Salam Reader, We're halfway through Ramadan which means we're also halfway through Zakat season. If you're like me, you use an online zakat calculator in Ramadan to help determine how much you owe. In years past, I often found myself jumping between multiple tools, considering varying scholarly opinions, manually calculating individual portions, and eventually piecing it all together. I wanted a single calculator that simplified this entire process. So I built ZakatView 🇨🇦 - a smart Zakat...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, Nine months ago, I set out to help a few family members write their Islamic Wills. I thought I’d capture the process in a simple article. That’s not what happened. The more I dug in, the more I realized how much was missing from existing resources. Lawyers ensure legal compliance. Imams emphasize justice and equity. As a teacher, I wanted to focus on making the process easier to understand and implement. Wills don’t just distribute assets. They can heal rifts—or deepen them....
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, Here's what we're serving in this week's MuslimMoney Meal: 🥗 Starter: the best way to always be right 🍔 Main Course: money lessons school didn't teach you 🍰 Dessert: Hasan al-Basri on the key to keeping your dignity Starter 🥗 🔗 See on Instagram Main Course 🍔 Schools do teach you about money - just not the part that actually helps you manage it. I break down what’s missing in my latest article/video: "Money Lessons School Didn't Teach You" 📖 Read the Article 🎧 Watch the Video...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, Here's what we're serving in this week's MuslimMoney Meal: 🥗 Starter: a visual to quickly weed out scams from investments 🍔 Main Course: a video on how to think about stock picking 🍰 Dessert: a hadith on the company a business person can have Starter 🥗 🔗 See on Instagram Main Course 🍔 When people learn I write and teach about money, they often ask, "Should I invest in [insert the latest hot stock here]?" That question misses a paradox built into the stock market that most...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, Here's what we're serving in this week's MuslimMoney Meal: 🥗 Starter: why winning in investing requires regularly losing 🍔 Main Course: how a $20 Million scam was clearly a Ponzi scheme (but hundreds of Muslims still fell for it) 🍰 Dessert: Firuzabadi on the paradox of the dunya Starter 🥗 🔗 See on Instagram Main Course 🍔 Aaqib Ahmed promised effortless wealth with his ‘Done-for-You’ Muslim Pioneer program. It drew hundreds of would-be Muslim 'investors' and millions of dollars....
5 months ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, Here's what we're serving in this week's MuslimMoney Meal: 🥗 Starter: the true cost of housing 🍔 Main Course: a deep dive into managing money as a Muslim couple 🍰 Dessert: Ibn Ata' Allah on the need for gratitude Starter 🥗 There's much more to housing costs than just your rent or your mortgage: 🔗 See on Instagram Main Course 🍔 I spent the summer gathering advice from married Muslims on how to manage money as a couple. I’ve combined their insights with legal and historical...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, I spent two hours preparing for this presentation. But the moment I walked in, I knew I had to change everything. Yesterday, I spoke to an MSA board about financial responsibility in the context of student leadership. I had planned a structured presentation—first, I’d share my ideas, and then, if there was time, open the floor for questions. But when I arrived, the speaker before me—a gifted community leader and Muslim civil liberties advocate—was fielding questions. The...
6 months ago • 1 min read
Salam Reader, A lot has changed since the last time I emailed. I applied to the 2024 Continuum Spark Awards. I didn't win. Alhamdulillah. It doesn't feel good to lose. You get that knot of disappointment in your stomach. I had to remind myself of something I tell the basketball teams I coach: "If you play, you either win...or you learn." So, what did I learn? One of the questions on the application asked how much of my work was in public. That’s when I realized I have hundreds of content...
7 months ago • 1 min read