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Getting married will make me broke 💰 · After Maghrib 🌙

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Salam alaikum. Warahmatullahi wabarakatu and
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God inshallah one day will write this down for you, I really
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for you, right now, is what are we talking about on this podcast
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in particular today? Today we are talking about money
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and how we make money and how we spend money and our relationship
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with money. I think it's a really important
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topic that is, it is important. And I believe, you know, they
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say money makes the world go round, but inshallah, the
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viewers listeners, they don't rely heavily.
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Early on money itself. However, I have another million
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dollar question. Miss Willa million pounds
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million pound question living in the UK.
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Yeah, you know the phrase always million dollars.
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Best general question here. Yeah.
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What do you do at MIT? What do I do?
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Yes in terms of outside of community terms of work?
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Yeah. As an you are amazing you know
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you're always involved heavily involved in the community you
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know, the service they do to everyone.
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Like what not mashallah. I see you never know, almost
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every Center, you know, running around with charity.
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He's you know, helping those in need any, but you always always
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active, you're on the field and having direct impact on the
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community, that's very good. So the community only know this
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about you. Well they don't know what you
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do. I like what you do.
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Just tell ya I mean thank you for putting me on the spot just
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to quickly summarize in terms of my professional work.
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I started work at a young age 16.
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I'm now in my mid-20s, I've had a very interesting career
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trajectory I started work at 16. My first job, I had a really
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labor-intensive job in a sports shop was running really low
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wages and worked really hard but it taught me a lot of lessons.
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I then completed, my studies worked out of bait TV on and
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that time I was very interested in, of course, media and human
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rights and politics. I worked a mainstream media
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firm, a news channel and then it'll work at the United Nations
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as well. I'd go a lot for a couple of
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years and then I kind of took a U-turn.
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Now I'm in business. So I work with my family and my
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father's business and handle of things have grown.
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Did the law and a log, we've opened other businesses other
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companies, but within the same sort of field and that field is
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in shipping and freight which my family been involved with for a
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very long time and you know, one grows up and thinks I want to be
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a shipping expert when I grow up everyone thinks I want to be a
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footballer. I want to be an actor, I want to
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be a doctor but you know, subhanallah somehow what I felt
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was meant for me is come to me ma sha Allah and that's amazing
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to hear by the Way and as in just from from when you're 16 to
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where you are now that is a huge journey and ask Allah subhanahu
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wa'ta'ala to give you more tour featured on this journey
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inshallah about you. I was dreading you the asterisk
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or ya know you're involved again likewise in so many different
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things, everyone knows you for the incredible work, you do in
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the field of recitation and as a daddy and English language and
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Beyond and not many of us know about your Outside of the
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community life. Yeah, I get asked this question
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quite a lot and I try to keep my private life on the non the
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public. But what I do about me if you're
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wondering, if anyone watching listening to this podcast is
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wondering, I started a bit similar to you.
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I was 16 when I first started my job, I had my first job was in
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a. Was that travel agency?
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Nice. And, you know, I was involved in
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like booking tickets, taking customer inquiries Etc handle.
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I loved it because it was mainly booking.
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Flights to people going to the auditor lock.
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So for me, that was amazing. And then I moved on from there
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to working a little bit TV. And you know I started then a
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big TV. I think I was 17 got a full-time
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job. I was very excited and things
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have changed since. By the way has been an amazing
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journey working here has and the fact how long were you here?
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23 years? I longer than 23 years.
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I was 17. Yeah, and I think I was 21 when
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I phased out of the elevator. Be.
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So about five six years. Last, 56 years hamdulillah and
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August 2016. I saw of changed completely into
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why did so I was like heavily focus in Islamic media and it's
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amazing because at the same time I was serving the elevators like
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part of the fabric of what I enjoy and while of and the
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service that we have, this more importantly I have to focus on
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China and you know, Halal living and everything part of that.
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So I started my own business just prior to leaving anyway.
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ATV. And this was me being involved
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in information and Technology you know dealing with selling
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products and services to Mainland Europe, as well as the
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UK sometimes internationally to Gulf countries Etc.
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That's about what was interesting about my journey to
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where I am today is that I had a very amazing mentor and I'm very
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grateful to this Mentor until this very day and sometimes we
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speak almost every day to be honest, excluding weekends, but
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it is something that started a very long time ago.
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We still got it. Now to me just shows that the
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relationship that we had was never about money.
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The relaxing you say that because obviously never about
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money. Yeah.
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But money is obviously what you you have put a lot of your time
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interact, would you say that like the reason for your hard
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work? The reason for your growth was
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the primary goal of that money. When I say it wasn't about
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money. I'm talking about the mentor
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right? Helping me on my journey of
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running my own business. You honey for him, it was never
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about making money out of what I do.
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So that's why I just want to mention.
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I'm very grateful to that individuals and, you know, he's
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been he's been like a brother to me.
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Let's say that. If he does listen to this
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podcast, thank you so much. I'm not going to mention his
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name, but I'm very grateful to him.
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However, more importantly this right now, why do so You know,
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I'm still involved in the, you know, dealing with information
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technology sometimes computer computer parts but more
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importantly is about exporting things to Mainland Europe.
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So that's where I'm involved right now overlapping, what we
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do? Yeah.
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Yeah. Because you are I'm not just
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focused on one one. One single thing, of course.
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So this is like, this is my main thing.
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Why do my day-to-day job? At the same time I have other
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stuff that's going on in my life.
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This is helping out and other businesses such as you know,
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cake catering business as well as.
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As a gift than a business. So I'm involved in multiple
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multiple different projects that alhamdulillah.
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Allah, never disappoints. What's the phrase Allah of
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zirconium a liar's of calm? Yeah, I'm getting that runs.
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This is you've been of you. Hopefully you guys are growing
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with me on this journey to become fluidly speaking in
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Arabic and Jala. So we obviously talk about
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money. We talk about all our own
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Journeys are in growth. A lot of us have our own
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opinions and I think our own experiences when it comes to
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money and work. But let's talk about our
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upbringing and the relationship that we now have with our jobs
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and our society outside of the community and money.
