Yusuf al-Shubayli

Yusuf al-Shubayli (full name: Yusuf ibn Abd Allah al-Shubayli) is a contemporary Saudi scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) and academic known for his contributions to contemporary Islamic commercial transactions and his legal treatise Fiqh al-Khilaf wa Atharuhu fi al-Qada ala al-Irhab (The Jurisprudence of Disagreement and Its Impact on Eliminating Terrorism) Fiqh al-Khilaf wa Atharuh….

Academic Career

Al-Shubayli served as a faculty member and assistant professor in the Department of Comparative Jurisprudence at the Higher Institute of Judiciary at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh Fiqh al-Khilaf wa Atharuh…+1. In this capacity, he has taught, conducted legal research, and issued legal opinions on emerging juridical and socio-religious issues Fatawa wa Istisharat al-I…+1.

Legal Thought and Contributions

Al-Shubayli's scholarly focus centers primarily on contemporary commercial law, Islamic banking, and financial jurisprudence. In his study al-Khadamat al-Istithmariyyah fi al-Masarif wa Ahkamuha fi al-Fiqh al-Islami (Investment Services in Banks and Their Rulings in Islamic Jurisprudence), he examined modern banking products and investment practices within a classical legal framework Ahkam al-Iktitab fi al-Sh…+1.

In corporate and market jurisprudence, al-Shubayli is among the contemporary scholars who permit subscribing to and trading in shares of "mixed companies"—corporations whose core activities are lawful but whose financial dealings involve marginal interest-bearing loans or deposits—subject to specific thresholds and the mandatory purification and disposal of illicit revenue al-Muamalat al-Maliyya As…+1. Beyond financial jurisprudence, his treatise on the jurisprudence of legal divergence addressed the principles and decorum of doctrinal disagreement as a mechanism to counter ideological extremism and fanaticism Fiqh al-Khilaf wa Atharuh….