Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives

This chapter offers a practitioners’ perspective on how Islamic banks in Malaysia deal with unlawful sources of funds. Specifically, it investigates the practice of Islamic banks in Malaysia in dealing with funds that originate from unlawful sources such as accepting deposits for safe-keeping and in...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim, Badruddin, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Mohd, Azizah, Laeba, Muhammad
Other Authors: Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi
Format: Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Emerald Publishing Limited 2019
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spelling iium-773002019-12-27T05:13:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/77300/ Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives Ibrahim, Badruddin Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Mohd, Azizah Laeba, Muhammad HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance K Law (General) This chapter offers a practitioners’ perspective on how Islamic banks in Malaysia deal with unlawful sources of funds. Specifically, it investigates the practice of Islamic banks in Malaysia in dealing with funds that originate from unlawful sources such as accepting deposits for safe-keeping and investment and providing financial facilities to customers whose incomes come from unlawful sources. This is regardless of whether the sources of fund are wholly unlawful or there is a mix of lawful and unlawful sources. A quantitative methodology is adopted to collect data from selected industry practitioners who are directly involved with Islamic banks, mainly officers of Sharīʿah departments, members of Sharīʿah committees and other stakeholders of Islamic banks. Based on a simple descriptive analysis, it is found that majority of the respondents opine that when the sources of funds are deemed unlawful, the bank cannot accept such deposits, investments or give financing to a customer if he or she is known to possess unlawful sources of funds. With respect to the mixed sources of funds or activities, that is, lawful and unlawful, the bank should not be prevented from receiving the funds either for safe-keeping, investment or payment of financing. The study also finds that banks have the right to investigate the sources of funds of the customers whether they are derived from Sharīʿah compliant, non-Sharīʿah compliant or mixed sources as part of the general due diligence implemented by such banks. Emerald Publishing Limited Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi Hassan, M. Kabir Hassan, Rusni 2019 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/77300/1/77300_Dealing%20with%20unlawful%20sources%20of%20funds.pdf Ibrahim, Badruddin and Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum and Mohd, Azizah and Laeba, Muhammad (2019) Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives. In: Emerging issues in Islamic finance law and practice in Malaysia. Emerald Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, pp. 15-32. ISBN 978-1-78973-546-8 https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-545-120191008
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topic HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
K Law (General)
spellingShingle HG3368 Islamic Banking and Finance
K Law (General)
Ibrahim, Badruddin
Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
Mohd, Azizah
Laeba, Muhammad
Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
description This chapter offers a practitioners’ perspective on how Islamic banks in Malaysia deal with unlawful sources of funds. Specifically, it investigates the practice of Islamic banks in Malaysia in dealing with funds that originate from unlawful sources such as accepting deposits for safe-keeping and investment and providing financial facilities to customers whose incomes come from unlawful sources. This is regardless of whether the sources of fund are wholly unlawful or there is a mix of lawful and unlawful sources. A quantitative methodology is adopted to collect data from selected industry practitioners who are directly involved with Islamic banks, mainly officers of Sharīʿah departments, members of Sharīʿah committees and other stakeholders of Islamic banks. Based on a simple descriptive analysis, it is found that majority of the respondents opine that when the sources of funds are deemed unlawful, the bank cannot accept such deposits, investments or give financing to a customer if he or she is known to possess unlawful sources of funds. With respect to the mixed sources of funds or activities, that is, lawful and unlawful, the bank should not be prevented from receiving the funds either for safe-keeping, investment or payment of financing. The study also finds that banks have the right to investigate the sources of funds of the customers whether they are derived from Sharīʿah compliant, non-Sharīʿah compliant or mixed sources as part of the general due diligence implemented by such banks.
author2 Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi
author_facet Oseni, Umar Aimhanosi
Ibrahim, Badruddin
Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
Mohd, Azizah
Laeba, Muhammad
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author Ibrahim, Badruddin
Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum
Mohd, Azizah
Laeba, Muhammad
author_sort Ibrahim, Badruddin
title Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
title_short Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
title_full Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
title_fullStr Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Dealing with unlawful sources of funds among Islamic banks in Malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
title_sort dealing with unlawful sources of funds among islamic banks in malaysia: the practitioners’ perspectives
publisher Emerald Publishing Limited
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/77300/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/77300/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/77300/1/77300_Dealing%20with%20unlawful%20sources%20of%20funds.pdf
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