IslamicFinanceGuru Podcasts

Join us as we get a sneak peek into a company that has changed the face of halal investing globally - Wahed Invest.

Check out our interview with Kestrl founder Areeb Siddiqui!

We caught up with Iqbal Nasim the CEO of National Zakat Foundation who has now launched a new initiative to level up our prayer. Most of us zip through our prayers without attention, enjoyment, or even understanding. But then what's the point? And how do we fix this malaise? We go into all this and more in this podcast. You can find out more about the Transform My Prayer project here: https://www....

The IFG team shares some roundtable thoughts on what we all wish we knew about money when we were 18!

In this short snippet, we explain the insider details on forex trading and whether it's halal or haram.

Check out our interview with Dr Suriyah Bi  (Oxford grad, PhD at UCL and Yale, lecturer at SOAS) and her research on Muslim women's experiences of work and career development. Suriyah is campaigning hard to make the Equality Act fairer.

Check out this fascinating interview with Mohammed Ashour co-founder of Aspire Food Group who have managed to raise a large sum of money! Mohammed shares his valuable tips and advice.

Muslamic Makers is a fantastic initiative helping Muslims to kickstart their tech career and network with Muslim mentors. Check out our interview with the founder, Arfah!

Qardus is a very exciting new startup that provides halal financing for SME Businesses.  If you are a business looking for financing you can apply here: https://www.islamicfinanceguru.com/sharia-compliant-sme-finance/ If you are an investor looking to invest in fixed income you can sign up to Qardus here: https://islamicfinanceguru.typeform.com/to/FkU8P2

We talk to Layla Begum, an ordinary person like you and me, who unfortunately like many Muslims, fell prey to the OneCoin scam. We talk in-depth to her about her story. A must-listen. And if you've not watched it already, check out our documentary on the dark truth behind MLM schems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nztyeDBIAvM

Tune in for a very insightful interview with Nohman Ahmed, co-founder at Crep Protect, and how they went from launch to becoming a household name partnering with big names like Footlocker and JD Sports.

Join us in this fascinating interview with Mags Chilaev, founder of jamma.co - a quora-style platform for immigrant communities. Lots of amazing lessons here about being a startup founder!

In this episode, Ibrahim interviews Umer Suleman, director of 360 Risk and Islamic Finance expert. He talks about his journey into Islamic Finance and shares plenty of interesting stories from the years gone by!

The third and final part of a really interesting 3-part session with Mufti Faraz discussing all things careers. As always, it's all about giving *you* the tools to understand how to navigate this tricky question! If you've not listened to the others first then head over to episodes 80 and 81!

This is the second part of a really interesting 3-part session with Mufti Faraz discussing all things careers. As always, it's all about giving *you* the tools to understand how to navigate this tricky question!

The first part of a really interesting 3-part session with Mufti Faraz discussing all things careers. As always, it's all about giving *you* the tools to understand how to navigate this tricky question!

In this episode which was aired as a YouTube Live, we interview Sufyan Ismail - businessman-turned-philanthropist. Sufyan started life out at Deloitte before going on to start his own business. Sufyan then stopped working on his business before 40 in order to found MEND - an organisation aimed at helping Muslims to get into media and politics. A fascinating character with lots of lessons - so many...

We're exploring the important topic of student loans. Putting aside their sharia compliance or otherwise for a second, we run through in a really pragmatic way (with the benefit of our hindsight and experience) why avoiding student loans is a good thing full stop  - and exactly how you can do it!

In this episode which was aired as a YouTube Live, we interview Sufyan Ismail - businessman-turned-philanthropist. Sufyan started life out at Deloitte before going on to start his own business. Sufyan then stopped working on his business before 40 in order to found MEND - an organisation aimed at helping Muslims to get into media and politics. A fascinating character with lots of lessons - so many...

This episode we chat with Navid Akhter, who successfully got his Islamic channel on to Amazon Prime.

We know lots of you are struggling to save for a deposit so we got together and racked our brains to help give you folks some helpful tips and hacks on how you can speed up the process insha'Allah!

Usman Khan grew up in East London from an ordinary Muslim family. But from those humble beginnings he went on to found 3 different highly successful data companies that raised money from A-list investors and counted most of the mainstream investment banks and fund managers as its clientele. He talks of how he first got into entrepreneurship, how he sold to big banks, and what he is working on now.

In this episode, we chat to Mohamad Sawwaf, the founder of a Canadian startup called Manzil. Manzil are a mortgage lender in Canada and offer mortgages to house buyers, and also have a mortgage fund which people can invest into.  We dive deep on the Canadian Islamic scene, starting Manzil, advice for founders and much more!

Join us as we chat to Dr Wahbi El Bouri - a good friend of ours and now an Oxford professor. He tells us about the fascinating research he's up to, as well as going behind the scenes on the undergraduate Oxford application process.

In this episode, we brainstorm some business planning around coronavirus. In particular, we think about how a regular hajj operator might need to react in the current climate.