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Because obviously there is a huge, huge overlap with finance
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and with Islamic living in the west, okay?
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Now many of our forefathers or I wouldn't say for forefathers,
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our parents grandparents, and so on, who came to the UK of
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course, came and established businesses and had to earn a
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Halal living to the nopsi support us.
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Us and take us to where we are. But our communities.
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I feel are very different. In terms of our own, both are
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ethnic communities, but generally the diversity and
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opinion, from many of the communities here in the UK and
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generally in the Western World. What was it like for you?
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Your community growing up and the relationship that your
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community had with money growing up and, you know, being part of
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a very not being pot. I was very involved in the
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community. So I was like part and parcel of
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the fabric of the community. So I was like, you know,
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Experienced and so everything in and out from them, and they
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wasn't really focused on about making money, which was
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interesting because, you know, you have to, you have to go, you
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have to go to work. Yeah.
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You have to earn and some money so you can live, but that wasn't
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really the main focus point. So for them, it was more about,
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you know, focusing heavily on religion and faith on quranic
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studies on how the studies the teachers of the debate, but they
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never ever actually really taught us.
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I told us there is something about, you know, money and you
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need to go to work. There wasn't really that Porsche
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maybe it's because in the early days the focus was especially
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with respect to the rocky Community because a lot of the
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Iraqi Community came here as other refugees or fleeing from
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from a dealer. The time that maybe the goal was
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that we've come here unknowingly against our will.
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In some cases you've been allocated by the UN the country
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to go to and we need to stay close.
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Hold tight to the Rope of Allah as we are told in the Holy Quran
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and we are told to keep our faith.
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So maybe the goal was to set up this llama community and not to
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worry about integrating as much. Yeah.
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As and I'm not saying that the community wasn't, you know,
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worried about the future of the community, you know, when the
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young is grow up what they do, I think there were like you said,
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very focused on making sure you know, the foundations are set
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because you know my community the majority of them I think
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they came in the 80s. Yeah.
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But a lot of them came in the early 90s.
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So you know they were Fleeing like persecution in Iraq Saddam.
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And you know, they weren't for all of these trials and
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tribulations. Shall we say that when we came
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here there is really wasn't focusing on.
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For example, shall I set up a business?
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Should I look for employment? They were just talking about
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settling down in a safe environments because of course I
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think now our communities of have developed some communities.
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I think I've come a long way. Some haven't, of course
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different communities. So my community for example, the
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cultural Community was I think really Just in the United
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Kingdom in the 60s. So my grandfather mellow rest,
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his soul was the first and allow the first president of the first
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quarter mosque in Europe and I was in Peterborough remain.
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So I mean the goal in the early days was to establish a
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community center for people who come from the same background
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and so on the goal was not making money.
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Like you said. Yeah but now of course things
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have evolved and it's now nearly 60 years on from the
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establishment of the first center in the UK for my
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community and things have Aged but attitudes at times maybe
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haven't changed, or maybe there's a split in the way we
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approach these things. You know, you're very right.
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And our I think, you know not just my community best.
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Let's say mainly the community coming from the Middle East.
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Yeah, being from the Middle East.
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I think I've every right now I can talk, okay, don't nobody
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gets offended best, they never really changed their mindset or
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the way that they saw, shall I say.
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The future, right? They just saw as this is what we
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have. Let's not lose what we have now.
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So, as I touched on earlier, they were just really focused
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on, you know, religion fave studies, and Islamic Studies.
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Should I say? And they never really held a new
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workshops. They never really got an anyone
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from our side to come, talk to us about, you know, this is this
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is how money works or go go to university, get a degree, enter
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a career. So we never actually had the.
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So we actually found this ourself.
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So Me growing up. No one ever actually told me,
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oh, no, one actually from the community pushing me and said,
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you know what, what's your career path or no?
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One actually told me, you know, let's try getting in the best
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university possible or let's try.
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Hope you find employment. There was none of them that was
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not. In fact it was the very opposite
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and is I wouldn't say it's embarrassing to mention best.
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What they were mainly focused on before is, for example, not
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about reaching your maximum potential.
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How much you can earn the ways you can on money?
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But was more about how can you live comfortably around the
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welfare system? Sure.
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That they have here in the UK. So it was very, very, very
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strange for me because, you know, I'm friends with different
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different communities. So I see like their mentality is
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complete opposite to what the community I wasn't.
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By the way, the majority of my commute all that work.
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Let me just make that very clear and everyone's working.
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I'm the Lord all learning at the Halal live.
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Being. Thus, there wasn't any Porsche
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of you know, what? This is, how you go get a job.
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This is, this is, this is the courses or the apprenticeship.
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So, you know, the methods and the ways that you do to achieve
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XYZ, what it was all about. You know, if you want to settle
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down the government, only give this much money to help you
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either want to get too much into, of course, that's it.
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And it was always revolving around welfare, would you say
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that? So obviously, there's a Reliance
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on the well, there was, but, yeah.
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But that's the reason why they came as he when they came.
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The 10 like economic migrants course, there were, as I said,
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there were fleeing persecution in the wars in Iraq, Saddam, all
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of that. So their mentality stayed the
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same even like for their children.
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The think that's understandable. I'm not going to lie to you.
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I think there's there's there's logic in them, especially
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obviously in the early phases but that limits, you it does
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limit you but in the early days survival of the fittest.
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Yeah, that's the Kanye. So, yeah, and the in the
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beginning, our respected Elders, who came here.
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And maybe from your community but God bless them all by the
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way. Yeah, there's an amazing job.
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Raising an amazing kid. Yes, Hannah lot.
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I mean everything we have is the result of our parents and their
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own work and our grandparents may love decimal.
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But obviously speaking that the early days like we've I think we
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both found a commonality there is they had to hustle and they
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had to grind and they had to work hard to get anything going.
