Ismael Saka Ismael

@unilorin.edu.ng

Professor, Faculty of Law
Others
University of Ilorin, Nigeria

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Islamic Law of Inheritance and Bequest, Islamic Family Law, Endowment (Waqf)
26

Scholar Citations

3

Scholar h-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Disputes Relating to the Appointment of Imams in Nigeria: Jurisdictional Competition Between Islamic Courts and the High Court
    AA Oba, IS Ismael
    Journal of African Law 69 (3), 423-439 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Revisiting the causes of delay in the adjudication of Islamic personal law cases in Nigerian jurisprudence
    AA Oba, IS Ismael
    Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence 11 … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 3
  • Administration of Mosques and Appointment of Imams in Nigeria: Between Islamic Law, Customs, and State Law
    IS Ismael, AA Oba
    Islamabad Law Review 4 (1/2), 12-0_8 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • JUSTICE DELAYED, JUSTICE DENIED: ADJUDICATION OF ISLAMIC PERSONAL LAW CASES IN NIGERIA'S PLURAL LEGAL SYSTEM
    IS Ismael
    The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences 10 (1), 22-22 , 2019
    2019
  • Judicial Practice in Distribution of Inheritance (mīrāth) in Islamic Courts in Nigeria
    I Ismael, AA Oba
    De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syari’ah 11 (1), 1-22 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2
  • Legal Status of" Introduction" in an Islamic Marriage in Ilorin within the Nigerian Marriage System
    IS ISMAEL, ID YUSUF
    College of Law, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State. , 2017
    2017
  • Challenges in the Judicial Administration of Muslim Estates in the Sharia Courts of Appeal in Nigeria
    AA Oba, IS Ismael
    Elec. J. Islamic & Middle EL 5, 81 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 5
  • Legal challenges concerning some beneficiaries of estates governed by Islamic law in Nigeria
    IS Ismael, AA Oba
    IIUMLJ 25, 63 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 7
  • Peculiarities of Islamic Law of Inheritance
    IS Ismael
    Port Harcourt Law Journal (PHLJ) 6 (1), 239-249 , 2017
    2017
  • CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE IN ISLAMIC LAW OF INHERITANCE: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
    IS Ismael
    Jurnal Syariah 24 (2), 303 - 320 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 5
  • The Concept of Heirship and Status of Gifts from Decedent's Estate by Heirs in Islamic Law of Inheritance
    IS Ismael
    Lead City University Law Journal (LCULJ) 2 (2), 239-247 , 2016
    2016
  • Unfettered Right of Muslims to Make Wasiyyah (Will) in a Plural Legal System like Nigeria
    ISIA S. A.
    University of Maiduguri Law Journal (U. Maid. L. J.) 14, 189-200 , 2016
    2016
  • Islamic Law of Inheritance (Mirath) in Ilorin Emirate Prior to the Advent of Fulani Empire: Practice and Procedure
    ISIR S. O.
    University of Maiduguri Journal of Islamic and Comparative Laws … , 2016
    2016
  • Regulating Ethical, Moral and Religious Issues in Telemarketing in Nigeria
    DM ISMAEL Saka Ismael & MUAWIYA
    Port Harcourt Journal of Business Law 2 (1), 553-568 , 2016
    2016
  • Climate Change: A Perspective from Islamic Law
    AS ISMAEL Saka Ismael & ORISANKOKO
    Journal of Public Law & Constitutional Practice 8, 101-107 , 2016
    2016
  • WAQF: A Viable Means of Empowering Nigerian Muslims
    ISIAS Abdulrauf
    Al-Hikmah University Law Journal (HUILJ) 1 (2), 339-361 , 2015
    2015
  • Regulating Privacy Issues in Short Message Service (SMS) Telemarketing in Nigeria
    DMISI Muawiya
    Indian Journal of International Law (IJIL) 54 (1 & 2), 61-91 , 2014
    2014
  • An Examination of Causes of Delay in the Distribution of Estates in Ilorin and its Environs
    IS Ismael
    Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization (JITC) 3 (2), 1-12 , 2013
    2013
  • Socio-Economic and Religio-Legal Importance of Estate Distribution in Islamic Law
    SI Ismael
    IIUMLJ 19, 69 , 2011
    2011
  • Salient Effect of Maliki's Solution to the Problem of 'Grandfather and Collaterals in Competition
    IS Ismael
    Islamic University in Uganda Journal of Comparative Law 1, 155-162 , 2007
    2007

