Why Muslims Should Build Businesses
With Sheikh Raha Batts
Why the Ummah needs Muslim entrepreneurs, and the intention and character that turn a business into worship.
- Why one Muslim-owned business can support many families and strengthen the community
- Economic independence: the lesson of the Ansari and the axe
- Building institutions that benefit Muslims after you're gone, not just side hustles
- Correcting your niyyah: the five intentions every Muslim entrepreneur should hold
- The trades of the Salaf and the scholars: blacksmiths, tailors, merchants and a watch repairman
- The traits of the Muslim entrepreneur: excellence, honesty, leniency, paying on time and sadaqah
- Common mistakes: chasing dunya, following trends, ribā, broken promises and neglecting family
- What is the best business for a Muslim?