Salih bin Zabin al-Marzooqi al-Baqmi
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Salih bin Zabin al-Marzooqi al-Baqmi, known by the kunya Abu Umar, is a contemporary Saudi jurist and professor of Islamic jurisprudence and economics at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca.
Education and Academic Career
Al-Marzooqi completed his undergraduate studies at the College of Sharia in Mecca, receiving his bachelor's degree in the academic year 1390 AH (1970–1971 CE) and his master's degree from the same institution in 1395 AH (1975 CE). He obtained his doctorate from the College of Sharia at Umm al-Qura University in 1403 AH (1983 CE), subsequently attaining the ranks of associate professor and full professor. During his academic career at the university, he served as the head of the Department of Islamic Economics and the head of the Department of Higher Sharia Studies. He was also appointed Secretary-General of the Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Muslim World League.
Scholarly Activities and Focus
Al-Marzooqi taught jurisprudence (fiqh), legal maxims (al-qawa'id al-fiqhiyya), and commercial partnership law (al-sharikat) at the College of Sharia and within postgraduate Sharia programs, and delivered regular lessons on corporate law and contemporary legal issues (fiqh al-nawazil) at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. In addition to supervising and examining numerous master's and doctoral theses, he participated in more than fifty academic conferences and symposia inside Saudi Arabia and abroad. His research focuses primarily on commercial transactions and corporate jurisprudence, as represented in his works Sharikat al-Aqd fi al-Shar al-Islami ("Contractual Partnerships in Islamic Law") and Sharikat al-Musahama fi al-Nizam al-Saudi ("Joint-Stock Companies in Saudi Law"). He also addressed intellectual legal principles in his treatise Hudud Hurriyat al-Fikr fi al-Sharia al-Islamiyya ("The Boundaries of Freedom of Thought in Islamic Law").
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List of Works
This contemporary treatise on Islamic financial jurisprudence examines the Islamic legal rulings regarding debt indexation against economic inflation and currency depreciation, specifically the linking of deferred debts and obligations to gold, silver, a basket of currencies, or general price levels.
This legal treatise examines the scope, foundations, and boundaries of intellectual freedom within Islamic law, addressing the relationship between Sharia parameters, traditional legal rulings, and freedom of thought.
This contemporary legal treatise on Islamic financial jurisprudence examines Sharia rulings governing foreign exchange transactions, electronic trading, and currency speculation conducted through modern means of communication.
This contemporary treatise on Islamic financial jurisprudence examines the legal rulings governing zakat on joint-stock company shares and the investment of zakat revenues, addressing how modern corporate holdings and funds are evaluated under Islamic law.
This legal treatise explores the jurisprudence of commercial and contractual partnerships in Islamic law, detailing their classical definitions, pillars, conditions, classifications, and general rulings.