Abu Ghuddah

Dr. Shaikh Abdul Sattar Abdul Karim Abu Ghuddah, Ph.D., serves as a Consultant of Dallah Al-Baraka Investment and Development Co. in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Abu Ghuddah serves as a Shariah Advisor and Director of the Department of Financial Instruments at Al-Baraka Investment Co. He serves as a Secretary General of Unified Shariah Supervisory Board of Dellah Albaraka Group, Jeddah. He held the positions of Expert and Reporter for the Islamic Fiqh Encyclopedia and Ministry of Awqaf & Islamic Affairs in State of Kuwait. He started his career as a Lecturer at Imam Al Da'awa Institute (Riyadh), Religious Institute (Kuwait), Sharia College of the Law Faculty in Kuwait University. He serves as the Chairman of Shari'a Supervisory Board at Al Baraka Bank Egypt(S.A.E). He serves as the Chairman of Shariah Supervisory Board at Al Baraka Banking Group B.S.C. He serves as the Chairman of Shariah Committee at Asian Finance Bank Berhad. He serves as the Chairman of Sharia Supervisory Board at European Islamic Investment Bank Plc. He serves as the Chairman of Sharia Board at Ibdar Bank BSC(c). He serves as the Chairman of Sharia Supervisory Board at Bank Nizwa SAOG and Al Madina Insurance Company SAOG. He served as the Chairman of Shariah Supervisory Board at The Securities House K.S.C.P. He served as the Chairman and Member of Shariah Supervisory Board at Abu Dhabi National Takaful Company PSC until November 24, 2016. He has been a Shariah Committee Deputy Chairman at Takaful Emarat - Insurance (PSC) since February 12, 2016. He serves as the Chairman of The Sharia Supervisory Committee at Al Rayan Bank plc (formerly Islamic Bank of Britain Plc). He served as the Chairman of Sharia Supervisory Board at Rasmala PLC until June 30, 2014 and also served as its Member of Sharia Supervisory Board. He serves as Deputy Chairman of Sharia'a Supervisory Board at Takaful International Company BSC. He served as Vice Chairman and Member of Sharia Board at Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC. He served as Vice Chairman of Sharia Supervisory Board at Bank Nizwa SAOG. He serves as a Member of Fatwa and Sharia Supervisory Board at Noor Bank PJSC (formerly Noor Islamic Bank PJSC) and served as its Member of the Supervisory Board. He serves as Member of Share'ah Supervisory Board at The Islamic Insurance Co. PLC. (alternate name, The Islamic Insurance Co. Ltd.). He serves as a Member of Shariah Supervisory Board at The Securities House K.S.C.P. He has been a Member of Sharia Supervisory Board at Al Madina Insurance Company SAOG since April 29, 2014. He serves as a Member of Shariah Supervisory Board at Masraf Al Rayan (Q.P.S.C.) and Takaful Emarat - Insurance (PSC). He serves as a Member of DI Shariah Supervisory Committee at Amiri Capital LLP. He serves as a Member of Shariah Supervisory Board at The Islamic Bank of Asia Limited, Noor Islamic Bank PJSC, Al Baraka Islamic Bank B.S.C. He serves as a Member of the Shariah Supervisory Board of Navis Capital Partners, Prosperitus Capital Partners and Dar Al Istithmar Limited. He serves as a Member of Shari'ah Supervisory Board of Venture Capital Bank. He serves as a Member of the Sharia Supervisory Board of several Islamic financial institutions and Banks. He serves as a Member of Shari'ah Supervisory Board at Arcapita Inc. He serves as a Member of the Islamic Fiqh Academy, Member of the Standards Board and Sharia Council of the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), Bahrain. He served as Member of Shariah Supervisory Board at Meezan Bank Limited and Bank Alkhair B.S.C. He served as a Director of Wafa Insurance, Inc. He served as a Director of Saudi Indian Company for Co- operative Insurance. He holds Ph.D. in Sharia, Islamic Law and Comparative law from Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Abu Ghuddah holds B.A. degrees in Islamic Sharia'a in 1964 and in Law in 1965 from Damascus University. He holds MA in Shariah and Hadith from Al-Azhar University. الدكتور أبو غدة عضو في مجلس الرقابة الشرعية في مجموعة غايدنس المالية وهو مدير إدارة الأدوات المالية في شركة البركة للاستثمار والتطوير، وعضو في مجلس الرقابة الشرعية في الشركة نفسها ومفتي شرعي في الشركة الأم أي مجموعة دله البركة. وإضافة إلى ذلك، الدكتور أبو غدة عضو ناشط في أكاديمية الفقه الإسلامي ومجالس معايير المحاسبة والمراجعة في المؤسسات المالية الإسلامية. وقد درس الفقه الإسلامي في الرياض والكويت. بين عامي 1982 و1990 كان عضوًا في هيئة الفتوى الشرعية في وزارة الشؤون الإسلامية في الكويت. حاضر سابقًا في كلية الحقوق والشريعة في جامعة الكويت. نال شهادة بكالوريوس في الشريعة الإسلامية والحقوق من جامعة دمشق ومن ثم نال شهادة الماجستير في الشريعة والحديث الشريف وشهادة الدكتوراه في الشريعة والفقه المقارن من جامعة الأزهر