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DR. MAIN ALQUDAH

President & CEO

Dr. Main Alqudah, Ph.D., is a distinguished Islamic finance and Shariah scholar with over two decades of experience in higher education, research, and community leadership. As the President and Co-Founder of Guidance College in Houston, Texas, and a member of the Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) Resident Fatwa Committee, he specializes in bridging traditional Islamic legal principles with modern financial systems. Holding advanced degrees from Al-Azhar and Yarmouk Universities, Dr. Alqudah actively advances ethical, Shariah-compliant finance, banking, and education through his extensive research, teaching, and international speaking engagements.

Dr. Main

Education

  • Ph.D. in Islamic studies from Al-Azhar University / American Open University
  • MA in Islamic Economics from Al-Yarmook University, Irbid- Jordan
  • Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Al-Azhar University
  • Certificate of Quranic Recitation and memorization
  • Sanad Certificate

Experience

  • Award-winning leader, author, speaker on about Islamic Studies and Finance with a 18+ year record of analyzing contracts and dispute to ascertain Sharia compliance, disseminating authentic Islamic knowledge, and building powerful networks.
  • Founding member of Guidance College
  • Resident Fatwa Committee of AMJA

Publications

  • “The Zakah Expenditure: For the cause of Allah.” Journal of Saleh Kamil Center for Islamic Economics. Al-Azhar
  • University. 2nd Year. 4th Issue. April 1998. (Joint Research)
  • “Rulings of working in the field of financial services in the USA.” Journal of Saleh Kamil Center for Islamic
  • Economics. Al-Azhar University. 40th Issue, January 2010.
  • “Students Loans in the USA: its reality and rules.” Journal of Faculty of Languages and Translation. Al-Azhar
  • University. 48th issue, July 2010
  • “Status of women’s participation in political work.” Journal of Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies- Umm Al-Qura-Saudi Arabia. Issue (50) Rajab 1431 AH.
  • “Islamic Arbitration: Introduction & General Rules for Muslims reside outside the Muslim World.” Scientific Journal of King Faisal University (in progress)
  • “Rulings of the Financial Policy in Islam.” PhD Dissertation. Publisher: A’alam Al-Kutub Alhadeeth, Irbid-Jordan. 1st edition, 2007.
  • “Economic Security from an Islamic perspective” Masters Dissertation. Publisher: A’alam Al-Kutub Alhadeeth, Irbid-Jordan. 1st edition, 2007.