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Your one stop shop for all our resources. Whether you want a general overview or in-depth analysis, all our materials have expert and scholarly backing.
Sadaqah
- Guide: The Relevance of Sadaqah to British Muslims
- Khutbah: coming soon
- PowerPoint Presentation: available here
Animal Welfare
- Guide: Animal Welfare
- Khutbah: Rights of Animals
- PowerPoint Presentation: coming soon
Zakāh
- Guide: Understanding & Calculating Zakāh
- Web Tutorial: Part 1 and Part 2
- Khutbah: Discharge of the Obligation of Zakāh
- PowerPoint Presentation: Zakāh - Meaning, Importance, Payers & Recipients
- Calculate your Zakāh: Zakāh Calculator
Rulings/Fatāwā:
Islamic Wills
- Guide: Preparing an Islamic Will
- Web Tutorial: Part 1 and Part 2
- Khutbah: Importance of Bequest
- PowerPoint Presentation: Islamic Wills and Inheritance Planning
- Calculate your Inheritance: Inheritance Calculator
Rulings/Fatāwā:
Money Matters (Personal Finance)
- Guide: Money Matters
- PowerPoint Presentation: available here
Rulings/Fatāwā:
Home Purchases and Property Investments
Student Loans
Investments
PowerPoint Presentations:
Money Matters (Personal Finance)
Research Papers:
Interest (Ribā)
- The Problem with Interest Based Banking
- Why Interest-Free Banking Failed in Pakistan
- A Comparison of Fatāwā on the Disposal and Use of Interest
- The Doctrine of Necessity and Ribā-Based Loans in the Current Economic Climate of the Credit Crunch
- Interest-Bearing Loans to Oneself and Other Family Members from One’s Own Trust
The Credit Crisis
PowerPoint Presentations:
Islamic Banking and Finance
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Financial Research Papers
- Explaining Islamic Finance Guide
- A Brief Note on the Islamic Financial System
- The Design of Islamic Finance
- Islamic Banking: Is it Really Kosher?
- An Introduction to Islamic Finance by Mufti Taqi Usmani
- Islamic Banking in Brunei
- A Paradigm of Islamic Money and Banking
- Why do Malaysian Customers Patronise Islamic Banks?
- Islamic Banking in Theory and Practice
- Performance of Islamic and Mainstream Banks in Malaysia
PowerPoint Presentation:
Glossary
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Other – Research Papers
- Murābahah Swiss Abridged Paper
- The Disclosure of Islamic Values
- Pawnshops and Micro-Credit in Malaysia
- Islamic Unit Trust Funds
- Economic Principles of Islam
- Islamic Macroeconomics
- The Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
- Islamic Finance and Ethical Investment
- Islamic Venture Capital
- Resource Allocation, Investment Decision and Economic Welfare
- Consumer Credit from the Islamic Viewpoint
Other – Powerpoint Presentations
Note on Rulings/Fatāwā
1st Ethical does not provide a fatwa service, and all such legal/financial fatāwā requests should be directed to the Al-Qalam Sharī‘ah Scholar Panel.
1st Ethical rely upon Al-Qalam Sharī‘ah Scholar Panel for Sharī‘ah guidance on mu’āmalāt issues (sales/transactions/financial matters). Listed above are a sample of some rulings. A full breakdown of fatāwā can be found on their website.