Where can I get more details about CoinStudy's Shariah Board members to verify their authenticity?
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Research opinion from the CoinStudy Sharia team. Not a fatwa.
JazakAllah Khair for asking this. It is one of the most important questions any Muslim investor should ask before relying on any halal screening platform and we welcome it completely.
Our Shariah Board is chaired by Dr. Usman Quddus, PhD in Islamic Studies and Finance, trained under AAOIFI standards. AAOIFI, the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions, is the internationally recognized body that sets Shariah compliance standards for Islamic finance globally. The same framework governs the Islamic Development Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, and major Islamic financial institutions across more than 45 countries worldwide.
We want to be fully transparent with our community. Dr. Usman Quddus is not an anonymous scholar. He is actively engaged with CoinStudy's research, reviews every coin analysis before publication, and provides direct rulings on specific Islamic finance questions submitted through our Q&A platform. His full credentials including his university, degree details, and contact information are being prepared for publication on our About page shortly. We will update this answer as soon as those details are live.
In the meantime here is what you can verify directly and independently right now.
The body of published rulings is the strongest evidence of genuine scholarly engagement. Every coin analysis Dr. Quddus has reviewed is published openly on CoinStudy with his specific ruling and reasoning. These include his ruling on TRON confirming the network is permissible, his ruling on Hyperliquid as Haram Lighayrihi meaning prohibited due to external factors, his detailed ruling on BNB that spot trading profit is halal for the individual while the exchange itself cannot receive a halal rating, his formal rebuttal of Pakistan's Grand Mufti's fatwa on cryptocurrency addressing the internal inconsistencies in the not-mal argument, and rulings on dozens of individual coins across multiple asset categories.
These are not generic blanket statements. They are specific, reasoned, and consistent scholarly positions in the tradition of classical Islamic jurisprudence applied to genuinely novel financial questions. They demonstrate mastery of both fiqh methodology and contemporary financial structures in a way that only a qualified Islamic finance scholar can produce.
The rulings are also published in both English and Urdu, reflecting Dr. Quddus's direct engagement with questions submitted in both languages rather than translation of pre-written content.
We are also in the process of publishing a video introduction from Dr. Quddus on our YouTube channel and About page so our community can see and hear directly from their Shariah Board Chairman. This will be available soon and we will announce it across our social media channels when it goes live.
If you have a specific compliance question you would like submitted to Dr. Quddus directly, you can submit it through this Q&A page and you will receive a personally reviewed response. This direct ongoing engagement with real questions from real Muslim investors across Pakistan, Nigeria, Indonesia, Bangladesh, and the wider global Muslim community is itself the most meaningful form of verification we can offer.
We understand that trust must be earned and we appreciate every investor who asks these questions. CoinStudy is committed to full transparency about who reviews our research and on what basis.
JazakAllah Khair for your diligence. This is exactly the standard every halal screening platform should be held to.