Md Faruk Abdullah is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Shariah and Economics, Academy of Islamic Studies, Universiti Malaya (UM). Prior to joining UM, he was a Senior Lecturer at the School of Banking and Finance, Faculty of Business and Management, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA), where he served for eight years.

He obtained his PhD in Islamic Economics from Universiti Malaya in 2016 and completed the Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) program at INCEIF University in 2012. His academic background also includes a bachelor’s degree in Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh (Islamic Law and Jurisprudence) from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) in 2010, where he was awarded the Best Student (Overall) in the faculty.

Dr. Faruk has demonstrated expertise in teaching Islamic finance, wealth management, Shariah, and fiqh al-mu‘āmalāt at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published extensively in Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus-indexed journals, with an H-index of 4 (WoS) and 6 (Scopus).

His research interests include the Shariah dimensions of business and finance, product innovation in Islamic finance, Islamic social finance, and Islamic wealth management. He previously served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Nusantara Studies (JONUS) and currently collaborates with the Accounting Research Institute (ARI) at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) as an Associate Fellow.

In addition to his academic work, he shares insights on fiqh al-mu‘āmalāt, Islamic finance, and wealth management through his dedicated YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mjMBd7f_AmnkyjtwIEeCA