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Deemed Consent – a unique concept or feature in an agreement – refers to under what conditions a contract will be legally accepted and completed in certain circumstances by the contracting parties. This concept is important to ensure the banks contract can be deemed as valid even without the consent of the customer. In principle, a contract is not deemed as a valid contract until an offer is accepted by the contracting parties. In fact, deemed consent element also has been practised and embedded in number of banks products and services. However, until now there are no conclusive fatwas or resolutions from Shariah scholars on that concept. Moreover, there are no guidelines or parameters developed by the central bank or IFI itself to govern the implementation of deemed consent. Does deemed consent considered as Shariah compliant concept? Does deemed concept fulfil all the required pillars and conditions of Shariah contracts? Does the current practice of deemed consent can be justified as acceptable according to the Shariah requirement? Does deemed consent have a certain limitation of time to ensure it complies with the Shariah and can be legally enforced? Hence, this paper aims to answer these questions as a guide for any industry players to adapt this concept into their products and services. Shariah deliberation in deemed consent is important to avoid any dispute occurred later that can give a negative impact to both contracting parties.