Dr. Haq was born in Bangladesh on 26 Dhu al Hijjah 1372 AH/ 6 September 1953 AC. He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Karachi in 1974, as well as his M.A. in Economics in 1976. He then went on to receive another M.A. in Economics (1979) and his Ph.D. (1992) from the University of California at Davis. He was written, published, and participated in a number of conferences on various aspects of Islamic Economics. He has worked from 1982 to the present as the General Manager of family-owned trading business in Sacramento, California. He has also been appointed as Adjunct Faculty at the University of Phoenix from 1993 to present. (1995)