MCC · Shariah governance

Chair of the Shariah Committee

Leads the Shariah Committee so that its rulings are independent, consistent and binding. MCC tests judgement on agenda control, dissent, approvals, oversight of compliance and audit, and relations with the board and SAMA.

رئيس اللجنة الشرعية

MCC-SCCH10 domainsMCC Online · pilotMCC Verified · planned

What MCC tests in this role

The exam covers ten domains, with ten cases in each: 100 cases of executive judgement, set in the fictional Al-Qimma Bank.

  1. Leading the committee and its agenda
  2. Independence, fitness and conflicts
  3. Deliberation, dissent and consensus
  4. Fatwa method and consistency
  5. Product and contract approvals
  6. Oversight of Shariah compliance and audit
  7. Profit distribution and account holders
  8. Non-compliance, purification and disclosure
  9. Relations with the board, management and SAMA
  10. Committee evaluation and succession

Two levels

Pilot · by invitation

MCC Online

Take the exam online on a private form you have not seen. Pass and you get a public MCC Online badge for your role, valid for three years and ready for LinkedIn.

  • 100 cases · 240 minutes
  • Pass at 75 net points, at least 5 in every domain
  • Distinction at 90
Planned

MCC Verified

The same standard in a supervised sitting, after an identity check, with three timed written cases reviewed by an MTWAFIQ assessor. It opens when MTWAFIQ announces it.

  • Identity checked, ID not stored
  • Supervised: in person or live online
  • Assessor review of written cases

Ask about the MCC Online pilot: contact@mtwafiq.com.

No open practice for this role. The open MTWAFIQ Future Leaders game does not include Shariah governance cases at present. The MCC exam for this role is described above; ask about it at contact@mtwafiq.com.

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