The AlMaghrib Podcast
The System Wants You Poor. Here's How to Get Out
With Sh. Navaid Aziz and Sh. Ammar AlShukry1 hr 23 minSep 26, 202653K views
Graduates can't find work, AI is coming for jobs, and every paycheck buys less than the last one. Sh. Navaid Aziz manages endowments and investments, and in his view that is not bad luck. The system is built to keep you poor, and he walks through how a Muslim can get out of it without compromising their deen.
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In this episode
- 0:00 Intro
- 2:59 Graduates can't find jobs: the skills that actually matter
- 6:40 Laid off? Where to start
- 9:16 How to earn money while you sleep
- 10:47 Why saving in dollars keeps you poor
- 13:06 Gold: hedge or investment, and how to buy it
- 19:33 Can you buy gold with a credit card?
- 22:01 Sports betting and why gambling is haram
- 31:38 Are trading card mystery boxes gambling?
- 33:46 Unemployment, qadr and taking the means
- 37:28 When your new job is beneath what you expected
- 40:33 Not everyone is an entrepreneur
- 43:41 Why Muslims don't talk about money
- 47:43 Sh. Navaid's reading list
- 50:05 How to get out of credit card debt
- 54:27 Where to keep your emergency savings
- 56:43 Dual incomes, qawwamah and respect at home
- 1:03:36 Receiving zakat without shame
- 1:05:35 3 things every Muslim should know about money
- 1:06:36 Is Bitcoin halal?
- 1:08:25 Should you buy or rent a house?
- 1:15:22 Waqf and ending the Ramadan fundraiser
About the show
Long conversations with scholars, imams and the people building Muslim communities, hosted by Sh. Ammar AlShukry. New episodes on YouTube.
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