale (bay murabahah) from a maqasid Shari' ah perspective. Al-Shajarah, 24 (1) pp. 49-66
2019	Modern applications of profit-sale (Bayʿ murābaḥah) from a Maqāsid Sharīʿah perspective. Al-Shajarah, 24 (1) pp. 1-16
2019	Transformation of Myanmar Muslim community: Singapore as a role-model. Journal of Muslims Minority Affairs-Transformation of Myanmar Muslim Community: Singapore as a Role-Model, 39 () pp. 1-20
2019	Violations of basic rights of prisoners in conventional and Islamic law: theory and practice. Intellectual Discourse, 27 (2) pp. 455-474
2019	منهجية مراعاة حقوق المسجون في التشريع الجنائي الإسلامي المعاصر = The methodology of protecting the rights of the prisoner in contemporary Islamic criminal law. At-Tajdid, 45 () pp. 1-23
2018	Brief on waqf, its substitution (Istibdāl), and selected resolutions of Islāmic Fiqh Academy India: a maqāṣid al-sharī’ah perspective. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (Special Issue) pp. 1093-1108
2018	Deferred sale (Bai' Mu'ajjal/Bai' bi Thaman Ajil (BBA)): its origin and validity from a Maqasid Shari'ah perspective. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (1) pp. 255-261
2018	Imam Farahi’s view on rationality: a framework for modernity discourse. Al-Burhan: Journal of Quran and Sunnah Studies, 3 (1) pp. 1-15
2018	Muslim feminists’ reading of the Qur’an: a juristic analysis on family law issues. MAZAHIB: Jurnal Pemikiran Hukum Islam, 17 (1) pp. 1-22
2018	Philanthropy (tabarru’at) in Islam and its four shari’ah objectives. World Journal of Islamic History and Civilization, 8 (2) pp. 49-56
2018	The universal condemnation on the practice of riba = Pengutukan universal terhadap pengamalan riba. Journal of Islam in Asia, 15 (2) pp. 520-534
2018	Waqf, its substitution (istibdal), and selected resolutions of Islamic Fiqh Academy India : a maqasid al-shari'ah perspective. Intellectual Discourse, 26 (Special Issue) pp. 1093-1108
2018	الأمانة في العقود المالية وجريمة خيانتها بين الفقه والقضاء المصري الإجارة والوديعة نموذجا = Amanah (Trust) in financial contracts and the crime of deceit in Islamic and Egyptian law: lease and deposit as specimen. Al-Qalam, () pp. 1-24
2017	Agree to disagree: towards a peaceful co-existence amongst multi-religious community = Setuju untuk tidak bersetuju: kearah kehidupan aman bersama dikalangan masyarakat berbilang agama. Journal of Islam in Asia, 14 (1) pp. 248-267
2017	Beliefs about Prophet Isa in Islam: a critical refutation of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad's claims in the light of Qur'an and Sunnah. Al-Burhan: Journal of Qur'an and Sunnah Studies, 1 (1) pp. 1-19
2017	The mportance of considering Custom (Urf/Adat) in issuing Fatwa (Ifta') in Ibn Abidin's Sharh 'Uqud Rasm al-Mufti = Kepentingan menimbang Adat (ÑURF/ÑÓDAT) dalam mengeluarkan Fatwa (IFTĀ’) Dalam Ibn ÑÓbidin’s SharÍ ÑUqËd Rasm al-Mufti. Journal of Islam in Asia, 14 (1) pp. 268-288
2016	Contentment as a dimension of human character. Malaysia Nur, () pp. 1-8
2016	Salam (Forward sale) and Istisna' (Manufacture contract) in modern applications: a Maqasid al-shari'ah perspective. International Journal of Business, Economics and Law, 9 (5) pp. 65-73
2015	Modern applications of hibah in the light of shari'ah objectives of gift and donation contracts (al-tabarru'at). Islamic Sciences , 13 (1) pp. 27-42
2014	A translation and commentary of Ibn `Ābidīn’s Al-`Ilm Al-Ẓāhir Fī Naf`I Al-Nasab Al-Ṭāhir (Evident knowledge on the benefit of pure lineage). Al-Shajarah , 19 (1) pp. 1-20
2014	Abu l-Hassan Ali al-Nadawi's approach to renewal and reform (Tajdid wa Islah). Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR), 5 (1) pp. 125-128
2014	Contentment (Qana'ah) and its role in curbing social and environmental problems. Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR), 5 (3) pp. 430-445
2014	The good-wholesome life (hayātan tayyibah) as an Islamic lifestyle standard. Islam and Civilisational Renewal (ICR), 5 (4) pp. 591-594
2013	Imam Shawkani: taqlid's foe, ijtihad's friend. IAIS Website: Architects of Civilisation, () pp.
2012	The creative mufti: Ibn Abidin (d.1252 AH/1836 CE). Architects of Civilisation, () pp. 1-7

