HalalBucks monthly event.

A conversation with the founder of ABDUL-SALAAM TIMEPIECES.

When: Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:00 am (Pacific Time)

Bilal Abdul Salaam was a radio host, music producer, and assistant to Will Smith. He worked in product placement of high end watches and founded his Abdul Salaam timepiece company.

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New Teleseminar Event

What: How to create values using your built-in abilities that Allah has blessed you with.

One brother applied a few tips he heard in this talk, see what he got, “I invested about 2 hours of my time and made two international phone calls, and elhamdulillah it resulted in 17 THOUSAND US$!!!” -Mahdi, a project manager in Austria.

Outline:
* Synergy: Salah Jamaah (same act but 27 times rewards)
* Complementary/diversity: (spices to food, or buffet)
* Foreign experts: (a consultant is a person who travels 500 miles from his/her hometown)
* Different demands: your garbage could be another one’s fortune
* Aggregation and pooling: you can generate higher values with volume (e.g Google ads)

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Where: Register to get details, link removed, the event is over

Here are some of the resources mentioned in the talk:

• How to create values by packaging
• Leverage your strength concepts by Markus Buckingham

Some of the questions covered:
Q: I have a full-time job and I would like to make extra money to pay for my daughter’s college tuition.
Q: What is the best business for working moms?
Q: Since value is subjected, how do you then set prices for goods? services?
Q: Is there a halal publishing line, where authors can target Muslim topics?
Q: If people feel cheated when you try different prices, how can you then test your prices?
Q: What is the name of this speaker, is this Fazrul Ismael? Regardlesss, This session was very informative for all of us.
Q: What if your strength happens to be Islamic in nature but most people get up in arms when one charges, how would someone then monetize these skills?
Q: How do you overcome price “inferiority complex”, and the naysayers?

Recording:
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Many of you know Baba Ali as a performer, but he is also a successful marketer and entrepreneur, mashaAllah tabarakaAllah.

On Thu June 18, 2009 at 6pm Los Angelos Time (check your local time), he is going to share with you (an exclusive interview for HalalBucks audience) about his new word game Kalimaat.

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Interview Recording

Addendum:

Ali: After the interview was over i realized that i missed some key words of advise such as strategy.
like i go after one of 3 things when going after a project faster, better, cheaper
u pick one and you go after it
take pizza for example
some pizza companies advertise deals on price, other market after better ingredients and other market at
getting you the pizza faster
papa john’s slogan is “better pizza, better ingredients”
so they go after better
and pizza hut has 5 5 5 deal
3 pizzas for $5 each
so they go for cheaper
u get the picture
i missed that and forgot to speak about dealing with competition
how to make yourself stand out against a market that is flooded
maybe if we do a part 2 or another interview in the future (halfourdeen), i can cover this stuff

Ibn Halal: cool inshaAllah
I’m thinking to take, say 12 businesses, and help them to get started or grow their business
btw, for your pre order, as u know Islamically u can’t sell something u don’t own/have, so do u charge them after u ship to them? or how

Ali: this is why i haven’t publically mentioned the site
i haven’t collected money from anyone regarding the game
i don’t have “pre-orders”
the site is done and ready for launch
i’m just waiting for the game before i announce the launch
14 days by boat and another 2 or 3 days for delivery

Ibn Halal: oh, i thought u said, one can pre-order on the site

Ali: i hope i didn’t
if i wanted to do preorders i would have launched the site
maybe i accidentally said it
i don’t want to sell something i don’t have in my hands yet

Resources Mentioned:

• http://www.elance.com/

Bismillah

My phone fell out of my pocket, which wasn’t bad enough, but…

I stepped on it and broke it into two halves!

So, why am I telling you this?

A friend on Facebook said, “Do you have insurance for the phone?” I said, “Insurance is haram.”

And I didn’t need it, because that phone has generated much more income than its price tag.

I’m telling you this incident to let you know that Allah has given you plenty of opportunities for halal income to cover your expenses.

Thus, instead of me telling you that insurance is haram, how about I just share with you how to earn more halal income?

If you’re interested, answer this survey, click here.

