Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah is famous for his French translation of the Qur'an, and well-known for discovery, editing and bringing in light a number of rare and invaluable hadith manuscripts. He is also rightly acknowledged for his ground-breaking research works on international Islamic law,...

This paper deals with the question of quality control in researches on Islamic economics and related areas and how to improve it. It is mainly based on the author's short experience as the chief editor of the Journal of King Abdulaziz University - Islamic Economics (JKAU-IE). He got motivation...

This paper deals with the human resource development (HRD) from the Islamic Perspective. It also takes note of India’s place in HRD, and tries to examine the condition of human resource development among Indian Muslims and concludes with certain suggestions to improve the situation.

Ibn ‘Abidin was among the most distinguished scholars of Ḥanafī School of jurisprudence in the early nineteenth century, replica of early great scholars of Islamic jurisprudence. He assigned great importance to current ‘urf or local custom in solving new problems or even in adopting new...

Book review of the work of Hossein Askari, Zamir Iqbal, Noureddine Krichene, and Abbas Mirakhor entitled: Risk-sharing in Finance: The Islamic Finance Alternative

The book highlights Muslim contributions to economic thought, an area which has received little attention by economists. Earlier works by Islamic economists have heightened, not lessened, the need for further research as they indicated possible linkages with mainstream economic thought. The...

Al-Ghazali′s economics is anchored on five necessary Shari‘ah -mandated foundations of individual and social life: religion, life, family, property, and intellect. He focuses on the economic aspects of maslahah (social utility), distinguishing between necessities, comforts and luxuries....

Selected Papers Presented at an international seminar on Economic problems and the Teachings of the Qur'an organized by the Idarah Ulūm al-Qur'an held at Aligarh during 6-7 November 2010

Islamic Finance: Issues in Ṣukūk and Proposals for Reform is a jointly edited volume by Mohammad Hashim Kamali and Abdul Karim Abdullah. This publication is on an important current topic of Islamic economics and finance. With the increasing currency of ṣukūk products, there has been...

Shari'ah Maxims Modern Applications in Islamic Finance by Muhammad Tahir Mansoori is a second updated and revised edition of his previous work published under the same title in 2007. It is, perhaps, the first text book on Shari'ah maxims with modern application in Islamic finance. The author’s...