May 28, 2020 | Blog, General
With lockdown restrictions being eased across the globe, many will soon be returning to their offices Insha Allah. While the lockdown was an unusual experience for us all, I learnt some valuable lessons that I would like to share: Lesson 1: The importance of keeping...
May 6, 2020 | Blog, Islamic Finance Resources
The next book in this list is فقه المعاملات المالية المعاصرة by the renowned Shariah Scholar, Sheikh Saad Al Kathlan who is a former member of the Council of Senior Scholars in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and currently a Shariah Board member at Al Rajhi Capital....
Apr 7, 2020 | Blog, Islamic Finance
One of my passions is teaching and I thoroughly enjoy conducting training and sharing my knowledge of Islamic finance during my free time as I strongly feel that it is an area which is often for some reason or another, neglected within Muslim communities. In this...
Feb 2, 2020 | Blog, Islamic Finance Resources
The next book in this list is ‘Standards Abstracted’ published by the Shariah Board Advisory Department of Bank Albilad (BAB). BAB is an Islamic bank established in KSA which is well known for having a strong Shariah compliance governance culture. The...
Jan 12, 2020 | Blog, Islamic Finance Resources
The fourth book in this list is the ISRA Compendium for Islamic Financial Terms (Arabic-English) published by the International Shariah Research Academy (ISRA) based in Malaysia. ISRA is a prominent research institution which was established by the Central Bank of...
Nov 23, 2019 | Blog, Islamic (Halal/Shariah Compliant) Investments
In the previous post we looked at the different categories of listed companies available and the predominant opinions regarding investing in them from a Shariah perspective. We discussed that companies can broadly be classified into 3 types which are Pure, Haram &...