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Do you know what I mean? Now subhanallah who would have
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thought. If we had told our elders, 30 50
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years ago, did you know index many years were going to have
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Things we have societies. We're going to have
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organizations Charities making millions of dollars, supporting
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your Homeland, supporting your community, your family back
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home, who would have thought that we'd have had our community
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members in the highest positions in the most, you know, in most
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reputable companies worldwide or even earning their own
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businesses, running their own things but that involvement is
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is maybe something which want to explore and maybe you know
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specifically speaking. We want to talk about the
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concept of whether you can live Comfortably earn money get rich
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in the UK or in the west whilst being a Pious studious and hard
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work and Muslim do you go? I'm saying amazing.
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I don't I don't know if that's kind of whether you're seeing
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right now is just amazing because it just made me think.
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Yeah, that there are two extremes to this because you
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have one side that says, you know, you have to like stay on
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stay on your Dean. You have to go study how their
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you have to go, where the turbine you have to go preach
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the faith. Yeah.
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Then you have the Other Extreme. No, you have to go to work.
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You have to have a, you know, an endless night shifts to get 3
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jobs. It was like completely drops,
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there's no balance. Whereas, Islam actually always
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gives you an example of violence that work-life balance and if
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and the most amazing thing is being sure.
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We can look up to their little Bates.
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Hmm. What do they do during you know
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what always thought about, you know, the things that they did
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things that they preached, you know, the trials and
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tribulations that they face. But we never really talked that
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it actually had day jobs. Yeah, they were actually working
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so hard every single profits and every single member of the Hill
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bait actually working. It's surprising for many to hear
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because they're like, oh so you can actually work in actually be
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any mom. Also, I'm gonna I'm gonna I'm
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gonna pin it on you if I might. Yeah give me an example.
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Let's say someone's listening, they having this this internal
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discussion and they think where can I see this?
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Because all I'm ever talk about my holy figures and the holy
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imams, the holy prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhe wassallam, is
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that they are religious preachers first and foremost.
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Mmm. How can how can we disprove that
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narrative? You've really put me on the spot
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here, but it's important that you have because, you know, you
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know, like I said, people only know the, the, a debate or the
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mmm, the only, you know, preaching and teaching about the
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faith. Best actually, we see our great
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prophet Muhammad sallallahu alehiwassallaam.
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He was actually working. He was a merchant.
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Yeah. And in fact, he was employed by
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his wife lady for. They just love a lot.
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So it just shows that I was wrong.
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Allah. The one that God sent down with
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Islam, that preached Islam, actually had a day job as a
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merchant so he'd go sell goods and buy goods and he was
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employed by her teacher. Yeah.
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And yes, it just goes to show that even lady had, you just had
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digital Island. She was an employer, not just an
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employee, she was an employer. So they were both working man
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woman and these are two very important figures care.
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Factors that we have in our think the key words are there is
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in my opinion, she an employer. Because even today, who would
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have thought in 2022, we still have not even just people within
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our community, but even in the western world who argue that
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women do not have the equal place in work that I meant to
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do, or should have just what I mean.
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The fact that even that even now there's a there's a gap in
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gender, pay Brosius in the Western World, subhanallah 2000.
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Nearly, you know, 1,400 Of the, holy prophet came with religion,
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and he was a classic example. He married a lady.
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Who's richer than him? Who employed him, who could
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literally fire him at any moment, which of course, she
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wouldn't have ended by the way. Do you know what's so beautiful
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about that marriage? What's that?
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He'll well, spread this phone, so had she not been working
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earning being an employer? I don't think Islam will be
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spread. Where is today?
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We know the holy prophet says, had it not been for the wealth
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of Khadija, the sort of Alia Islam, would've perished, and
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all you. Muhammad sallallahu alayhe
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wassallam also said something, which I love.
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This is something which I discovered like I did which I
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read maybe like a couple months ago now and I'm trying to think
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about it more frequently. The holy prophet says and this
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is paraphrasing and Hadith that your day should be split into
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four parts. One part for Allah subhanahu
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wa'ta'ala to focus on your spirituality.
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One part with your friends and with your family, the ones who
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you tell. Your closest and and deepest
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mistakes, too. So, the ones you trust one part
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for yourself to do, as you wish to have Leisure and to relax and
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to work on yourself being in your well-being.
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And the fourth part is to work and to and Halal living.
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And that's so critically important when we imagine that
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our day at the moment, like everyone talks about time
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management and motivational. Speaking, we caught up in this
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world about how to stop distractions screentime, all
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sorts of things that we're thinking about all the time.
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I'm and how to focus but it's simply in my opinion, is there
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Islam gives us the answer for that and how to how to manage
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our day-to-day? Yeah, I thought I we, we still
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have living examples today. Yeah.
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Because we have amazing Scholars, and people who let's
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say have a high caliber or show influence in Islam.
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Yeah, they actually have day-to-day jobs, of course, and
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they actually a, some of them run businesses.
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So, they are actually learning and preaching faith.
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At the same time, the earning and working hard so they have
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both and I think that's beautiful.
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It has. And so we can't really say you
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know can Islam not be compatible with work on the contrary, the
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opposite. Absolutely.
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But this is want to hear what you think at home.
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We want to hear. Is this something you agree with
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books, to be honest? Some of you may think that men
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and women should be treated or be paid differently, which I'm
21:46
sorry to say, but I completely disagree with that, feel free to
21:50
disagree with me. I wouldn't mind at all.
21:52
And if you think, for example that the holy prophet was wrong
21:55
to be employed. Let us know because we're going
21:57
to come back at you because well we believe the holy prophet took
22:00
of course the right path. We want to hear your thoughts
22:02
upon sisters or what you think about this say.
22:04
It is also interesting that you mentioned before when we talked
22:07
about the community and you mentioned like workshops and you
22:10
went you mentioned like a lot of things like that.
22:13
This is interesting because now in this day and age we live in a
22:17
post brexit Society. Yeah.
22:19
Post coronavirus or you know in some would argue was doing that
22:21
in the The repercussions of the pandemic, but now more than
22:25
ever, there's a need to support one another.
22:27
Okay? And the concept of supporting
22:28
community business in your day-to-day, you must deal with
22:31
so many, she our businesses and so I'm going to see our clients,
22:34
I myself. You know, I line of work.