Conference or Workshop Item

2021	Triple talaq: revocable or irrevocable? an analysis in the light of Maqasid approach. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FAMILY LAW, FAMILY JUSTICE AND MAQASID AL SHARIAH (ICFL 2020),
2020	Breastfeeding, kinship, milk bank in Islam and contemporary challenges. In: 12th Islamic Clinico-Pathological Conference (iCPC 12, 2020) on “Breastfeeding and Milk Bank in Islamic and Modern Perspective",
2020	Covid-19 from the perspective of Islamic theology and spirituality. In: IAIS Malaysia Online Discussion Series,
2020	Islamic Input in Medical Programme (IIMP): Qadr and akhirah as the articles of faith (Part 1). In: Islamic Input in Medical Programme (IIMP): Qadr and Akhirah as the Articles of Faith (Part 1),
2020	ظاهرة اختلاف المعاصرين في تأويل النصوص القرآنية والحديثية. In: The Inaugural Jamalullalil Chair for Prophetic Sunnah International Conference (JCICI),
2019	Lack of amanah (trust) and its Implication in governance: issues of corruption in Malaysia. In: International Conference On Religion, Governance And Sustainable Development (ICRGD2019),
2018	Family planning and the rulings of Islam. In: Family Planning: Islamic Concept of Divine Destiny,
2018	The role of waqf properties in the development of the Islamic institutions in the Philippines: Issues and challenges.. In: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HISTORY AND GOVERNANCE OF AWQAF IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (ICHGA 2018),
2018	Waqf, its substitution ( istibdal) and maqasid al-shariah. In: International Conference On History and Governance of AWQAF (ICHGA),
2017	Contemporary issues in Islam: for undergraduate students. In: KIRKHS-IIIT Islamisation Conference 2017,
2016	Essentiality of custom ('urf/'adat) in issuing fatwa (Ifta'): a special reference to Ibn Abidin's Sharh Uqud Rasm al-Mufti. In: International Seminar on Fatwa (IsFatwa 2016),
2016	Salam (Forward sale) and Istisna' (Manufacture contract) in modern applications: a Maqasid al-shari'ah perspective. In: Kuala Lumpur International Islamic Studies and Civilisations (KLiISC) 2016,
2012	Contentment as a dimension of human character: with special reference to Bediuzzaman Sa’id Nursi’s Risale-I Nur. In: International Conference on The Role of Science and Art in (Islamic) Civilisational Renewal : Science and Culture as Key Dimensions of Civilisational Renewal: “The Thoughts of Said Nursi”,

Book

2021	Family fiqh in Malaysia :an analysis of the selected issues. Islamic Book Trust, ISBN: 9789670526836
2020	Forty hadith on leading the way. IIUM Press, ISBN: 9789674910563
2019	Forty hadith on riba. Dar al Wahi Publication, ISBN: 978-967-0729-32-9
2018	The position of custom ('Urf/'Adat) in issuing fatwa: in the works of Ibn 'Abidin al-Shami (d. 1252/1836). Dar al-Wahi Publication, ISBN: 978-967-0729-21-3
2017	Masjid in China. IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-418-608-1

Book Section

2021	Juridical impact of urf on family law: an applied juristic framework for local fiqh. In: Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU) &Islamic Book Trust, ISBN: 978967052683-6, pp. 36-53
2021	Juridical impact of urf on family law: an applied juristic framework for local fiqh. In: Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU) &Islamic Book Trust, ISBN: 978967052683-6, pp. 36-53
2021	Talaq through electronic medium under Islamic and Malaysian law: The impact on ‘iddah and ruju’. In: Contemporary Fiqh Reserach Unit (CFRU), IRKHS In Collaboration with Islamic Book Trust, ISBN: 978-967-0526-83-6, pp. 89-107
2021	Vaccination practices and preferences among muslim parents of young children : trends and misunderstandings. In: Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit IIUM & Islamic Book Trust, ISBN: 978-967-0526-83-6, pp. 369-389
2021	Vaccination practices and preferences among muslim parents of young children : trends and misunderstandings. In: Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit IIUM & Islamic Book Trust, ISBN: 978-967-0526-83-6, pp. 369-389
2018	Attainment of human wellness and preservation of ecological balance in the light of revelation: insights for policy making through Islamic principals pertaining to nature. In: IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-491-010-5, pp. 255-269
2018	Muhammad Amin Ibn Abidin (1784-1836CE). In: Pelanduk Publications Sdn. Bhd., ISBN: 978-967-978-989-8, pp. 240-245
2018	Muhammad b. Ali Al-Shawkani (1759-1839CE). In: Pelanduk Publications Sdn. Bhd., ISBN: 978-967-978-989-8, pp. 246-251
2017	Ethical axioms of learning in Islam: special reference to Abu Al-Hasan Al-Mawardi’s adab al-‘ilm. In: International Institute of Islamic Thought East and South East Asia Malaysia and International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-15622-6-0, pp. 79-97
2017	Ethical axioms of learning in Islam: special reference to Abu Al-Hasan Al-Mawardi’s adab al-‘ilm. In: International Institute of Islamic Thought East and South East Asia Malaysia and International Islamic University Malaysia, ISBN: 978-967-15622-6-0, pp. 79-97