Shaykh DeLorenzo is considered a leading authority on Islamic finance in theĀ United States. He has translated over twenty books from Arabic, Persian, and Urdu for publication, including a three-volume Compendium of Legal Rulings on the Operations of Islamic Banks. He is a member of the Shariah supervisory boards of several financial institutions, including Guidance Financial Group, Dow Jones Islamic Markets, Wafra Investment Advisory Group and Oasis Crescent Funds. Shaykh DeLorenzo has served as secretary of the Fiqh Council of North America and was also an advisor on Islamic education to the government of Pakistan. Following a university education in the United States, Shaykh DeLorenzo studied the classical Shariah Sciences with scholars in Pakistan.