Conflict of interest in our families, businesses and institutions, and the pretence that protects it
Argues that conflict of interest in family firms, trusts and committees becomes khiyanah when concealed, and that feigned ignorance of it is a second betrayal. Drawing on Surah Sad, al-Mutaffifin and the Sunnah, it answers common excuses, exposes private use of jointly earned goodwill, and prescribes disclosure, written records, recusal, audits and mediation.
When Muslims Are Taught How to Worship but Not How to Deal
Argues that much wrongdoing in Muslim homes and businesses reflects a Deen taught by halves: ʿIbādāt in detail, Muʿāmalāt, Muʿāsharat and Ḥuqūq al-ʿIbād rarely with equal seriousness. Invoking Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanvi, it faults curriculum and pulpit, and offers sourced rulings on in-laws, inheritance and speech as a model for teaching.
Ninety-five lessons for Muslim entrepreneurs, moving from a Financial Times podcast on the Prophet ﷺ as trader to the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Argues that commerce under Tawhid keeps profit lawful but answerable to Allah, and that truthfulness, amanah and disclosure are the highest-return strategy, not a tax on profit.