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Legal challenges concerning some beneficiaries of estates governed by Islamic law in Nigeria
    IS Ismael, AA Oba
    IIUMLJ 25, 63 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 7
  • Challenges in the Judicial Administration of Muslim Estates in the Sharia Courts of Appeal in Nigeria
    AA Oba, IS Ismael
    Elec. J. Islamic & Middle EL 5, 81 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 5
  • CONSEQUENCES OF DELAYING DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE IN ISLAMIC LAW OF INHERITANCE: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
    IS Ismael
    Jurnal Syariah 24 (2), 303 - 320 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 5
  • Revisiting the causes of delay in the adjudication of Islamic personal law cases in Nigerian jurisprudence
    AA Oba, IS Ismael
    Nnamdi Azikiwe University Journal of International Law and Jurisprudence 11 … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 3
  • Disputes Relating to the Appointment of Imams in Nigeria: Jurisdictional Competition Between Islamic Courts and the High Court
    AA Oba, IS Ismael
    Journal of African Law 69 (3), 423-439 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Administration of Mosques and Appointment of Imams in Nigeria: Between Islamic Law, Customs, and State Law
    IS Ismael, AA Oba
    Islamabad Law Review 4 (1/2), 12-0_8 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 2
  • Judicial Practice in Distribution of Inheritance (mīrāth) in Islamic Courts in Nigeria
    I Ismael, AA Oba
    De Jure: Jurnal Hukum dan Syari’ah 11 (1), 1-22 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 2
  • JUSTICE DELAYED, JUSTICE DENIED: ADJUDICATION OF ISLAMIC PERSONAL LAW CASES IN NIGERIA'S PLURAL LEGAL SYSTEM
    IS Ismael
    The Journal of Rotterdam Islamic and Social Sciences 10 (1), 22-22 , 2019
    2019
  • Legal Status of" Introduction" in an Islamic Marriage in Ilorin within the Nigerian Marriage System
    IS ISMAEL, ID YUSUF
    College of Law, Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji, Osun State. , 2017
    2017
  • Peculiarities of Islamic Law of Inheritance
    IS Ismael
    Port Harcourt Law Journal (PHLJ) 6 (1), 239-249 , 2017
    2017
  • The Concept of Heirship and Status of Gifts from Decedent's Estate by Heirs in Islamic Law of Inheritance
    IS Ismael
    Lead City University Law Journal (LCULJ) 2 (2), 239-247 , 2016
    2016
  • Unfettered Right of Muslims to Make Wasiyyah (Will) in a Plural Legal System like Nigeria
    ISIA S. A.
    University of Maiduguri Law Journal (U. Maid. L. J.) 14, 189-200 , 2016
    2016
  • Islamic Law of Inheritance (Mirath) in Ilorin Emirate Prior to the Advent of Fulani Empire: Practice and Procedure
    ISIR S. O.
    University of Maiduguri Journal of Islamic and Comparative Laws … , 2016
    2016
  • Regulating Ethical, Moral and Religious Issues in Telemarketing in Nigeria
    DM ISMAEL Saka Ismael & MUAWIYA
    Port Harcourt Journal of Business Law 2 (1), 553-568 , 2016
    2016
  • Climate Change: A Perspective from Islamic Law
    AS ISMAEL Saka Ismael & ORISANKOKO
    Journal of Public Law & Constitutional Practice 8, 101-107 , 2016
    2016
  • WAQF: A Viable Means of Empowering Nigerian Muslims
    ISIAS Abdulrauf
    Al-Hikmah University Law Journal (HUILJ) 1 (2), 339-361 , 2015
    2015
  • Regulating Privacy Issues in Short Message Service (SMS) Telemarketing in Nigeria
    DMISI Muawiya
    Indian Journal of International Law (IJIL) 54 (1 & 2), 61-91 , 2014
    2014
  • An Examination of Causes of Delay in the Distribution of Estates in Ilorin and its Environs
    IS Ismael
    Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization (JITC) 3 (2), 1-12 , 2013
    2013
  • Socio-Economic and Religio-Legal Importance of Estate Distribution in Islamic Law
    SI Ismael
    IIUMLJ 19, 69 , 2011
    2011
  • Salient Effect of Maliki's Solution to the Problem of 'Grandfather and Collaterals in Competition
    IS Ismael
    Islamic University in Uganda Journal of Comparative Law 1, 155-162 , 2007
    2007