Fatwa
Fatawa for Ijara Products
Sharia Compliance Topics: Documents, Fatwa, Hajj Qualification, How It Works
Islamic Finance Fatwa/Approval
IjaraLoans.com is currently marketing the CIHF process which has been approved by notable scholars. The Managing Partner of CIHF is Samad Group Inc., and the owner of the process is Samad-Ijara LLC. Samad Group Inc. was the first Muslim organization in the US to have obtained such a Sharia Compliant contract. The process utilizes the Ijara methodology, which is one of the three Sharia'a compliant methods to achieve home financing. Specific questions can be answered by contacting us directly.
The original documents, which bear Mufti Muneer Akhoon's signature, are available for comparison with the documents currently being used. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mufti Taqi Usmani and Dahrul Ihsan Centre for taking an active stance against those companies in the US and Canada that are misusing our Fatwa in the promotion of their Islamic Financing products.
We are currently in the process of updating / adding new members to our Sharia Board. Currently Sheikh Mufti Mohammed-Umer Esmail, a former student of Justice Taqi Usmani, is our Sharia Advisor, and Mufti Muneer Akhoon is the chairman of our Sharia Advisory Board. For information you can review Mufti Umer Esmail's background at http://nuecesmosque.com/imam, and Mufti Muneer Akhoon's information can be viewed at http://www.kitabummuneer.org/ . You may vew the updated Fatwa here.
Their are many well known scholars in the area of Islamic Finance, and many were involved in the creation and development of the Sharia Compliant Contract. The history of our process is as follows:
1995 - Dallah Al Baraka through Al-Amin Co issues the original Fatwa for the Sharia Contract. The Scholars involved in the creation and approval of the Sharia Contract where: Sh. Muhamad Taqi Usmani, Sh. Nizam Yaquby, Dr. Abdus Sattar Abu Ghudda, and Sh. Abdullah Al Mannae.
1997 - The Fatwa was updated for licensing to United Bank of Kuwait for their Al-Manzil program. The Scholars involved in the update of the Fatwa were Sh. Mufti Mohamad Taqi Usmani and Sh. NIzam Yaquby.
2001 - Shape Financial works with SAMAD Group and CIHF to attempt the creation of an Islamic Bank and invites Shoeb Sharieff to join.
2002 - Shoeb Sharieff introduces the Islamic Finance and Banking concept to University Bank.
2003 - Shape Financial updates the Fatwa for University Bank's use under the brand name of SHAPEtm (SAMAD Home Acquisition Program). The Scholars involved in this update to the Fatwa are Sh. Yusuf DeLorenzo and Sh. Nizam Yaquby. The bank is so successful that it forms University Islamic Financial.
2005 - Shoeb Sharieff creates ijaraloans.com and becomes the Master Licensee of the Original Sharia Contract and expands Islamic Finance into all 50 States.
2006 - Dr. Ahmed Shleibak and Dr. Main Al-Qudah review the Original Sharia Contracts and approve them with two updates and permit the financing of the Islamic American University Campus purchase in Southfield, MI
2007 - Ijaraloans adds Musharaka and Murabaha to its product mix.
2008 - Dr. Main Al-Qudah becomes Imam of the Katy Masjid, TX and approves the Sharia Contract for use of the acquisition of its new building with Muslim American Society (MAS-Katy Chapter).
2008 - Ijaraloans acquires an ownership interest in CIHF Partners with SAMAD Group and rebrands the Sharia Contract to IjaraTM.
2008 - Ijaraloans forms IjaraCanada.com and expands into Ontario, Canada
2009 - Sh. Mufti Mohammed UmerEsmail becomes the Sharia Advisor of ijaraloans and issues a Fatwa for the IjaraTM Conversion Product.
2010 - IjaraCanada.com expands to cover all Provinces in Canada
2010 - Ijaraloans.com begins to offer its Sukuk/Murabaha Contracts, a safe, guaranteed alternative to traditional CD's and Bonds.
2011 - SAMAD Group merges with Ijaraloans and forms SAMAD-IJARA, LLC which takes over all the rights to the Sharia Contract through its commonality of ownership of CIHF Partners.
2012 - Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon becomes chairman of the Ijaraloans Sharia Advisory Board and updates and issues a Fatwa in favor of the ijaraloans finance documents and processes.
Notice: The Shariah contract "Lease to Purchase" is owned and copyrighted by CIHF Partners and the Conversion Product by Ijara Marketing, LLC., which is also the master licensee for the US and Canada of the CIHF product and part owner of SAMAD-IJARA, LLC and CIHF Partners. Ijara Marketing, LLC may license the program to other financial organizations that might be interested in meeting the needs of the Muslim market in North America.
