Monday, November 2, 2026

Remember Abu Productive? Help us bring him back!

November 2nd, 2026 | Read online

Assalamu'alaikum,

Remember these guys? Abu Productive and Abu Unproductive?

Over 15 years ago, we made these short little animations, each one teaching a single productive habit in a funny way: pray Fajr on time, don’t turn Ramadan into an eating contest, budget your money...

SubhanAllah, people loved them and they were watched over six million times from all over the world.

But in 2016 we had to stop…the cost of production was just too high, and our priorities changed as a company.

Today, I’m excited to share that we’ve decided to bring back these animations insha’Allah!

Bring Back the Cartoons →

A few months ago, a husband-and-wife team who run an animation studio in Türkiye reached out and insisted we start making these animations again. They grew up watching Abu Productive themselves and wanted to be part of his return :)

I was hesitant at first because of the costs, but we decided to bring them back with your help - running a crowdfunding campaign on LaunchGood to produce at least 10 new episodes by next Ramadan.

The new animations will be designed in the same spirit as the originals (short, funny, shareable, one lesson at a time) with much richer artwork. And they’ll be free on YouTube forever.

One supporter wrote yesterday: “Those animations were a big part of my revert journey, alhamdulillah. I look forward to their return.” Another said: “I miss these sooo much!!! I used to watch them during Ramadan long back with my cousins ❤ Please bring them back, alhamdulillah; they taught us good lessons.”

That’s exactly why we’re doing this.

We need to raise $12,500 to bring back the first 10 episodes. Can you help?

Support the campaign →

If you can’t give right now, please forward this email or share the campaign page with one friend who grew up on these cartoons. Spreading the word about this campaign will help us a lot.

I sincerely appreciate your support, and I look forward to bringing back these cartoons for a whole new generation.

JazakumAllah khair!

Mohammed Faris
Founder, The Productive Muslim Company
mohammed@productivemuslim.com
ProductiveMuslim.com

P.S. To have new episodes ready for Ramadan, production has to start soon. So we need your support as early as possible, please. Here’s the link to contribute your support: LaunchGood.com/ProductiveMuslimCartoons

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Islamic Law in the News Roundup

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Islamic Law in the News Roundup

November 2, 2026

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS

"Egypt’s Dar Al-Ifta is set to officially launch its global digital fatwa platform, Hasin, in the coming days, offering access to more than 10 million authenticated fatwas and a knowledge base containing over 30 million entries in Islamic sciences and Arabic linguistics."
In Massachusetts, "the City Council will let a business slaughter and butcher chickens on Page Boulevard, after being assured the owner is experienced....'It is Halal, the Muslim tradition of slaughtering the food that we may eat, kind of like kosher' in the Jewish culture."
"Uzbekistan is moving from establishing a legal framework for Islamic finance to the practical introduction of new financial instruments, with a 2026–2030 roadmap outlining five areas of work and 39 measures."

CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW

"A Sharia Court in Jogana [Nigeria] has adjourned a ₦5.25 million lawsuit filed against popular TikTok personality Fatima Tabatul by Muhammad Abdulkadir, who is seeking to recover money he allegedly spent on her following a promise of marriage.
In Pakistan, a recent "joint meeting of religious scholars, spiritual leaders and representatives of different faiths, organised by the National Paigham-e-Aman Committee...reaffirmed the consensus fatwa against suicide attacks, terrorism, extremism and the killing of innocent people."
"A religious controversy has erupted over Bollywood actress Sara Ali Khan's recent visit to the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand [India]. Speaking to ANI, Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, a Bareilly-based cleric and National President of the All India Muslim Jamaat, issued a fatwa terming her temple visit, prayers and rituals as 'impermissible' (najayaz) and 'haram' under Islamic law."
In India, "the Bombay High Court has observed that religious conversion solely for the purpose of marriage cannot be permitted, while affirming an individual’s freedom to change religion."
The Indian Supreme Court "held that conversion to Islam does not automatically make a person a member of a notified Backward Class Muslim community."

UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Harvard/PIL Events:

Workshop: Carina Dreyer. “What Makes a Scholastic Discipline?” Middle East Beyond the Borders, November 2, 2026

Global Events:

Seminar: “Muslim Legal Practitioners in Australia: Identity, Inclusion and the Legal Profession,” Monash University Moot Court, November 12, 2026
Conference: American Society for Legal History Annual Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada, November 12–14, 2026
Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026
Conference: The Institutional Embedding of Shiʿi Imams: Kinship, Caliphs, Courts and Companions (700-900), University of Leiden, January 13–15, 2027
Conference: Rupture or Continuity in Sharīʿa: (De)Colonizing Sharīʿa? International Conference, Centre for Islamic Studies (ISAM), Istanbul, Turkey, June 9–11, 2027

Harvard/PIL Opportunities:

Call for Papers: Con-IH 2027: Transimperial Histories, November 13, 2026

Global Opportunities:

Position Opening: Tenure-track/Tenured Professor of the History of the Modern Middle East, Cornell University, November 15, 2026
Call for Papers: St. Andrews Early Modern Postgraduate Workshop, January 8, 2027