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Dr. Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin

Associate Professor

Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh

IIUM

Sayyed Mohamed Muhsin is an Associate Professor of Islamic Jurisprudence at the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), where he currently serves as Head of the Department of Fiqh and Usul al-Fiqh. His scholarship lies at the nexus of Islam and biomedicine, with a particular focus on how Islamic juristic principles can inform and enrich contemporary bioethical discourse. He holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Calicut and an MA in Islamic Jurisprudence from Darul Huda Islamic University, India. He later pursued advanced postgraduate studies at IIUM, where he earned a second MA with a thesis on Islamic legal interpretation in Muslim-minority contexts, and subsequently a PhD with a dissertation on Islamic Medical Jurisprudence, specifically examining the juristic-ethimore...

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  1. Chin, Alexis Heng Boon and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2026) Caveats on human cognitive enhancement technologies based on the sociocultural context of Singapore. Journal of Medical Ethics, 52 (1). pp. 66-68. ISSN 0306-6800 E-ISSN 1473-4257
  2. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) Scientific discoveries and the role of ūlū al-albāb: reflections on synthetic human embryos. Ulul Albāb Islamic Institute New Zealand Bulletin on Islam & Muslims (4). pp. 6-7. ISSN 3021-1972 E-ISSN 3021-1980
  3. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2026) A Muslim perspective of alternative sexual behavior. In: The Routledge International Handbook of Sex Therapy and Religion. ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOKS . Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, New York, pp. 326-339.
  4. Chin, Alexis Heng Boon and Rueda, Jon and Sun, Ningyu and Dang, Truc Ngoc Hoang and Bosenge-Nguma, Jean Didier and Md Nor, Nik Norliati Fitri and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) Confugenics - East Asian culture favors uptake of human cognitive enhancement and IVF genetic technologies amid demographic challenges. Monash Bioethics Review, 43 (1). pp. 97-127. ISSN 1321-2753 E-ISSN 1836-6716
  5. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) Non-maleficence in medical confidentiality: a Maqaṣid-based review. UAEU Law Journal, 39 (2). pp. 65-102. ISSN 3006-0281 E-ISSN 3006-029X
  6. Mohamed Salleh, Rabiah Tul Adawiyah and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) Islamic content on screens: analysing Gen Z’s perceptions on digital media’s influence on language and religiosity. In: 2nd International Media, Digital Culture and Religion Congress, 17-18 May 2025, Balkan Research Center of IBU.
  7. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed and Mohamed Salleh, Rabiah Tul Adawiyah (2025) Educators must reach students through their screens. The Star. p. 17.
  8. Wenjin, Huang and Ningyu, Sun and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) 未来人类认知增强和生殖基因技术的广泛应用将使东亚面临迫在眉睫的人口灾难 = [The widespread application of future human cognitive enhancement and reproductive genetic technologies will bring East Asia to the brink of an imminent demographic disaster]. 新加坡眼 Singapore Eye. pp. 1-2.
  9. Mohd Wazir, Muhammad Faqih and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) نكاح الخطبة في ماليزيا: دراسة فقهية حول أسبابه وآثارە = Engagement marriage in Malaysia: a jurisprudential study of its causes and effects. In: القوامة في مواجهة القضايا الأسرية: التحديات الحلول. Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU), IIUM and Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 207-239.
  10. Abdul Rahim, Ammar Irfan and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) أثر الإصابة بالإيدز على الحياة الزوجية: دراسة مقارنة بين الفقه الإسلامي والقانون الماليزي = The impacts of AIDS on marital life: a comparative studies between Islamic fundamental studies and Malaysian law. In: القوامة في مواجهة القضايا الأسرية: التحديات الحلول. Contemporary Fiqh Research Unit (CFRU), IIUM and Islamic Book Trust, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, pp. 49-84.
  11. Huang, Wenjin and Sun, Ningyu and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) 新加坡家长疯抢基因编辑宝宝？57%人支持改造下一代智商争当学霸！ = Are Singaporean parents scrambling to get gene-edited babies? 57% support modifying the next generation's IQ to become top students! 163.com.
  12. Chin, Alexis Heng Boon and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) Unequal access to reprogenetic cognitive enhancement due to consistently high costs. Journal of Medical Ethics Forum. pp. 1-4.
  13. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2025) Ramadan builds a castle: how to keep it standing? Islam on web.
  14. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed and Roslan, Rosazra and Chin, Alexis Heng Boon (2025) Perspektif Islam mengenai implan mikrocip otak untuk meningkatkan prestasi dalam peperiksaan kompetitif. Ova.
  15. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed and Chin, Alexis Heng Boon (2025) Ramadan fasting and its potential anti-cancer benefits. Islam on web. pp. 1-5.
  16. Huang, Wenjin and Ningyu, Sun and Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2024) 第三代试管婴儿治疗，新加坡不孕不育夫妻的一场昂贵、冒险和不必要的赌博? = Is third-generation IVF treatment an expensive, risky and unnecessary gamble for infertile couples in Singapore? Singapore Eye.
  17. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2024) Quranic affirmations: most powerful base for positive thinking. Islamonweb:The Window to Islam. pp. 1-6.
  18. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2024) 干扰学生的主要因素是什么？调查结果和创新解决方案 = What are the main factors that interfere with students? Survey results and innovative solutions. 360doc.com.
  19. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed (2024) A Difficult Case of Divorce: Tholaq Samvadam of Abdulla Musliyar (b. 1950). In: Islamic Law in Context A Primary Source Reader. Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom, pp. 178-188. ISBN 9781009013680
  20. Muhsin, Sayyed Mohamed and Zulkifli, Nur Hasya and Zawawi, Nur Syazana (2024) Malaysian Muslim perspective vis-à-vis organ donation: a Maqāṣid-based field study. TAFHIM: IKIM Journal of Islam and the Contemporary World, 17 (2). pp. 35-56. ISSN 2231-7015 E-ISSN 2637-0921

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