This lecture is A MUST listen for Muslims pursuing Halal wealth.

We contacted IlmQuest to buy the CD, but never heard back from them. However, after a little googling found the lecture online.

CD Set: Let’s Buy a House Islamically, By Ghassan Barqawi

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Buying a home is a major dream for almost every family. However, it is a decision that goes well beyond finances. You want your home to reflect your values and your lifestyle. The biggest advantage to owning a house over renting an apartment is that your house belongs to you. It’s your home, and that’s a pretty big achievement in itself. This is why when a person is ready to buy a house, emotion can often get in the way of effective decision making. Not only can it hinder sound financial planning, but it can lead one into major sins. This CD Set is a guide to know what Islamic Finance really is, how one can understand the different terms used by various Islamic financial institutes, and how to make the best decision for your family in this life as well as the next. Shiekh Ghassan had the honor to study under the late scholar of Yemen, Shiekh Muqbil bin Haadi al-Waadi’ee, and earned an Ijaazah in Hadith from him. He has a Masters degree in Business and is an advisor who is able to give guidance in the field of Finance. He is also the founder of the Islamic Institution of Islamic Studies of Columbia, South Carolina. At present he is the Imam of the Islamic Center of Mobile, Alabama.

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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)

When: Click here to find your local time.

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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It seems in life, you are always running behind something or running away from something, as the conventional wisdom tells you that:

Every day in Africa a gazelle wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows that it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle.
When the sun comes up, you better be running.

However, endless running for Dunya (degrees, jobs, business, money, …) may lead us to this:

Maybe a more balanced view of life is following the alternative wisdom of living in the moment and getting the most out of it, as ibn al-Qayyim had written in ‘Madarij as-Salikin’ (1/188):

“…They say that the best worship is to do what will please the Lord at every time in accordance with what that particular time calls for.”

A interesting radio documentary about “American Dream” from American RadioWorks.

It’s important to learn from history. In this documentary you can see how different trends of saving and spending have developed and evolved.