Muhammad Abdullah Usmani
Executive Director, Usmani & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. | Shariah Advisor, Meezan Bank Limited
Mufti Muhammad Abdullah Usmani, CSAA, is Executive Director at Usmani & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd., a Karachi- and DIFC-based Shariah advisory firm. He also serves as Shariah Advisor at Meezan Bank Limited. Trained in Islamic jurisprudence at Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi under Shaikh Mufti Taqi Usmani, he completed the Takhassus fil Ifta (Mufti course) and holds an MS in Islamic Banking & Finance from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, alongside an MBA in Accounting and Finance. An AAOIFI-Certified Shariah Auditor and Advisor, he has advised on landmark engagements including the conversion of Easypaisa into a digital Islamic bank and Shariah-compliant structures for Nester UK, Abhi Fintech, and others. Mufti Abdullah also served as Shariah Advisor at Faysal Bank Limited, Pakistan, which underwent the largest Islamic banking conversion in history — from a fully conventional bank to a full-fledged Islamic bank. He is a member of the Darul Ifta at Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi and teaches Islamic finance at the Centre for Islamic Economics.
Muhammad Abdullah Usmani
Executive Director, Usmani & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. | Shariah Advisor, Meezan Bank Limited
Mufti Muhammad Abdullah Usmani, CSAA, is Executive Director at Usmani & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd., a Karachi- and DIFC-based Shariah advisory firm. He also serves as Shariah Advisor at Meezan Bank Limited. Trained in Islamic jurisprudence at Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi under Shaikh Mufti Taqi Usmani, he completed the Takhassus fil Ifta (Mufti course) and holds an MS in Islamic Banking & Finance from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, alongside an MBA in Accounting and Finance. An AAOIFI-Certified Shariah Auditor and Advisor, he has advised on landmark engagements including the conversion of Easypaisa into a digital Islamic bank and Shariah-compliant structures for Nester UK, Abhi Fintech, and others. Mufti Abdullah also served as Shariah Advisor at Faysal Bank Limited, Pakistan, which underwent the largest Islamic banking conversion in history — from a fully conventional bank to a full-fledged Islamic bank. He is a member of the Darul Ifta at Jamia Darul Uloom Karachi and teaches Islamic finance at the Centre for Islamic Economics.