DebtFreeMuslims Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Episode 34 - Dua for Getting Out of Debt

This episode is a special sneak peek into the half-day Debt Free Muslims workshop we have been conducting in various Islamic centers and MSA's across North America.

To host one in your community, please email adam@qalaminstitute.org

In this episode we cover a special dua that the Prophet (s) taught to one of the companions who was struggling with debt.

You can find the dua here: http://sunnah.com/bukhari/80/66

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Episode 33 - Marriage & Money with AbdelRahman Murphy

AbdelRahman Murphy is an Imam and instructor with Qalam Institute. He's a photography, coffee, and cat enthusiast. He holds a Master's in Mental Health Counseling, and is renown for his youth work through his organization Roots.

In this episode we cover

*The relationship between secular marital counseling and Islamic counseling, and spirituality in the field of mental health

*Love conquers all… except financial issues

*How we model financial behavior in marriage, and the role of culture, and dealing with uncomfortable questions while in the “in love” phase

*What about when the wife makes more money than the husband

*How to bring up finances before marriage, and a look at pre-marital counseling

*Cultural taboos around pre-marital counseling

*What financial questions to ask before marriage

*Discussing debt before marriage

*Compatibility and financial habits

*How to handle life situations like a new mom leaving her career/income

*How should couples handle disagreements over money

*Emotional attachment to money

Connect with AbdelRahman Murphy

Facebook: http://facebook.com/abdelrahmanm
Twitter: http://twitter.com/@abdelrahmanm
Instagram: http://instagram.com/abdelrahmanm
Snapchat: http://snapchat.com/add/abdelrahmanm

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In this episode we're joined by Dr. Jerry Hionis and Br. Omar Usman doing a program on decision making. We'll be covering economics, food, car buying, and a whole host of other issues. You don't want to miss this episode.    A few relevant links:   1) Decisive http://amzn.to/1FoiPnl - This book forms the basic foundation of the WRAP framework that we modified to WRAPS   2) Muslim Money Guide - http://www.muslimmoneyguide.com/   3) New Gen Muslims - Project of Mufti Niaz Hannan https://www.facebook.com/newgenmuslims

This episode covers:  

• Picking a career path 
• The importance of low-risk experiments like internships 
• How LaunchGood started, and what all this "crowd-funding" business really is 
• Challenges with crowd-funding specific to the Muslim community 
• How crowd funding is changing as it grows, and a critical look at personal/individual crowd-funding campaigns 
• LaunchGood's filtering process for what they allow on their site, and promoting responsible crowd-funding. 
• Providing a means of giving sadaqah in a directly impactful way 
• Misconceptions about crowd-funding 
• Should you donate to relief projects through crowd-funding instead of established charities? 
• Should you use crowd-funding to get out of personal debts? 
• Why LaunchGood turned down a Masjid's crowd-funding campaign, and how they ended up raising the money anyways 
• People raising funds for Islamic education, challenges dealing with your local community, and accountability 
• Chris' favorite LaunchGood project 
• Creating win-win crowd-funding campaigns 

  Links: 

• Website: http://launchgood.com
• Launchgood on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/launchgood
• Launchgood on Twitter: https://twitter.com/launchgood

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Guest: Navaid Aziz   Topics Covered: -How communities can help provide alternatives to student loans -How to apply the fatwa that says student loans are a necessity -How to buy a car with halal financing (easier than you might think) -House buying -How to increase the barakah in your finances   Connect With Navaid Aziz -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/navaidaziz -Twitter: http://twitter.com/NavaidAziz -YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/iiscmultimedia     If you enjoyed this podcast, please take a minute to share with a friend and RATE and SUBSCRIBE in iTunes.

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We're really excited speak with Eyad Alnaslah who is a CPA in the Southern California area. Eyad wrote an article for Suhaib Webb's website back in 2013 called "M&M's: Marriage and Money."   Here are some of the topics I discuss with Eyad about marriage and money:

• Financial compatibility in a marriage
• Focusing on work ethics
• How to grow financially as a couple
• Overindulgence in regards to many financial aspects of marriage

  Resources mentioned in the podcast:

• Eyad's article on marriage and money: http://www.virtualmosque.com/islam-studies/hot-topics/mms-marriage-and-money/
• How to create a budget by Haroon Malik: http://debtfreemuslims.com/basics-budgeting/

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Really excited about this episode as we interview brother Hamzah Ghia and how he graduated both his undergrad and got his Masters degree completely debt free!

Hamzah is currently the Qur'an teacher at Masjid Hamzah in Houston, Texas.

Some of the topics we cover:

• What his process was in going to college without student loans
• His scholarship application process while was in high school
• The benefits of hard work and how that carries over into your professional career

This episode features an interview with Ron Lieber. Since 2008, He has been the “Your Money” columnist for The New York Times, where his columns about student loans won the 2011 Loeb award, business journalism’s highest honor, in the personal finance category.

 

He is also the author of the newly released book, The Opposite of Spoiled. 

 

Some of the topics we cover:

 

*What makes kids spoiled?

*Should you tell your kids how much money you make?

*How social media has affected money conversations with kids

*Using money as a tool to teach your kids values

 

Links

 

Purchase The Opposite of Spoiled: http://amzn.to/1KK1F15

Ron's Facebook Community that helped with this book: https://www.facebook.com/ronlieberauthor

Follow Ron on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ronlieber

 

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Ramadan is season of fundraising

 

Negatives of fundraising system and need for financial stability - particularly how it affects things like juma

 

Even as we seek financial stability, individual giving is still 80% of philanthropy in the US. Are we set up to sustain our institutions?

 

How being in debt affects our ability to give and contribute

 

Making it a goal to donate large amounts - make dua to be able to do it

 

Monthly increase of sadaqah envelope

 

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About Joe Bradford:

Joe is traditionally and academically trained in the Islamic sciences. He holds a graduate degree in Islamic law from the University of Medina. He likes steak, star gazing, corny about pages, and long walks in the park. He has way too many kids. He currently works in finance and is an adviser to institutions and private individuals.

In this episode we discuss:

• The obligation of paying Zakat
• What every Muslim should know about the minimum requirements of paying Zakat
• What is a Nisab?
• Zakat & Debt (house, student loans, etc)
• Paying Zakat on gold
• Paying Zakat on investments (401k, Roth IRA, etc)

Connect with Joe Bradford:

• Website: JoeBradford.net
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/joebradfordnet
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Bradford.Joe

Further resources:

• 20 Questions on Zakat
• Essential Information on Zakat

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