22:36
I'm in is not a bias or whatever to any particular gender or race
22:41
or ethnicity, but I have handle hundreds of clients of which,
22:45
some of whom are from the community.
22:46
I work with on Lamar, I work with Charities organizations and
22:49
a lot of companies as well. But how do you Treat the, the
22:54
concept of working with another Muslim because I find this a
22:59
crazy discussion to be honest with you.
23:02
I met 99% of the time I deal with non-muslims so I really
23:10
haven't dealt with actually wants dealt with a someone who
23:14
takes a group to hatch, okay? And it was a very bad experience
23:19
that we had really, which was very surprising to me that Like
23:22
you know, 99 percent of the time you've got these non-muslims
23:25
that working with Ernie, then I had this one incident by someone
23:28
who you look up to. Being a Muslim.
23:31
I hope we actually had an issue. So for me, I haven't had any
23:36
direct experience with the main job that I have working with
23:40
Muslims best I when it comes to the other projects that I'm
23:43
involved in. Oh man, it's 99 percent.
23:46
I think Muslim and I would say at least 50 percent.
23:49
I like she almost him. So there is, you know, that
23:52
Community being involved and you are, you know, seeing how the
23:56
community even treats a business, or how you can treat.
24:00
Community. I don't know if that makes
24:02
sense, of course, because a lot of, you know, we always want the
24:08
community to help, you know, we always want the community to
24:11
support a business or we want the community to facilitate ways
24:15
for a business to prosper. But one thing the community
24:18
always does is try to hustle. Hustle, would you mind?
24:24
I know what you mean? Like, they feel like, because
24:28
you are a Muslim own business. That they can pay you peanuts so
24:32
that they're entitled to discounts or yeah.
24:35
It is. I think like they think there's
24:37
an automatic, right? Because they don't do that with
24:39
a non-muslim business by the I guarantee you that because if
24:42
they go to another Muslim business they're paying all the
24:45
deprive the full price. In fact I think they're willing
24:47
to pay even more but when it comes to you know dealing with
24:50
Muslims businesses and customers Etc, quite the opposite is very
24:54
with and I I genuinely try to avoid dealing with Muslim custom
24:59
really huh? Okay, interesting.
25:01
So, I've got one of the most hardest II.
25:05
Gotta Love II, do get that. And I think because there's,
25:08
I'll be honest, I have a few things to say on this, but I'll
25:10
try and keep it brief because you're dealing with Muslim
25:12
clients. You should be extra conscious of
25:14
think. So, in my opinion, if you're
25:16
buying from a non-muslim, like a service, or a product, do not
25:20
expect any sort of preferential treatment, pay your full price,
25:23
go above and beyond, and support your community.
25:26
What's the problem with that? And if you're selling to a
25:29
Muslim client, or Business support them.
25:32
Give them a discount if you can. This is my opinion.
25:34
Yeah, there's a Hadith as actually story if you don't mind
25:37
me saying, said from my mother's really sure why it's a
25:41
fascinating story. Holy mom employees a guy to work
25:44
on his farm. Okay.
25:46
So in the morning, this guy comes to the Imam and he's like,
25:49
yeah, Mom, I'm ready to go. Let's start mom says, before we
25:52
start, this is what I expect you to do.
25:54
This is the work for the day to do on the farm.
25:56
Let's say, for example, eight hours, I want you to work in mom
25:59
says How much money do you want? And the guy says to the mom
26:04
because I don't know. It's up to you talk about later.
26:07
It's not big deal. Let me finish the work and then
26:09
we'll speak your mom says no, let's agree, I figure now
26:12
because if we don't either you will be underwhelmed by what I
26:16
suggest or pay you at the end. I will be underwhelmed and say
26:19
this guy's not done the work worthy of the mouth.
26:21
Yeah. So the Imam, agrees a figure
26:23
with him and the guy completes his work at the end of the day,
26:26
the Imam comes to him, says you've done a great job.
26:28
Thank you. This is your money.
26:30
The guy says, thank you. I mom before he leaves, he
26:32
counts the money just to make sure that he's not being given
26:35
the wrong amount by mistake. And he finds that the Imam has
26:38
given him more money. So he goes back to your mom,
26:41
says you've paid me too much and the whole your mom says, no I
26:44
haven't. He said we agreed this figure,
26:46
you've given me another man and the holy Imam says to him a true
26:50
lover of Allah, Subhan Allah. And his religion will always
26:53
support more than they can, give more than they commit to.
26:55
Essentially, I find that like an incredible philosophy to do to
26:59
give to give More than what you can when you can, especially if
27:03
you're supporting your own Community.
27:05
I don't know why. Maybe we have a tendency in our
27:06
community to try like you said in a hostel businesses as if
27:10
we're entitled to something else or me out, bro, we have this
27:13
culture. But as a dog, a me wrong, there
27:15
are actually amazing. Amazing people out there, they
27:17
actually want to support the work, they are in.
27:21
Yeah, and we, you know, we thank them greatly for this of people
27:26
because, you know, at the end of the day, any business,
27:28
especially if you're like heaven, Involved in the
27:31
community you sort of rely on the community to help you
27:34
nourish. So you know there is the good
27:36
the bad and ugly and all of this.
27:39
And you know, you mentioned, how Imam Roba dealt with this in
27:43
this employee. And it shows how important Islam
27:48
is when it comes to such scenarios and Islam.
27:51
Heavily focuses on workers rights, that we even have an
27:56
eSATA to talk a whole, a whole section dedicated to how an
28:00
Yeah, needs to treat this employee, whether it's paying on
28:03
time, whether it's being the agreed amount for the work that
28:06
they've done and what's even more beautiful, even goes
28:08
further, in fact, it actually encourages you to if you run a
28:11
business to have a business partner and it's amazing, it
28:16
shows you how one should treat his business partner.
28:19
Because you know, they say a lot of people by the way, they want
28:21
the business that they just want to do it alone.
28:23
One man band one-man band and then, you know, things go south
28:27
and you think that is that's quite a lot about why people go
28:29
alone. But why do you think it's Slum
28:30
and specifically a mum mum sajjad encourages us that
28:34
business partners. I I wish I know the answer to
28:39
that. I really don't know.
