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Muhammad Safwan Harun is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Fiqh and Usul, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was born in Perak, Selama and growing up there. His early studies began at Selama, Sekolah Rendah Kebangsaan Jalan Menteri and later at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Kerian, Semanggol, Perak. Then, he moved to Sekolah Berasrama Penuh Integrasi Gopeng, Perak. He then was offered to pursue foundation study at University of Malaya, Nilam Puri for two years. He then pursued his bachelor’s degree, in Fiqh and Usul Department, Academy of Islamic Studies, UM and obtained his first degree in 2016. He then offered to pursue his Doctoral degree at the same university and obtained his Doctor of Philosophy in November 2019. He is the third son of Harun bin Mohd Nor and Zainab bt Mohd Nasir. He is also a husband to Nazratun Naimah binti Jahuri and a father to Nur Sumayyah and Mohd Shakir. He builds up his expertise in Maqasid al-Shari’ah (theoretical and applied studies) and usul al-Fiqh at the department of Fiqh and Usul, Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, Malaysia. He also being actively involved in writing journal articles, book chapters, articles in newspaper and presentations in national seminars as well as international seminars. He has written around 64 publications in total as of March 2022. In addition, his research tendency covers the field of Contempoary Fiqh (worship, ethics, zakat and muamalat).