Join me every Jummah to hear answers to sisters' questions on personal finance topics such as halal investing, budgeting, pensions and general life admin. This podcast is for educational purposes so we can all get closer to spending, saving, investing and giving our money in a way that is aligned to our values as Muslims iA.
Latest episodes
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17 min
EP31: Finding Rizq – Contentment and Small Pleasures
This week we delve into a profound topic: gratitude. This episode, titled “Finding Rizq,” explores what it truly means to recognize and be grateful for the sustenance (rizq) in our…
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18 min
EP30: Present Bias and Future Focused Money Decisions
This week’s episode is about feeling better about making long-term decisions. Investing for the long-term can be difficult because of a phenomenon called “present bias”. Where we a…
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28 min
EP29: Payday Routines
This week’s episode is about developing a strong payday routine to manage salaries responsibly. To me that can be summarised as one that is simple, sustainable and agreed in advanc…
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18 min
EP28: Balancing Returns vs Costs
This episode is dedicated to giving ourselves the space to think equally about what impacts our income – such as taxes and debt payments – which will be acting as a drag on any inv…
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22 min
EP27: Tawakkul and Personal Finance – Eid Special
This week’s episode is about reflecting on another important concept in our financial mindset as Muslims. And that is the concept of having Tawakkul – this relates to the idea of “…
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27 min
EP26: How to Build Financial Resilience
Q26: More on financial literacy – halal ways of spending and saving. In answer to this question we focus more on how what are the fundamentals of personal finance. These fundamenta…
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23 min
EP25: Comparing Shariah Compliant Investment Platforms
Q25: Which investment platform / sites do you use? One question is what to invest in, the other question is where do you go to invest? In this episode we go through four platforms…
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31 min
EP24: First-time Halal Investing
Q24: How do you invest when all you have done is save? One of the first theories I developed as a financial planner is that getting yourself to a position where you are investing c…
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29 min
EP23: Understanding NHS Pensions
NHS pensions are a type of “defined benefit” pension – what does that mean and how do they work? It seems simple, but when it comes to retirement the important question to ask is w…
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25 min
EP22: How to Check Credit Scores
Q22: Other than for a mortgage, what are credit scores used for? This week’s episode is about credit scores and we’re answering three simple questions: 1/ What is a credit score?2/…
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24 min
EP21: Mindful Spending Habits
Q21: Ways to train ourselves to be mindful about expenses and avoid spending for no reason (latest phones etc.) In this episode we are going to be focusing more on the spending asp…
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22 min
EP20: Investing in Islamic Bonds
Q20: I would like ton know more about sukuk funds Looking further at building a diversified portfolio, this week we are going through Islamic bonds in more detail. Why is diversifi…
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22 min
EP19: Gold as an Investment
Q19: I would like to know more about the gold index We’re back going through different assets we can invest in. This week is all about the role of gold as an investment. Gold plays…
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22 min
EP19: Investing in Gold
Q19: I would like to know more about the gold index We’re back going through different assets we can invest in. This week is all about the role of gold as an investment. Gold plays…
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32 min
EP18: Taxes and Tax Returns
Q18: I would like to know more about taxes and tax returns Happy New Tax Year! Last week was the start of the new tax year in the UK and so to get it started on the right foot insh…
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15 min
EP17: Ramadan Series – Barakah and Blessings
Let us reflect on the topic of Barakah, referring to both the tangible and intangible blessings from Allah SWT When we think about the meaning of wealth – I think self-contentment…
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17 min
EP16: Ramadan Series – Sabr and Patience
Sabr is way more than patience. Sabr is about what happens while we are being patient, how rich we grow internally deep within.More
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17 min
EP15: Ramadan Series – Sadaqah and Charitable Giving
Charity as the definition of the true wealth that belongs to individualsMore
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24 min
EP14: Paying Off Student Loans in Your 20s
Q17 – I would like to learn about how to pay off my student finance in my early 20sMore
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21 min
EP13: How to Behave as an Investor
Q16: How to invest money? How can you profit from the money that you have invested?More