28:40
This is speaking from, you know, let's say someone who doesn't
28:46
really know the answer why a mom with encourage such a think?
28:50
There's I think, maybe cause he's showing you the importance
28:53
of being involved with someone else you know.
28:56
Because you know the Journey of making money, I don't think
28:59
should be by Of yeah, it should be together.
29:03
So be a pal cause you know, when you are together you can pull
29:05
more resources, you can have more time, you can work double
29:08
double the hours and you know, double that you get double the
29:11
pay double, the road, wherever is, but it shows you that if
29:16
something goes wrong, You got someone, you got someone to hold
29:20
your balance, I think it's but you don't lose by having someone
29:24
else. Like there's no chance of you
29:26
losing your credibility in your dignity.
29:28
So, for example, you the greed is taken into account because,
29:32
you know, you have to share maybe the amount stop trying to
29:34
touch about greed. Yes, there's a lot of people do
29:36
alone because it's, they just want to make the money for
29:39
themselves. That's a very important thing.
29:40
I bought. By the way there are married
29:42
people. Yeah, I have to mention this.
29:44
There are, there are married people where the husband is out
29:48
his work. I think the money works just for
29:51
him. Yeah, I we're gonna get into
29:54
this because I really want to talk about this the concept of
29:57
marriage and finance. Yeah, is a huge discussion to
29:59
have, but just before we get to that, I think it's important
30:02
thing. You mentioned the partnership
30:03
thing which is to me is fascinating subhanallah and I'm
30:05
really glad that yeah business. I'm involved with, I really
30:08
encourage the viewers and listeners to this podcast to
30:11
actually go go online, search Recital Hall and go to the
30:14
employment section and you were down below.
30:16
If you can, if anyone's listening, please put down the
30:19
other hook down in the comments so we can all And will benefit
30:22
inshallah even covers things, for example.
30:24
If you fall in ill health, yeah, and you can no longer, you know,
30:27
go to work, your partner steps in on your behalf.
30:32
It's amazing Jamar together, so many advantages, you think about
30:37
it, so I don't know. And there's an interesting thing
30:40
I wanted to mention before we get to marriage.
30:42
Is when we talk about Islam and business.
30:45
Yeah, I told you this before when we, when we were speaking
30:49
for me personally speaking, I feel like there's so So many
30:52
takeaways in religion which you can apply to your business.
30:55
Yeah. And so many takeaways from
30:57
business which you can apply to religion, what I mean.
31:00
So for example, we talked about greed in Islam, we're taught not
31:04
to be greedy. We're taught not to not to
31:06
indulge in lavish luxuries and so on and so forth.
31:09
Not to be extravagant, applying that to businesses are very
31:11
important thing, having Financial control being money
31:14
minded, when it comes to managing your finances, you then
31:17
apply that to your business. When you for example in Islam
31:19
you've talked to be modest and in the way you show You'll
31:22
wealth you're taught to be honest.
31:25
In the way you deal with people, not cheat, lies land, and so on
31:28
and so forth that greatly helps you in business in business,
31:31
when you're taught, for example, deadlines, you need to meet a
31:35
deadline. Does that not helping Islam when
31:36
you need to meet a deadline for prayer?
31:38
I sense. No.
31:39
What do you say that was? That was the first thing.
31:41
First, you have to keep your customers, our customers, always
31:49
right? They say have to be truthful,
31:51
you have to be truthful. All you have to do, not rip
31:53
people off. Do you know what I mean?
31:55
So like I think there's so many advantages and whether you're
31:58
working a nine-to-five or whether you're running a
31:59
business or both some people have a hybrid, these are
32:03
applicable tools, perhaps that we can apply to both areas of
32:05
our of our life and did a, I fully agree with you and the and
32:09
the points you mentioned. And I interjected interjected
32:12
there for a second and I mentioned being truthful.
32:14
Yeah. Is that?
32:14
Because, you know, we live in a world where, you know, when you
32:17
run your own business, competition is crazy.
32:20
Yeah, and you know, you have to compete With everyone.
32:23
And, you know, sometimes the market is saturated, and
32:24
everyone's fighting over that one pound that one pens just to
32:27
be as competitive for the business as possible.
32:30
And that's when a lot of people start lying and you you sort of
32:36
manipulate, you know, the product and service you're
32:39
giving and you're lying you to customers and clients and this
32:41
is where you're not truthful. And unfortunately we see this a
32:45
lot. Also, the Muslim businesses,
32:48
I've experienced some and If we take, for example, you know,
32:54
during stop this podcast, we mentioned rasool Allah as an
32:57
example. The lumps illallah, Muhammad Ali
32:59
Muhammad, he was known as article.
33:00
I mean, yeah and he was an employee so if we can look up to
33:04
him and try to be a solder and I mean, as him I think we can
33:09
reach reach the stars and honestly, bro, to be to be
33:13
really Frank if the goal for business is to make money and
33:17
that is the end and not a means to the end.
33:21
Then we have an issue. Yeah, because we've not in
33:23
business to make money, we're in business, to make money, to use
33:25
the money feasibly, the low, and obviously, our goal is to uplift
33:29
people around us. Like Absalom, I did and of
33:32
course like say the khadijah's did as well Salam Allahu Allah.
33:35
And of course, the the important thing for us to consider is that
33:38
once that money comes in, even if it's a smaller amount or a
33:41
bigger amount, use it to support others to invest it into other
33:45
projects, other businesses, which are going on and charity.
33:47
Most importantly. And that's something I wanted to
33:49
speak about as well is that, you know, if if you are, you know,
33:53
running your own business. Yeah, you know, the finances.
33:57
I think there's a huge difference between someone
33:59
owning their own business and someone working for someone, you
34:02
know, you might be limited with how much you can earn if you're
34:04
working for, you're working as an employee.
34:07
But if you're working for yourself, the opportunities are
34:10
just endless endless. You know, you have mashallah
34:14
many, many doors open. You just need to find the right
34:16
ones, I'll get into that in just a little bit.
