Money in Islam
An in depth explanation of what constitutes money in Islam by Sheikh Imran Hosein.
As I sit to answer this I am gripped by a state of unexpected indetermination as what I thought to be a painless task has become rather difficult. Painless because I can simply translate a passage from one of the hundreds of manuals on Sunni creed—where defining Sunnism is a run of a mill standard…
Lecture by Sheikh Imran Hosein at Surau Al Amin, Taman Setapak Indah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 22nd August 2016. This is the second part of the lecture about our money system. [vimeo 179878272 w=640 h=360] Source: vimeo.com
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