Dr. Hassan Suleiman
Assistant Professor
Fiqh & Usul al-Fiqh
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Sharia and Law, Islamic Jurisprudence, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence, Islamic legal Maxims, Maqasid al- shariah, Quranic science
Dr. Hassan Suleiman is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fiqh and Uṣūl al-Fiqh, AbdulHamīd AbūSulaymān Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (AHAS KIRKHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak campus. He memorized the Qur’an in his youth and pursued his undergraduate studies in Sharīʿah at Al-Azhar University, Cairo. He later earned his Master’s degree from Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) and completed his Ph.D. in Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory) at Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah International Islamic University (UniSHAMS), Malaysia. Between 2013 and 2017, Dr. Hassan lectured in Arabic linguistics, Qur’anic sciences, and Qirāʾāt at Kolej Islam Darul Ulum (KIDU) in Kedah, before joining IIUM in September 2018. At IIUM, he teaches a widmore...
Dr. Hassan Suleiman is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Fiqh and Uṣūl al-Fiqh, AbdulHamīd AbūSulaymān Faculty of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences (AHAS KIRKHS), International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Gombak campus. He memorized the Qur’an in his youth and pursued his undergraduate studies in Sharīʿah at Al-Azhar University, Cairo. He later earned his Master’s degree from Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) and completed his Ph.D. in Uṣūl al-Fiqh (Islamic Legal Theory) at Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah International Islamic University (UniSHAMS), Malaysia. Between 2013 and 2017, Dr. Hassan lectured in Arabic linguistics, Qur’anic sciences, and Qirāʾāt at Kolej Islam Darul Ulum (KIDU) in Kedah, before joining IIUM in September 2018. At IIUM, he teaches a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including:
Uṣūl al-Fiqh: Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence
Fiqh al-Jināyāt: Juristic Study of Crimes and Punishment
Al-Fiqh al-Muqāran: Comparative Jurisprudence
Qadāyā Fiqhiyyah Muʿāṣirah: Contemporary Juristic Issues
Al-Qawāʿid al-Fiqhiyyah: Islamic Legal Maxims
Qawāʿid wa Furūq Fiqhiyyah: Legal Maxims and Juristic Variations
Mabāḥith al-Ḥukm: Issues on Islamic Rulings
Adillat al-Aḥkām: Evidences of Legal Rules
Al-Madkhal ilā al-Fiqh al-Islāmī: Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence.
At the postgraduate level, he offers and supervises courses such as:
General Theories in Islamic Jurisprudence
Studies in Analogical Reasoning and Effective Causes (Dirāsāt fī al-Qiyās wa al-Taʿlīl)
He also supervises Master’s and Doctoral students in areas related to Islamic legal theory, jurisprudential methodology, and applied Sharīʿah research. Dr. Hassan’s scholarly interests focus on legal maxims, maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah, and the integration of Qur’anic and Sunnah-based reasoning in addressing contemporary social, legal, and economic issues. He publishes regularly in peer-reviewed journals dedicated to fiqh, uṣūl al-fiqh, and broader Islamic legal studies. He regards both research and teaching as acts of ʿibādah (worship) and amānah (trust), striving to guide his students in bridging classical Islamic legal sources with modern-day realities and challenges.
