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Faculty of Business and Management

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Dr Nurul 'Iffah Binti M A Zaaba

Head of Programme, Bachelor of Financial Technology (Hons) and Diploma in Finance | Department of Accounting and Finance

Academic Qualifications

PhD in Islamic Banking and Finance
Master of Science in Islamic Banking and Finance
Bachelor of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Heritage (Hons)

Areas of Interest
I am very keen to explore how business pay their zakat.
I am very much interested in Islamic banks on how they report and distribute their zakat.
Publications

 

  1. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Rusni Hassan. Islamic Banks and Their Zakat Distribution Practices. In: Mohd Nor Hakimin Yusoff, Industry Forward and Technology Transformation in Business and Entrepreneurship. InCEBT 2022. Springer, Nature, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-2337-3_10
  2. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Rusni Hassan. How Do Islamic Banks Report and Distribute Zakat. in Malaysia In: Mansour, N., Bujosa Vadell, L.M. (eds) Islamic Sustainable Finance, Law and Innovation. Contributions to Management Science. Springer, Cham, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27860-0_34
  3. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Rusni Hassan. The Practice of Islamic Bank in Zakat Distribution: The Case of Malaysia. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A. (eds) Innovation of Businesses, and Digitalization during Covid-19 Pandemic. ICBT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 488. Springer, Cham, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08090-6_10
  4. Rusni Hassan, & Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba. Islamic Estate Planning (IEP) in Malaysia: The Opportunities for Islamic Banks. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A. (eds) Innovation of Businesses, and Digitalization during Covid-19 Pandemic. ICBT 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 488. Springer, Cham, 2023. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-08090-6_13
  5. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Rusni Hassan. A Systematic Literature Review on Zakat, Journal of Islamic Finance (E-ISSN 2289-2117), 10(2), 2021, 101–111.
  6. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Rusni Hassan. Calculation, Distribution and Disclosure of Zakat in Malaysian Islamic Banks. Journal of Islam in Asia (EISSN 2289-8077), 17(2), 2020, 162-181. DOI: 10.31436/jia.v17i2.959
  7. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba. Zakat, Islamic Social Finance and Its Role for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals: Islamic Economics Winter Course 2020, (E-ISBN 978-623-256-512-8), 2020, 125-128.
  8. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Rusni Hassan. Why Islamic Banks Are Reluctant to Offer Musharakah Mutanaqisah for Home Financing: The Case of Maybank Islamic and Affin Islamic Bank, Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics 6(1), 2019: 52-66. DOI: 10.26414/A044
  9. Nurul ‘Iffah M A Zaaba, & Noraini Mohd Ariffin. Zakat Computation and Disclosure by Malaysia Islamic Banks, Masjid, Zakat and Waqf Management (IMAF) (E-ISBN 978-967-13087-4-5), 2018, 1-11.

Professional Membership

  • Association of Shariah Advisors in Islamic Finance (ASAS)

Conference

  1. THE 10th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business and Technology (InCEBT 2022), 05 Nov 2022, Virtual, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan (UMK)
  2. The International Conference on Business and Technology (ICBT 2021). 6-7 November 2021. Hilton Istanbul Bomonti, Istanbul, Turkey. Hybrid. EuroMid Academy of Business & Technology (EMABT)
  3. 5th International Conference on Zakat, Waqf and Islamic Philanthropy (ZAWFI) 2022 14th September 2022. Online. Academy of Contemporary Islamic Studies (ACIS), UiTM.
  4. MASJID, ZAKAT AND WAQF MANAGEMENT 2018 (IMAF 2018) 4TH DECEMBER 2018, BANGI, SELANGOR, MALAYSIA. Selangor Islamic University (UIS) 

Awards and Achievements

  1. Best Paper Award, How Do Islamic Banks Distribute Their Zakat?, 10th ASEAN International Conference on Islamic Finance (AICIF) 2022.
  2. Best Presenter Award, Islamic Banks and Their Zakat Distribution Practices. 10th International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Business & Technology (InCEBT 2022).
  3. Recipient of Jamalullail Scholarship.
  4. Recipient of ISRA Global Scholarship.
  5. Rector’s List Award, IIUM 32nd Convocation Ceremony.