A Live event (you can attend on the web or by calling in)
Sunday Nov 16th 1pm-2pm (California time)

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The talk will cover:

• Fundamentals of Rizq and wealth from an Islamic perspective
• Why Haram is bad (what went wrong in this crisis)
• Opportunities in this life and in the hereafter
• This talk is unconventional, based on alternative wisdom, to alert you to ask the right questions

Part of the talk was giving as a khutbah, and has received EXCELLENT reviews, alhamdulillah.

Hamza & Hoda’s Story:

We had grown up our whole lives hearing that the only way you can own a house is by getting an interest based mortgage. When we learned about the evils of interest and how Allaah condemns those who deal with it, we assumed that we would be stuck renting the rest of our lives. So we began our quest searching for a way to purchase a home Islamically. We investigated Islamic financing institutions, but we didn’t feel comfortable with that route after doing our research, so we eventually devised our own method of home buying that is simple and easy. Within a short period of time, we found our home and we were able to purchase it with a legal contract with a zero percent interest rate. Many people told us it couldn’t be done, but alhamdulillaah, by the Will of Allaah, we did it. After we moved in, our friends and family starting asking us how we did it so decided to write an ebook of our story, detailing all of the steps we took along with research of current trends and economic situations, copies our legal documents, sample letters, and an interactive budget calculator. Our ebook is directed to all people who want to stay away from interest, not just Muslims. We want to start a revolution of no interest to give the people freedom in their lives from endless debt.

For more details, attend the event!

About The Speaker:

Humza Igram is an accounting and art major and is currently the Director of Technology of Cedar Graphics, Inc., a Muslim-owned communications solutions and commercial printing company in Iowa.

Hoda Elkassem is a pharmacist and currently a work-at-home mom who creates information products and writes children’s books.

Together, Humza and Hoda have three kids, published one Islamic children’s book under Muslim Tree, another book on Islamic investments and interest-free home financing under Know Interest, and are working to education and aide our Muslim American/Canadian community to live an Islamic life. Both Humza and Hoda were born and raised in North America (Humza in the US and Hoda in Canada), and fully experienced what it is like to live as Muslims in the west, which led them to work to abide by their Islamic principles, despite the pressures to do the opposite.

HOST: HalalBucks.com
EVENT: How we bought a house without interest
DATE & TIME: Sunday, June 22nd at 12:00pm Pacific
Alhamdulillah, the recording is made available by generous sponsors of HalfDate.com

Disclaimer: Consult a professional before you try any of these materials.

An interview with co-author sister Hoda conducted by MuslimahMoneyMatters

Assalam alaikum,

I’ve been putting off launching HalalBucks.com for various logistical reasons, but br. Zeyad just reminded me that

IT’S TIME TO STOP THE WAR!

Yes, everyday that we deal with Riba/interests, we are actually evoking Allah’s war against us.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَذَرُوا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ الرِّبَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا فَأْذَنُوا بِحَرْبٍ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ

[2:278] O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and give up what remains of your demand for usury, if ye are indeed believers. [2:279] If ye do it not, take notice of war from Allah and His Messenger

Not just that, but every penny that we earn from haram, can block our supplications from being answered.

Just imagine yourself stranded in the middle of a desert, no gas stations, no AAA, no highway patrol, and you raise your hands to ask Allah, and guess what? your supplication is not answered, because of haram income.

Brothers and sisters… Allah didn’t give you Islam so you suffer and limit your wealth. NO, Allah, the most merciful, blessed you with Islam so you succeed in earning halal income, and go to the jannah.

Remember, the one who set the halal and haram, is also the ultimate provider who owns everything.

“But to Allah belong the treasures of the heavens and the earth.” [63:7]

So, brothers and sisters, it’s time for you to learn from the birds, and stop doubting about Allah.

“If you had all relied on Allah (SWT) as you should rely on Him, then He would have provided for you as He provides for the birds, who wake up hungry in the morning and return with full stomachs at dusk.” -At-Tirmithi

In-sha-Allah, in the coming weeks, you will learn how to earn HalalBucks from a group of Muslim experts.

So, LET’S MAKE PEACE WITH YOUR PROVIDER, ALLAH.