Jan 30, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance
When it comes to Muslims and their attitudes towards Islamic Mortgages, they could broadly be categorised into four categories. (𝗔) – Those who are not comfortable with Islamic Mortgages from banks as they or their Shariah Advisors feel that they are too similar...
Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General, Islamic Finance Resources
Alhamdullilah during my time in the Islamic finance industry I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to conduct multiple Shariah Training sessions to both IFI staff and university students, as well establish an Electronic Shariah Training Module for one of the...
Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General, Islamic Finance Resources
Our Ustad & Sheikh, Saad Alkhathlan, a former member of the Council of Senior Scholars in KSA and Shariah Board Member at Alrajhi Bank, had a dars this week in the Haram in Makkah and was asked about the best book in contemporary financial transactions.He...
Jan 20, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General
Historically regulators in many of the Gulf countries have taken a looser approach to Shariah Governance in the Islamic finance industry as compared to other jurisdictions such as Malaysia. However, in recent years the trend in the Gulf has been towards the issuance...
Jan 6, 2025 | Blog, Islamic Finance General, Islamic Finance Qualifications
One of the most common questions that I get is from Shariah Graduates of Islamic Universities and Islamic Seminaries (Darul Ulooms) regarding career prospects in the Islamic Finance Industry. The most recent was the one below that I received from a Shariah Graduate...
Jan 6, 2025 | Blog, General, Islamic Finance, Islamic Finance General
When I was living in Dubai I remember having a discussion with a close friend of mine. I was surprised to find out that he banked with a conventional bank when there were so many Islamic banks and even Islamic windows available. I advised him to open an account with...
