Salah al-Din Amir

Salah al-Din Amir (full name Salah al-Din Ahmad Muhammad Amir) is a contemporary scholar of Islamic jurisprudence and comparative law, known for his legal research on modern commercial transactions and family law Anzimat al-Daf al-Elektro…+1.

Education and Academic Career

Amir pursued his higher education in Islamic jurisprudence in Yemen and Sudan Anzimat al-Daf al-Elektro…+1. He earned his master's degree in Islamic jurisprudence and its principles (al-fiqh wa-usuluh) from the Faculty of Sharia at Al-Iman University in Yemen in 1428 AH (2008 CE), under the academic supervision of Amin Ali Muqbil al-Masa'il al-Fiqhiyya al…+1. He subsequently completed his doctorate in comparative jurisprudence (al-fiqh al-muqaran) at the Faculty of Sharia and Law at Omdurman Islamic University in Sudan in 1433 AH (2012 CE), under the supervision of al-Wathiq Ata al-Mannan Muhammad Anzimat al-Daf al-Elektro….

Scholarly Focus

Amir's academic research focuses on contemporary issues in Islamic jurisprudence, particularly the legal status of emerging marital arrangements and modern financial technology Anzimat al-Daf al-Elektro…+1. In family law, his study al-Nikah al-Urfi fi Mizan al-Islam ("Customary Marriage in the Balance of Islam") examined the definitions, legal rulings, societal impacts, and case studies of customary and unregistered marriages alongside Yemeni statutory law al-Masa'il al-Fiqhiyya al…+1. In financial jurisprudence, his doctoral treatise Anzimat al-Daf al-Elektroni al-Muasir Ghayr al-Itimani fi al-Fiqh al-Islami ("Contemporary Non-Credit Electronic Payment Systems in Islamic Jurisprudence") provided a comparative legal characterization and Sharia assessment of non-credit digital payment mechanisms, including automated teller machine (ATM) cards, open-loop prepaid cards, closed-loop stored-value cards, smart cards, and electronic checks Anzimat al-Daf al-Elektro…+1.