Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Khalifa Al Qassar Professor of Comparative Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University, he received a doctorate degree in comparative jurisprudence from the Faculty of Sharia and Law – Al-Azhar University – Cairo – Arab Republic of Egypt in 1997 AD.
Faculty member at the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University from 1997 to this time, he served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies and Research at the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Kuwait University from the period 2001-2005 AD, and a member of the Fatwa and Shari’a in many institutions and Islamic banks in Kuwait and abroad, a lecturer in Islamic finance, has many research and religious studies in Islamic jurisprudence and contemporary financial transactions.
A member of the Fatwa Committee at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (Kuwait), the Shari’ah Board of the Zakat House (Kuwait), the Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation, and numerous Shari’ah supervisory boards.
He Holds a bachelor’s Master’s and Doctorate in Jurisprudence from the Islamic University of Medina. Other responsibilities of Dr. Essa include: