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Find a publication, then check what you can actually read

Start with the question you need to answer: a book for the wider picture, a journal issue to explore several studies, a paper for a specific question, or a bulletin for a dated discussion. This selective ISRA publication catalogue gives credit, publication dates and access limits for seven verified records. It is useful to Muslim and non-Muslim readers researching the same financial contracts and decisions.

Sources checked 6 October 2026

One catalogue combines the former ISRA Library and general I-FIKR publication routes. It is a selective verified collection, not a complete recovery of the historical repository. External originals stay with their publishers or repositories; no PDFs are hosted here. Source: L01, L02

Choose the kind of evidence you need

A publication explains or investigates a topic; it does not by itself give you the latest terms of a bank product. The archived library grouped books, English and Arabic journals, research papers and several bulletin or magazine series. Its category totals belong to that captured interface, not to this reconstructed selection or today’s holdings. We have not repeated those counts as a recovered catalogue. Source: L01

The old general publication URL appears in IIUM’s record for A few methods in charging fees for kafalah bank guarantee-i among Islamic banks in Malaysia. That university record independently establishes the article’s authors, year, journal and pages. The generic I-FIKR index link alone does not establish any paper’s identity or full text. Both old catalogue functions are intentionally served by this one selection. Source: L02

Figure 1

Choose a reading path from your question

A map of verified entries, rather than a picture of a fully recovered library.

How does the wider system work?
Books: the 2023 Financial System edition and the 2017 Sukuk volume provide publisher-described broad coverage.
Which studies can I explore together?
Journal issue: IJIF 9(1),2017. Use its publisher contents to choose individual papers and their authors.
What did a specific study examine?
Research records: the 2018 collateral report and the 2014 kafalah-fees article. Check abstract versus full-text access.
What was discussed at that time?
Bulletin: ISRA Bulletin 11, April 2012. Read as dated discussion, not a current product brochure.

The IF HUB magazine record adds a 2021 fintech/sustainability discussion. Each catalogue card states its own date, credit and access boundary. Source: L01, L02, L03, L04, L05, L06, L07, L08, L12

Full text explanation

For broad concepts choose the verified Financial System 2023 or Sukuk 2017 book record. For several studies choose IJIF volume 9 issue 1 in 2017 and then its individual articles. For a narrower question use the 2018 collateral report or 2014 kafalah-fees article; their deposited versions are restricted. For historical discussion use ISRA Bulletin volume 11, April 2012, or the separately identified IF HUB issue 3, December 2021. These are reading categories, not a chronology or evidence of a complete library.

Seven records you can verify

Original titles remain in their published language. “Restricted” means this check establishes metadata or an abstract, not unrestricted full-text access. The language filter separates confirmed English text from records whose full-text language was not independently checked.

7 records shown

Book

Sukuk: Principles & Practices

Author / editorial credit: Beebee Salma Sairally; Marjan Muhammad (editors)
Publication / version: 2017; joint SC–ISRA publication launched 3 October 2017.
Original language: Full-text language unconfirmed; description/abstract in English
Availability checked 6 October 2026: Public publisher description, marked Premium. Full book not obtained; no access entitlement or current price established.

Publisher describes concepts, issuance frameworks, structures, ratings, default and restructuring. A starting point for understanding what to ask about sukuk; not a current offer.

Source: L03, L04, L11

External original / source record

Book

Islamic Financial System: Principles & Operations (3rd Edition)

Author / editorial credit: Marjan Muhammad; Mezbah Uddin Ahmed (editors)
Publication / version: 2023; third edition. Publisher: ISRA Research Management Centre, an imprint of INCEIF University.
Original language: Full-text language unconfirmed; description/abstract in English
Availability checked 6 October 2026: Institutional title and edited-book credit verified. Full book not obtained; particular I-FIKR page and 2024 catalogue returned 403 on direct check. No full-text promise.

INCEIF classifies this third edition as a textbook. Its category description covers fundamental concepts, theories, operational practices and examples. Keep its verified edition and editorial credit separate from the 2016 second edition; the complete contents were not checked.

Source: L04, L12

External original / source record

Journal issue

ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance — Volume 9, Issue 1

Author / editorial credit: Several article contributors; Ashraf Md. Hashim wrote the Editorial
Publication / version: 2017; linked article pages dated 10 July 2017. Publisher: Emerald on behalf of ISRA.
Original language: English — original text inspected
Availability checked 6 October 2026: Publisher contents and linked open HTML article inspected. Issue contents are available; whole-issue PDF access not established. Check each paper separately.

