The Markets of Medina
One classic text, one modern money problem
Nine short courses for everyone, with no finance background and no prerequisites. Each answers one question people already ask about money, with a lesson from the tradition to answer it.
The arc
Earn clean, spend right, leave a legacy
The courses follow the stages of adult money life, in three waves. Buy any course on its own, or take the all-access pass.
Wave 1 · Opening first
Earn clean
Is my income clean? Is my selling honest? Is my debt halal?
Course 1
Money & Meaning
Is my income clean?
Four short lessons on earning and spending with purpose, from why Islam cares how you earn to a practical audit of your own income.
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Course 2
The Honest Merchant
Is my selling honest?
Four short lessons on honest trade, from the Prophet's ﷺ marketplace and the story of Abu Hanifa to selling online and Australian consumer law today.
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Course 3
Debt, Unpacked
Is my debt halal?
Four short lessons on debt, from the prophetic tradition and riba in practice to BNPL, student loans and car finance, and how to get out and stay out.
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Wave 2 · Coming next
Spend right
Am I buying, investing and holding the right way?
Course 4
Buy Well
Am I buying the right way?
Four short lessons on buying with a clear conscience, from what makes a sale valid and your right to walk away to vague deals and Australian consumer law.
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Course 5
Grow: Investing Without Gharar
Am I investing the right way?
Four short lessons on investing with a clear conscience, from what makes an investment halal and how screening works to superannuation and a starter plan.
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Course 6
Crypto, Digital Assets & You
Am I holding the right way?
Four short lessons on crypto and digital assets, from what they actually are and how scholars reason about them to screening coins and platforms and the big open questions.
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Wave 3 · Coming after
Leave a legacy
What do I owe, and what do I leave?
Course 7
Zakat Made Simple
What do I owe?
Four short lessons on zakat, from why it is the third pillar and what counts to a step-by-step calculation on an Australian salary and where it goes.
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Course 8
Wills & Legacy
What do I leave?
Four short lessons on wills and inheritance, from why a will is worship and how the shares work to ongoing charity and making it legal in Australia.
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Course 9
Ibn Khaldun's Rules of Money
Why do prices rise and economies fall?
Four short lessons on Ibn Khaldun, the scholar who explained economics 600 years early, from prices and the cost of living to the tax cycle and what brings economies down.
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$79
Any one course
$129
Any two courses
$399
All-access pass to the whole series
Start with the question you already carry
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