34:18
So I wanted to mention is that if you are making money, yeah,
34:21
you can. Put that money into the
34:23
community. Of course, you know, we lacked,
34:26
we lacked growing up, you know, these workshops and relax.
34:30
You know, these tutors and mentors and people helping us,
34:36
you know going to like which career path do we take about if
34:38
we as business owners can take a small percentage and give
34:44
towards this in the community, I think the community will change
34:47
over. And something also want to
34:50
mention is that a lot of business owners.
34:52
Is have money, they have money best.
34:57
They don't show that they have money.
35:00
Hmm, you can give silently. I do people really just add on
35:05
them to know why do or you know. I I don't want to call and say I
35:10
want to donate this x amount because they're going to do has
35:12
had on me and things that people have this like mentality best.
35:16
If you take that money and you give fisa Bill along the way of
35:19
Allah maybe not for workshops. Maybe someone to give to his
35:21
charity. Yeah.
35:22
If you give God will give you 10 times more and tried and tested.
35:26
It's interesting because now in the Western World being having
35:30
CSR Corporate social responsibility has become
35:32
fashionable. Hmm.
35:33
So for companies, now in the Western World csrs, becoming a
35:36
big deal, in some ways is ethically liable on these
35:39
companies to do that. So, it's interesting as well
35:41
because now, as business owners, we have the opportunity to
35:45
actually publicize it and put the responsibility on us, and
35:48
tell the public that we, as a business support, the orphans or
35:52
in Africa, or in the Middle East, or anywhere else.
35:54
We as a business or supporting homelessness in the UK or
35:57
whatever it is. And when you put yourself out
35:58
there, you can't backtrack, you know what I mean.
36:01
Mama said that Islam has Hadith where he says the key to every
36:06
every everything in Islam, every door in Islam has a key and the
36:09
key to wealth and sustenance is to give charity.
36:12
So if you as a business owner, want to make more money, you
36:15
want to live comfortably, I don't think there's anything
36:16
wrong in living comfortably, give more money, the whole
36:20
concept. So I said I was going to say the
36:22
whole concept of homes which obviously will I'm sure one day
36:25
we can have a discussion on comps because that's like a
36:26
massive one. But the concept of homes is your
36:29
support other people. But you don't understand the
36:31
finance, the economics of Allah. To Allah, we don't understand
36:34
the metrics that Jenna uses and having uses when it comes to
36:38
reward and Amplified my economics and have, she said,
36:41
what I mean, and that giving homes will support us as human
36:45
beings, as Muslims. And, of course, support those in
36:47
need, you know, there was once I heard I can't remember, which
36:49
lecture was was speaking, and he mentioned a very poor was a
36:53
point that just like I was like, wow, it's so true.
36:56
It was like if everyone actually paid there's a cards.
37:00
There would be no hunger, no, on the card goes towards purposes,
37:05
like this. And if anyone paid their fair,
37:07
share They'll be no issues around the world and be a
37:11
charity. Be it.
37:12
You know, what's interesting? And I know I keep saying we need
37:15
to talk about marriage, but I want to I want to say one last
37:18
thing or maybe ask you one last thing.
37:20
Nowadays I'm sure there's a lot of people who are not doing so
37:24
well financially. Yeah and some people were not
37:26
may not be working. Some people may be working but
37:29
struggling to pay bills or even support their families.
37:32
What do you have to say to them? Because I think everyone has
37:36
been through that phase or was going through that phase and The
37:38
stands that there are rocks along with the journey to see
37:41
what I mean. What do you have to say to them
37:43
about trust in God and about, you know, why me in particular,
37:47
but I'm not speaking to anyone else who are fair enough.
37:56
I'll share something, you know. Before getting married.
38:04
My life was completely different to.
38:05
Well, my life is after I got married.
38:07
So you know before I got married I was always worried about no
38:11
worry. People used to worry me saying
38:13
are you sure you want to get married?
38:14
You know, cuz this financial responsibility and then you have
38:18
to pay the rent then you have to, you know, pay the bills.
38:21
And then you know they build your whole and they try scale
38:24
away but no, no one really told you, you know.
38:27
There's a lot as you know, he's right there and I remember
38:32
saying to myself look like I'm having like this personal
38:35
conversation with the last panel, Tyler may be my first
38:37
time, my wife will have this and if she watches this podcast and
38:44
I told God look, I've been told xy's it, but yeah, I grew up
38:51
knowing that you are the provider.
38:54
You are the sustainer. You want that razak.
38:56
You want all of this thing. If I take the step, that means I
39:00
have full to work. and on you and that torkoal was very
39:05
important because the day after minor car, my life changed I'm
39:11
not joking. I couldn't agree more marriage,
39:15
same thing. I think for me as well, hello
39:17
friends, same stories, I have really don't want to get married
39:21
because they feel there. Is this financial burden?
39:24
Yeah, I mean and I encourage someone.
39:27
Yeah, during covid to get married.
39:29
He got married. Now, he's running two
39:31
businesses. By the way, was I, when you have
39:33
this talk, God is telling you, you know, if you are not saying
39:36
were poor Handler, best got the standing.
39:39
You basically, if you are not one off, I will look after you
39:43
of course, very clearly. So if you have that, what
39:46
calling God is going to give it to you.
39:49
Hmm, it's interesting when we talk about tawakkal and the
39:54
concept of trust in Allah the for those who like many of us
39:59
struggle to grasp, what tawakkal is that analogy, which is given
40:03
in many of the rawai odds is along the lines of the bird who
40:07
leaves the nest in the morning to find food to bring back to
40:11
his little baby. Birds but doesn't have
40:13
conviction that there's actually any food to bring back, so they
40:16
leave their kids behind that. Leave the babies in the nest but
40:19
they leave their home that are bowed to find something.
40:22
But they trust in Allah that they will find something to
40:24
bring back and it always do soprano.
40:26
And that is just a small, very basic analogy for us to
40:29
understand that we have to trust in a lot of pain to Allah.