Doctoral degree
Latest Additions
- Suleiman, Hassan and Awang, Abdul Bari and Busari, Saheed Abdullahi (2025) The maxim of “Taʾsīs (foundation of a new meaning) is better than Taʾkīd (Affirmation of a Previous Meaning)” in the Holy Qur’ān: an applied foundational study. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 9 (3). pp. 86-96. E-ISSN 2600-8408
- Suleiman, Hassan (2025) Regulatory principles of interpretation in the intellectual thought of Abū Hāmid al-Ghazālī: an uṣūlī study. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 9 (3). pp. 73-85. E-ISSN 2600-8408
- Eletrebi, Mohamed Fathy and Suleiman, Hassan (2025) ضوابط الإلحاق بالمقاصد الشرعية: دراسة تحليلية = Regulatory principles for ilhāq (affiliation) with the maqāsid al-shariah: an analytical study. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 9 (2). pp. 74-84. E-ISSN 2600-8408
- Suleiman, Hassan and Alwi, Alwi and Awang, Abdul Bari and Awang Hamat, Mohd Afandi (2024) Learning beneficial worldly knowledge: between Islamic and Boko Harām perspectives. Intellectual Discourse, 32 (2). pp. 459-481. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639
- Suleiman, Hassan and Alwi, Alwi and Busari, Saheed Abdullahi (2024) Examining the reformist thoughts of al- Tāhir ibn ‘Āshūr. Malaysian Journal of Syariah and Law, 12 (2). pp. 272-281. ISSN 1985-7454 E-ISSN 2590-4396
- Suleiman, Hassan and Busari, Saheed Abdullahi and Karim, Fatimah (2024) المقاصد الدعوية والتربوية في ضوء سورة يوسف عليه السلام: رؤية تحليلية = Daʿwah and educational objectives in the light of Surat Yūsuf PBUH: an analytical perspective. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 8 (2). pp. 115-124. E-ISSN 2600-8408
- Eletrebi, Mahamed Fathy and Suleiman, Hassan and Siraji, Ahmad Hussein and Zainon, Masyitah (2024) ذهاب محل المؤلفة قلوبهم وأثره في تقسيم الزكاة: ماليزيا نموذجا = The dissolution of Mu’allafah Qulūbuhum’s seat of reconciliation and its impact on the distribution of zakat: Malaysia as a model. Al-Risalah: Journal of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, 8 (1). pp. 266-289. E-ISSN 2600-8394
- Adam, Umar Musa and Sanusi, Zainal Abidin and Suleiman, Hassan (2024) Causes of climate change: a neglected dimension. Intellectual Discourse, 32 (1). pp. 265-290. ISSN 0128-4878 E-ISSN 2289-5639
- Suleiman, Hassan (2024) Hikmah daripada pelbagai peristiwa yang berlaku di Gaza. Apa Khabar TV.
- Eletrebi, Mahamed Fathy and Suleiman, Hassan (2025) مقاصد القوامة في الشريعة الإسلامية بين الحقوق والواجبات = The objectives of qiwamah in Islamic law: between rights and responsibilities. In: القوامة في مواجهة القضايا الأسرية : التحديات والحلول. Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU), IIUM and Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 171-192.
- Suleiman, Hassan and Eletrebi, Mahamed Fathy and Salhab, Belal Barakat Sulaiman (2025) معالجة ارتفاع معدلات الطلاق في ماليزيا في ضوء الشريعة الإسلامية = Addressing the rising divorce rates in Malaysia in the light of Islamic law. In: القوامة في مواجهة القضايا الأسرية : التحديات والحلول. Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU), IIUM and Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 28-48.
- Suleiman, Hassan and Zakaria, Mohamad Sabri (2023) The Impact of the Ten Qirā’āt Mutawātirah on Jurists’ Disagreements in Sharīʿah Rulings أثر القراءات العشر المتواترة في اختلاف الفقهاء في الأحكام الشرعية. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 7 (3). pp. 52-62. E-ISSN 2600-8408
- Suleiman, Hassan (2023) Kontroversi pembakaran al- Qur’ān: mengapa bukan Taurat atau Injil yang dibakar? ApaKhabarTV. pp. 1-9.
- Eletrebi, Mahamed Fathy and Suleiman, Hassan (2023) المقاصد الدعوية للمؤلفة قلوبهم في ماليزيا. In: International Seminar on Da’wah IV (ISOD IV) 2023, 21st November 2023, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
- Suleiman, Hassan (2023) Mengapa hanya Al-Quran, bukan Taurat atau Alkitāb yang dibakar? Hidayatullah.com.
- Suleiman, Hassan (2023) Di sebalik perkahwinan Rasulullah SAW dan Safiyyah bint Huyay. ApaKhabarTV.
- Suleiman, Hassan (2023) Historical overview of the captivity of Ṣafiyyah bint Ḥuyay bin Akhṭab An-Nadhariyah (RA). ApaKhabarTV.
- Suleiman, Hassan and Busari, Saheed Abdullahi and Adam, Musa Umar (2023) Maʾālāt (consequences) and their uṣūlī maxims: a juristic applied study = المآلات وقواعدها الأصولية: دراسة فقهية تطبيقية. International Journal of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh Studies, 7 (2). pp. 34-44. E-ISSN 2600-8408
- Suleiman, Hassan and Mohamad Farid, Nurul Afifah (2023) The rate of divorce among Muslim couples in Malaysia: a legal analysis of the causes and consequences. IIUM Journal of Religion and Civilisational Studies, 6 (1). pp. 25-43. E-ISSN 2637-112X
- Suleiman, Hassan (2023) Peristiwa penawanan Shafiyyah binti Huyay bin Akhtab an-Nadariyyah RA. Hidayatullah.com, 23 June 2023.