Contents include studies on waqf, share screening and takaful. The linked waqf article by Salman Ahmed Shaikh, Abdul Ghafar Ismail and Muhammad Hakimi Mohd Shafiai is publicly readable with CC BY 4.0 notice.

Source: L05, L14

External original / source record

Research report

Modern Collateral Instruments and Underlying Assets for Collateral: A Sharīʿah Compatibility Analysis

Author / editorial credit: Engku Rabiah Adawiah; Aiman @ Nariman Mohd. Sulaiman; Muhamad Nasir Haron; Syaza Jamilah ’Inani Jaafar
Publication / version: 2018 research report. Publisher: ISRA, Kuala Lumpur. Repository deposit: 17 December 2019.
Original language: Full-text language unconfirmed; description/abstract in English
Availability checked 6 October 2026: University metadata and English abstract readable. Published PDF restricted to registered users. Full report not obtained.

Abstract describes a legal and Shariah comparison of collateral instruments and assets. The public record credits all four authors; this page does not turn their analysis into a new collateral ruling.

Source: L06

External original / source record

English HTML source record

Journal article

A few methods in charging fees for kafalah bank guarantee-i among Islamic banks in Malaysia

Author / editorial credit: Sharifah Faigah Syed Alwi; Uzaimah Ibrahim; Mohd. Fuad Md. Sawari
Publication / version: 2014; IJIF 6(1), pages 51–66. Repository deposit: 24 December 2014.
Original language: Full-text language unconfirmed; description/abstract in English
Availability checked 6 October 2026: Metadata and English abstract readable; published PDF registered-user-only, another PDF staff-only. Neither restricted version was obtained.

The authors investigated fee practices at that time. Use the paper to formulate questions about a current guarantee’s fee basis, not as today’s tariff.

Source: L02

External original / source record

Bulletin issue

ISRA Bulletin — Volume 11, April 2012

Author / editorial credit: Shabana M. Hasan (editor); Hakimah Yaacob (deputy editor); Riaz Ansary (copy editor)
Publication / version: Volume 11, April 2012; ISSN 1985-7497. Bulletin credited to ISRA.
Original language: English — original text inspected
Availability checked 6 October 2026: IIUM publicly offers a revised issue PDF ; 12 PDF pages extracted as research, no local PDF hosting. Repository record is for one contribution, not an issue-wide author list.

Cover includes women’s Shariah-committee participation and financial needs. Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah’s contribution on printed pages 7–9 is headed “An Ideal Alternative for Women”; IIUM calls it “Takaful: an ideal alternative for women”. Named 2012 plans remain historical.

Source: L07, L13

External original / source record

Magazine issue

IF HUB — Issue 3 (December 2021)

Author / editorial credit: Marjan Muhammad (editor-in-chief); Wiaam Hassan (managing editor); individual authors credited in the contents
Publication / version: Printed issue 3, December 2021. Publisher: ISRA Research Management Centre, an imprint of INCEIF.
Original language: English — original text inspected
Availability checked 6 October 2026: Publisher PDF text readable through web reader; direct request returned 403. Access may depend on the reader/service. No local file or guaranteed future access.

Printed contents cover sustainability and fintech; individual pieces have separate authors. The 4Q filename does not turn the printed issue 3 into issue 4. This later magazine is not a recovered 2017 legacy viewer.

Source: L08

External original / source record

Read the record before opening the file

Author, editor and publisher are different credits. A journal issue has several contributors; its editorial writer is not automatically the author of every paper. A publication year is different from a repository deposit date, PDF upload folder or research access date. Preserve the original title when citing it; a Malay catalogue explanation is not an issuer-certified translation.

For example, the collateral report is dated 2018 in IIUM’s record but was deposited on 17 December 2019. Its registered-user restriction prevents claiming that this page supplies the report’s unrestricted full text. A proposed internal HTML source record can explain verified metadata; it cannot turn restricted research into a locally available PDF. Source: L06

Figure 2

A catalogue entry is a set of separate checks

Annotated example using the verified kafalah-fees article.

Journal article · repository record

A few methods in charging fees for kafalah bank guarantee-i among Islamic banks in Malaysia

Sharifah Faigah Syed Alwi · Uzaimah Ibrahim · Mohd. Fuad Md. Sawari

2014 · IJIF 6(1) · pages 51–66

Credit: Three article authors. The university hosts the record; a catalogue link is not an author or an endorsement.
Date and location: 2014 is the publication year; 6(1) and 51–66 identify its journal location. Deposit 24 December 2014 and access 6 October 2026 are separate dates.
Language: The readable abstract is English. The deposited full text’s language was not independently checked.
Availability: Published PDF restricted to registered users; another deposited PDF is staff-only. Public metadata does not remove those limits.

