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.
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.
A Need of the Hour — A Comprehensive Analytical Guidance for Students, Educators, Institutions & Community Leaders
Argues that the Ummah needs scholars who super-specialise in one sub-domain of Islamic knowledge, combining classical depth, a contemporary professional qualification and supervised practice, and uses India’s halaal investment collapses (IMA, Heera Gold) to show the cost of generalist Shariah certification. Proposes seminary reform, dual qualifications, centres of excellence and licensing.