Academic Profile
Dr. Muhammad Abubakar Siddique is an academic, author, and Shariah advisor whose work brings classical Islamic scholarship into conversation with contemporary economics and finance. He serves as Assistant Professor and Chairperson of the School of Islamic Banking and Finance (SOIBF), International Institute of Islamic Economics, International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI). He also serves as Consultant Shariah Advisor to Islamic Relief Pakistan and is an SECP-certified Shariah Advisor (No. 112).
His education combines traditional religious learning with advanced university research. He completed his studies in the Islamic sciences at Darul Uloom Muhammadiyah Ghausiyah, Bhera Sharif, in 2007, earning Shahādah al-ʿĀlamiyyah. He subsequently obtained an M.Sc. in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (2009), an MS in Islamic Banking and Finance from IIUI (2014), and a PhD in the same discipline from IIUI (2022). From 2014 to 2019, he served at IIUI’s Shariah Academy as Chairman of the Distance Learning Department and Lecturer in Islamic Banking and Finance; since 2022, he has served as Assistant Professor at SOIBF.
His research interests include Islamic economics, Islamic banking and finance, fiqh and uṣūl al-fiqh, Shariah governance, financial product development, participatory finance, paper and digital currencies, pricing benchmarks, fintech, and the transition towards an interest-free economy. His professional experience includes work as Product Development Manager at Inclusive Resource Management (UK) and policy consultancy for the Islamic Development Bank Institute’s feasibility study on Awqaf Free Zones.
His published work includes Paper and Digital Currency (کاغذی و ڈیجیٹل کرنسی), an Urdu translation of the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan’s historic judgment on the prohibition of interest, and an English translation and scholarly study of Imam Ahmad Raza Khan’s Arabic treatise Kifl al-Faqīh al-Fāhim fī Aḥkām Qirṭās al-Darāhim, with explanatory material and source verification. He has also published research articles in national and international journals in Urdu and English and presented papers at academic conferences.
Alongside teaching Islamic finance, economics, and Islamic commercial law, Dr. Siddique supervises MS and PhD research, contributes to curriculum development and professional training, and delivers lectures at universities across Pakistan. Through scholarship, Shariah advisory work, and public engagement, he seeks to connect sound jurisprudential reasoning with practical solutions for a more just and socially responsible financial system.
Dr. AB-Siddique has published three books — Click here
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