Use the exact university record to cite the paper. Its old general publication link supports a catalogue relationship, not proof of a readable original from that index. Source: L02

Full text explanation

The sample is a 2014 journal article by Sharifah Faigah Syed Alwi, Uzaimah Ibrahim and Mohd. Fuad Md. Sawari, in IJIF 6(1), pages 51–66. Its repository deposit date is 24 December 2014; research access is 6 October 2026. A readable English abstract and a restricted published PDF are different forms of access. The second PDF is repository-staff-only. The generic I-FIKR publication index link does not independently establish the paper or give unrestricted text.

Turn reading into a useful next question

Fictional Malaysian example: Mei Ling and Amir help a small contractor understand a bank guarantee. They can begin with the 2014 kafalah-fees article’s abstract, which describes research involving 12 Islamic banks and differing fee methods at that time. They should then request their own bank’s current disclosure and fee quotation, including the calculation basis, period, renewal or cancellation charges and security requirements. The historical study is not a live price comparison or proof of a current bank’s practice. Source: L02

If the question is sukuk ownership, the 2017 book is broader reading; if it is women’s protection needs, the 2012 bulletin shows an earlier discussion. Neither establishes a named current offer’s eligibility, coverage, exclusions or price. Muslim readers may separately want to examine the Shariah basis; non-Muslim readers can use the same evidence to understand the commercial obligations. Eligibility for an actual product, and access to an external publication service, must be checked in their own terms.

No live book price or membership charge has been verified here. Before paying for a book or access service, confirm the exact edition, print or electronic format, full-text coverage, account conditions, licence, taxes and delivery charges. A historical catalogue price or the word “Premium” is not a current quotation. This page accepts no purchases, accounts or personal financial information.

What remains outside this selection

The original library had separate English and Arabic journal categories. This selection does not reconstruct the Arabic issues or resolve provisional legacy viewer identities. It also does not claim that a citation to a catalogue proves access to every item once stored there. The current publisher archive routes distinguish earlier IJIF volumes from International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development (IJIFSD), whose renamed series starts at volume 16, issue 3 in 2024. Keep the historical 2017 issue’s original journal title. Source: L01, L09, L10

The two book records have verified editorial credits, years and publisher descriptions, but their complete texts were not obtained; their full-text language is marked unconfirmed rather than inferred from an English title. The collateral and kafalah records likewise separate readable abstracts from restricted deposited versions. No current access entitlement, complete holdings list or permissions to copy full works are claimed.

Match title, edition or issue and author credit to a specific original record.
Keep publication, deposit, revision and access dates separate.
Open the publisher’s full text when available; inspect methods and limitations before quoting a finding.
Check current product documents separately from historical research.
Respect the publisher’s access conditions and reuse licence.