40:31
Whether we are running a business, whether we're employed
40:34
whether we're looking for employment, whether we're
40:35
struggling financially, that if we put in the effort, the work
40:40
and and and And the commitment I lost $1 will provide and the
40:44
same. I think goes to marriage.
40:47
And once you are married, of course, Allah will provide, and
40:49
there will be really hard days. There will be tears.
40:52
There will be struggles. They'll be sacrifices made.
40:54
There will be things that you see.
40:55
Other people, other couples doing what you wish you could
40:57
do. I think all all married couples
40:59
have been or are going through the sort of phase and the
41:02
important thing is to understand that you guys are are in this
41:05
together and it's a joint effort, and I want is I joined
41:10
up. Yeah, that's, that's this.
41:12
Especially this day and age. Yeah.
41:13
And you know, let's say, you know, majority of the time is
41:19
mainly, the guy, the man who's actually do most of the work
41:23
outside of the house. Yeah.
41:24
Best at this day and age there's no problem with your wife
41:28
walking, there's no problem. But would you say that there's a
41:30
bigger responsibility on the mint?
41:33
Aslam Italy responsibility relies on land.
41:35
Correct? Yes but there is no harm and it
41:39
is not Haram. Let's make that clear for the
41:41
wife to go work. I will not 10/10 asking the wife
41:45
to come provide for the house if she does.
41:47
That's amazing and I'm sure a lot of reward about that best.
41:50
She can also go out to work. A lot of people like they
41:52
restrict themselves to like Financial struggle because they
41:56
don't want their wife working so hard on on the country as well.
42:02
The wife can Chuck and she islamically speaking.
42:06
As far as I understand, can keep that money for herself.
42:09
If I'm not mistaken, you have no right to it.
42:12
You have as a husband. No, right, no.
42:14
Right to it. But she has a wife has right to
42:16
the money that you make as a husband currently.
42:18
They could provide that that there's a responsibility upon us
42:21
as men to provide for our families.
42:23
But at the same time, we live in a day and age now where you
42:26
could be earning and you could be taxed, 40% 45% and on top of
42:30
that, you've got council tax on the rise energy bills on the
42:32
rise. Rent on the rise, car payments
42:35
fuel, whatever it is, we all know the story, but, you know,
42:38
and then at the end of the day, you'll struggling.
42:40
So it's a very helpful as a struggle that compromise.
42:43
And, and that teamwork is so important.
42:46
And of course, that's becomes back to community as well.
42:48
Like your community should be supporting.
42:50
You never know what someone in your community is going through
42:52
back your brothers and sisters because if they're running a
42:54
business, buy from them, you know why buy from a mainstream
42:59
designer label when you've got a Muslim brother or sister who's
43:02
got And a clothing line, which you could be some, you're not a
43:05
man. You just mentioned the community
43:06
now. And then start, we mention the
43:08
community. I think it's only fair that we
43:09
re mentioned the community at this point, because we're
43:13
talking about some people having financial difficulties.
43:15
Yes, important, that anyone is facing any hardship, financial
43:18
hardship, some people are married and they're shy to say
43:22
that. I can't provide for the home or
43:25
someone when you is very unmanly.
43:27
For someone to say, I'm not earning a living or be
43:30
considered on man. Yeah, but it's very important.
43:33
That the community is open to this idea that there are people
43:37
struggling and they need to have the door open, Johnny, if I am
43:43
struggling with something this month, maybe next month, I'm not
43:46
struggling. But that one month that they
43:48
can, if I can rely on my community to support support me
43:52
temporarily until I get back into employment, for example,
43:56
that will change so much people's lives.
43:57
And this is how important a community is.
44:00
And I think it's only fair that I can mention the Jewish
44:02
community Hmm, with credit terms with credit to the way that, you
44:08
know, they handle their finances.
44:10
There's one thing that is so good and that's supporting the
44:14
community whether it's a community members supporting
44:17
community business or the business partner Community
44:19
member cyclical. Yeah, it is very rare to find
44:25
anyone from any Jewish Community wherever on the world Canada.
44:29
UK here to see anyone struggling struggling financially, that
44:33
Unity. And I'm not saying they have
44:35
different blessings, but it's the way that the Affairs of
44:38
community or handled that everyone in the community is
44:41
looked after. So in and they have every
44:43
opportunity possible cause they're like, number one when it
44:46
comes to, you know, having the best mentors number one when it
44:50
comes to having the best workshops when it comes to
44:53
finance accounting all Edition which are very important and
44:56
that's something we lacking. I'm not saying we should look up
44:59
to all the communities, I believe we have our own, you
45:02
know. Goods and bad's wherever it is
45:04
beautiful. We can learn, we can learn
45:07
lessons. We can learn from from from
45:08
other communities on how to empower our community.
45:11
I agree, I agree. And in terms of maybe solutions
45:15
from our community. First, I want to say one
45:17
sisters, comment down below. What are your Solutions?
45:20
What do you think we can do? More of, where can we as people
45:23
and as a community support each other and of course, on that
45:26
little bit TV. If you're if you're if you're
45:27
new to the channel to podcast check it out because there's a
45:30
lot of business content on the channel as well and on the
45:32
YouTube. Age and maybe for us kind of
45:35
within the communities there's things which come to mind.
45:37
So I'll talk about in terms of my local Center which I'm very
45:40
grateful for. Hmm, we have a business
45:42
directory, which is incredible. So hundreds of businesses run by
45:47
our community who are in various Fields, tradespeople services.
45:51
So on so forth. Of course, that's an important
45:54
thing. Workshops, you mentioned careers
45:56
fairs, very important exhibitions.
45:59
So, for example, if you're, if you're advertising a product
46:01
invite the public give out freebies, give out.
46:03
Samples and so on and and seavey's.
46:06
So for a big one is a big, big one is support.
46:08
People who didn't see these. How many of you at home are in a
46:12
working World, You released in an industry, you could be in
46:16
anything, you could be in a labor-intensive role and you may
46:19
feel, I don't know if I can help, but if there are people
46:21
who are applying to a role which maybe some of the jewels Back
46:24
Him, support them, help them with their CV, help them get
46:27
interviews hopping at internships.