Sources

ISRA Library — archived catalogue interface [L01]
Historical ISRA / I-FIKR; archive host Internet Archive · Library category list and search interface
Publication / version: Capture 18 December 2017; original page issue date unstated; checked 6 October 2026.
Category/function evidence, not recovered individual entries, present holdings or permission to copy.
A few methods in charging fees for kafalah bank guarantee-i among Islamic banks in Malaysia [L02]
IIUM Repository; credited authors Syed Alwi, Ibrahim, Md. Sawari · Citation, abstract, restrictions, official URL, deposit date
Publication / version: 2014; 6(1), 51–66; deposit 24 December 2014; checked 6 October 2026.
Public abstract and metadata only. Historical 12 bank research; not current prices. Full-text language not independently verified; restricted versions not obtained.
Sukuk: Principles & Practices — publisher description [L03]
I-FIKR / INCEIF; joint ISRA–SC book identified · Title, year, description, Premium label
Publication / version: 2017; checked 6 October 2026.
Publisher description readable through web. No full book, original-language confirmation, price or entitlement; direct request 403.
INCEIF institutional edited-book bibliography [L04]
INCEIF University · Publications > Edited Book, entries 2 and 4 only
Publication / version: 2017 Sukuk; 2023 Financial System 3rd edition; checked 6 October 2026.
Specific editorial credits used, not credentials, biography, affiliation of this explanation or endorsement. Full books not inspected.
ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance — 9(1) and linked article [L05]
Emerald Publishing on behalf of ISRA · Issue contents; Editorial byline; linked waqf paper metadata and CC BY 4.0 notice
Publication / version: 2017; linked article dated 10 July 2017; checked 6 October 2026.
Issue contents verified; not whole-issue full-text download proof. A particular linked article is openly readable; other articles require individual checks.
Modern collateral instruments and underlying assets for collateral: a sharīʿah compatibility analysis [L06]
IIUM Repository; report publisher ISRA · Four-author citation, abstract, restriction, deposit
Publication / version: 2018; deposit 17 December 2019; checked 6 October 2026.
Full report not obtained. Bibliographic names retain repository spelling; public abstract is not a current legal/Shariah ruling. Full-text language unconfirmed.
ISRA Bulletin Volume 11, April 2012; university contribution record [L07]
Original bulletin ISRA; repository IIUM; article by Nurdianawati Irwani Abdullah · Repository title, citation and linked revised PDF: cover, editorial team, printed pp. 7–9
Publication / version: April 2012; repository deposit 5 December 2012; checked 6 October 2026.
Linked revised original read as research. Repository item is an article; issue credit established from PDF. Historical named products not carried forward as current.
IF HUB Issue 3, December 2021 — publisher original [L08]
ISRA Research Management Centre, an imprint of INCEIF · PDF page 3 masthead and contents, printed editorial; publisher copyright notice
Publication / version: Printed issue 3, December 2021; checked 6 October 2026.
Original text through web reader; direct 403. Filename 4Q is not issue number; not matching older provisional viewer. No current product or scholar credentials used.
Journal publisher archives [L09]
ISRA Institute, an imprint of INCEIF University · Archive links grouped by volumes 1–8, 9–14, 15–16(2), 16(3) onward
Publication / version: Current access page ; 16(3) dated 18 September 2024; checked 6 October 2026.
Used to distinguish journal generations, not to add a full new journal catalogue or Arabic issue identity.
IsDBI and INCEIF launch International Journal of Islamic Finance and Sustainable Development [L10]
INCEIF University · Launch announcement; former IJIF name
Publication / version: 1 September 2024; checked 6 October 2026.
Renaming context only; do not relabel historical English IJIF issue or identify Arabic issues from it.
SC and ISRA publish textbook on Sukuk: Principles and Practices [L11]
Securities Commission Malaysia · Release opening and joint publication identity
Publication / version: 3 October 2017; checked 6 October 2026.
Historical launch evidence; not full-text access or current market ranking/pricing.
Publications & Translations — INCEIF [L12]
INCEIF University / ISRA Research Management Centre · Textbook list and descriptions
Publication / version: Live page; exact publication date unstated; checked 6 October 2026.
Specific title and textbook category description verified. The 2024 catalogue could not be retrieved directly; no specific chapter list, current price or full-text language is asserted.
ISRA Bulletin Volume 11, April 2012 — revised externally offered PDF [L13]
ISRA; host IIUM Repository · Cover; editorial team; printed article pp 7–9
Publication / version: April 2012; revised copy date unstated; checked 6 October 2026.
Original English text inspected ; 12 PDF pages contain facing printed pages. No PDF stored locally or reproduction of issue text in full.
Application of waqf for social and development finance [L14]
Salman Ahmed Shaikh; Abdul Ghafar Ismail; Muhammad Hakimi Mohd Shafiai; Emerald on behalf of ISRA · Metadata, full HTML and licence notice
Publication / version: 10 July 2017; 9(1), 5–14; checked 6 October 2026.
Specific openly readable article only; not all issue articles or a current waqf product judgement.

Original titles and publication credits are preserved. New catalogue descriptions and explainers belong to this explanation; no affiliation or institutional endorsement is claimed.

Find a publication, then check what you can actually read

Choose the kind of evidence you need

Choose a reading path from your question

How does the wider system work?

Which studies can I explore together?

What did a specific study examine?

What was discussed at that time?

Seven records you can verify

Sukuk: Principles & Practices

Islamic Financial System: Principles & Operations (3rd Edition)

ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance — Volume 9, Issue 1

Modern Collateral Instruments and Underlying Assets for Collateral: A Sharīʿah Compatibility Analysis

A few methods in charging fees for kafalah bank guarantee-i among Islamic banks in Malaysia

ISRA Bulletin — Volume 11, April 2012

IF HUB — Issue 3 (December 2021)

Read the record before opening the file

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A few methods in charging fees for kafalah bank guarantee-i among Islamic banks in Malaysia

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What remains outside this selection

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