46:28
This is what we should be doing. And finally as well as I'm going
46:31
to say specifically to those who are Doing well or inshallah have
46:34
the near to do, well, and who will be doing well, in years to
46:36
come find any means possible to back, younger brothers, sisters,
46:41
those who are in their early teenage years, help them
46:44
understand the world of taxes, the world of Finance.
46:46
What is this self-assessment tax return?
46:48
Does anyone know we're taught that from a young age?
46:50
What if I'm earning money on the side because then it affects
46:53
your Halal and Haram. If I money earning money on the
46:55
side that which is not declared, and I'm not declaring that and
46:58
I'm not paying tax on that. Is that moral Ian, a right?
47:01
Is it Halal know you need to pay Tax and as hard as it is just to
47:05
admit and accept it Sergeant, you know, the, you know, the
47:09
finally, talking about taxes. Now, the, you know this, you
47:13
know, when you're on a business, the first question, anyone else
47:15
you is, how do I pay less taxes? Yeah.
47:18
The answer is pay your taxes and you get places but you know you
47:22
can always find legal ways of reducing the amount of tax you
47:26
pay which is all legitimate best.
47:28
Don't focus on. Don't Focus about how to pay
47:30
less just focus on running what caught up.
47:33
Beep. Small of course the affair.
47:34
Yeah, put that foot be smart. Look for the right Roots
47:37
opportunities. And also the last thing I wanted
47:39
to add to the list of recommendations which are which
47:43
I don't know, what will any of them are?
47:45
Good ideas. But grants is a big one.
47:47
How many people in the community can give grants, you know, those
47:50
the commuter I'm from, there's always this one person.
47:53
Yeah, I'm bless him honestly, there he is outstanding since I
47:58
was a kid. Like I remember they'd always
47:59
share emails, really, they'll share these to be like, oh, I
48:03
for one was back in the day before this whole social media
48:05
is black online forums, one of them is to be like, see I see, I
48:09
see let's be a part of the Forum itself not directly as in a, for
48:14
remember being part of the online community.
48:17
So it's to read, like all these people sharing links, contents
48:20
forms, you know, contact this number speak to this person, x
48:23
y, z, and that exist normally only by one individual.
48:27
So you go Community with tens of thousands literally relying on
48:31
like one person sharing All this knowledge.
48:34
Yeah. And the community itself can
48:36
actually like martial law the community or from ticks, all the
48:42
boxes when it comes always room for improvement.
48:43
There's of course and everything.
48:46
Best is amazing to hear this and I hope it's endings.
48:49
Your community becomes an example for the rest of the
48:52
communities. You shall know.
48:53
We can all get a stage Charla. We want to see our communities
48:56
developed, like, you said, a welfare system where we don't
48:58
have to go outside to look for support.
49:00
If someone is struggling with their old age or if they're, you
49:02
know, they're there. Do to whatever and they've lost
49:04
a breadwinner wine. Why rely on The Wider society
49:08
when we can rely on ourselves on our own?
49:10
Hmm. Do you see what I mean?
49:11
There are so many opportunities, you know, we talked about grants
49:14
as well, there are people within the community who can afford to
49:17
invest 1,000, 2,000. 5,000 10,000 pounds into a start-up
49:22
and even just for the sake of, I believe this is a good project,
49:25
A and B, it's a youth from the member of community or even if
49:29
it's not, but it's a member of the community who needs the
49:32
support, and I'm happy too. To be a shareholder.
49:34
I'll make a financial benefit. I'll be I'll get dividends at
49:37
the end of the year, for example, but these are things
49:39
that we can look at as a community and maybe there's a
49:42
way to strategize on it and our Business Leaders out there and
49:44
Charlotte will come together and come up, you know what, I think.
49:47
Well, what will be even more interesting is that, you know, I
49:50
think, if business owners can all get together.
49:53
Yeah, yeah. And they can actually start
49:55
speaking to this young people and, you know, showing them the
49:59
ways given them. Probably the problem is a lot of
50:04
people ask questions and those who are answering the question
50:08
they never show them the only tell them.
50:10
So if we can have people that can actually show us the way,
50:14
they'll be amazing because you know, when you run your own
50:19
business, you know, the the the the opportunities are just like
50:25
you don't really have so much restrictions, then if you are
50:28
working for an employer. Yeah, when it comes to investing
50:33
when it comes to, for example, you know, where you can spend
50:36
your money, you know, how to reduce your taxes, legally, all
50:40
of this, any, if someone can actually teach people, this,
50:43
this is like by the oldest, Honestly, by the way, this is
50:47
not just a problem in our community.
50:49
This is a problem in the world. We're at schools.
50:52
They teach you that you have to By the way, I'm not
50:55
discouraging, despite the way that you have to go to
50:58
university and get a degree and that's the only way you'll earn
51:02
money, but they never teach you real time to teach you how to
51:06
make mine. Yeah.
51:07
Because if they did, they won't have a job because everyone
51:10
everyone be working for themselves.
51:11
I chose Vice weapons listening or watching to not go on YouTube
51:15
and watch people talking nonsense because everyone's a
51:17
financial advisor online by actually seek your own Financial
51:20
legal advice. And look into this.
51:22
I I encourage you to actually work For yourself?
51:25
Absolutely. I think it's been a I think a
51:28
great script. That's interesting if we could
51:30
talk about for a long time. Yeah, you know yeah by the way
51:33
there is so much we can talk about.
51:35
Yeah. And I believe this could be
51:37
maybe part one of my podcast where we can actually extend
51:41
this conversation and actually give some tips and some
51:43
solutions to the listeners and the viewers, it would be nice,
51:47
it would be nice and of course, but let them tell us.
51:49
They need to tell us because of course, this is a lot to share
51:52
and I'm sure Hamid. Yeah.
51:54
Why not wait, where's y'all? We're still on our journey to
51:57
inshallah to success in business.
51:59
We run businesses ourselves and by no means are we experts or,
52:04
you know, like you said financial advisor or anything
52:07
but maybe it's the relatability which you guys are looking for
52:11
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52:12
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