“Just day two and I have so much clarity” (real words from your fellow participants)

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March 10th, 2026   |   Read Online Al Salam Alaikum, Yesterday I asked you a question: What would it mean to not just transform your own life, but to help transform the lives of the people around you? Today, before I say anything else, I want to let your fellow participants do the talking. Because sometimes the most powerful thing isn't what I or we say- it's recognizing your own experience in someone else's words. "This workshop has been incredibly helpful in giving me a much-needed opportunity to review where I am now and how to shorten the gap where I want to be in my relationship with Allah (SWT). Before attending, I was feeling overwhelmed and unanchored… I have now come away with actionable and sincere intentions, duas and projects (Alhamdulilah) that will serve me well during Laylatul Qadr." -Hashmi "Just day two of this year's program and I have so much clarity, Alhamdulilah… This is a great reminder of Allah's mercy and generosity in rewarding us for our intentions and efforts rather than our capabilities." -Aisha Umar-Idris "This program really helped me reframe a lot of what I was thinking- to go deeper and make my intentions more centered on pleasing Allah than achieving a fixed outcome. Highly recommended for any Muslim who is struggling with the usual goal-setting paradigm." -Sarmad Nasir "This program is really helpful- I decided to change my life but didn't have a plan. This really helped me do so. May Allah make it easy for all of us." -Sakina "The session made me realize I have a lot of gaps to cover in different areas of life. This helped me become more mindful, set intentions, and plan actions to catch up." -Tanveen Did you see yourself in any of those words? Overwhelmed before. Clarity after. Finally, with a framework that feels Islamic, not just imported from a productivity book. That's what Barakah Culture does. It doesn't just help you to do more. It helps you be more- more present with Allah, more intentional with your energy, more aligned with your fitrah. Now here's what I want you to consider: Every one of these participants went home with a transformation. But most of the people in their lives- their colleagues, their families, their friends, their communities- didn't have access to this framework. What if you became the bridge? The Productive Muslim Certification Program exists for exactly this reason: to equip Muslim professionals with the tools, training, and credentials to bring this work to their own communities- in workplaces, in masajid and community centers, in schools, coaching practices, and beyond. If something in you is stirring- if you're thinking "I want to be the reason someone else has this breakthrough" or "I want to spread beneficial knowledge"- then this conversation is worth having. Book a discovery call with our team and let's explore together whether the Certification is your next right step. Book Your Discovery Call Sincerely, The Productive Muslim Company Contactus@productivemuslim.com ProductiveMuslim.com P.S. Tomorrow I want to talk about something specific- your High Himmah Intention. Because I think it might be pointing you somewhere you haven't fully named yet.   Update your email preferences or unsubscribe here © 2026 The Productive Muslim Company 3824 Cedar Springs Rd #801-8634 Dallas, Texas 75219, United States Powered by beehiiv Terms of Service

ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes carried out by the United States and Israel...a development that is set to shake the foundations of clerical rule in the Islamic Republic." "The executive and the… Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law Blog Read on blog or Reader Islamic Law in the News Roundup March 9, 2026 ISLAMIC LAW IN THE NEWS "Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed in strikes carried out by the United States and Israel...a development that is set to shake the foundations of clerical rule in the Islamic Republic." "The executive and the legislative arms of the Nigerian government have been urged to take concrete steps to end the ambiguity created by the existence of the Sharia Criminal law in some northern states alongside the Common law." The photo essay "Then and Now" examines "life for Afghan women since the 2021 Taliban takeover." For more content and context on the recent developments in Afghanistan, consult our Editor-in-Chief Professor Intisar Rabb's "Resource Roundup: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and Islamic Law. "As part of its digital transformation strategy and efforts to harness artificial intelligence and modern technologies, the Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs [Qatar] has officially launched the 'FatwaTok' application." "The issue of child maintenance after divorce continues to weigh heavily on Malaysia's Muslim community, with persistent reports of fathers failing to fulfill responsibilities clearly mandated by both religion and law." For more content and context on Islamic law in Malaysia, consult our Editor-in-Chief Professor Intisar Rabb's "Legislation and Regulation of Islamic Law in Malaysia" and its appended resource roundup.  CASES, FATWĀS, LEGISLATION ON ISLAMIC LAW "An Islamic court in Indonesia's western Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning" after police "caught the men kissing and hugging, which the court considered a sexual act." In the Philippines, the "Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta' (BDI or House of Religious Opinions) has issued a fatwa (religious edict) declaring that it is impermissible to force a woman to marry her rapist." A "new draft law regulating the profession of adoul (Islamic notary) in Morocco has sparked strong protests within the profession, leading to a planned nationwide strike." "The Taliban's Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Bamyan province has arrested a driver...after repeated warnings for transporting women without a male guardian (mahram, a male relative whom women are religiously allowed to travel with)." In Pakistan, "the Supreme Court's Shariat appellate bench...[has] sought assistance on a government appeal concerning the scope of the president's and governors' powers to grant pardon, remission or suspension of sentences after the enforcement of the qisas and diyat laws." In an unrelated decision, the same bench "issued notices to the federation in an appeal challenging the Federal Shariat Court's (FSC) ruling that declared the quota system un-Islamic." UPCOMING EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES PIL & Harvard Events:  Islamic Law Speaker Series: Ihsan Yilmaz (Deakin University), "Sharia as Informal Law: Lived Experiences of Young Muslims in Western Societies," March 10, 2026 @ 12:30pm Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Cem Turkoz, "An Edifice of Super-Glosses: The Making of an Ottoman Tradition of Natural Philosophy, 1650–1800," March 23, 2026 @ 6:15pm Islamic Law Speaker Series: Sherman Jackson (University of Southern California), "The Islamic Secular," April 7, 2026 @ 12:30pm Workshop: Arabic TEI (Textual Encoding Initiative), April 2–3, 2026 Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Amadu Kunateh, "Footnote to Ghazali: Philosophy Without Falsafa in West African Intellectual Archive," April 6, 2026 @ 6:15pm Roundtable: Knowledge in the Islamic Court, Program in Islamic Law, Harvard Law School, April 16, 2026 Workshop: Middle East Beyond Borders—Djelemory Diabate, "Closing the Sufi Age: Authority, Finality, and Political Theology in Umar al-Futi Tal's Kitab Rimah," April 20, 2026 @ 6:15pm Global Events:  Conference: Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, Amherst, MA, March 19–21, 2026 Conference: Humanities of AI—Intelligence and Imitation: Mind, Mechanism, Mimesis, Johns Hopkins University, April 24–26, 2026 Conference: American Society for Premodern Asia Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 24–27, 2026 Conference: Middle East History and Theory Conference (MEHAT), University of Chicago, May 1–2, 2026 Workshop: The Law and Humanities Workshop for Junior Scholars, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, June 8–9, 2026 Conference: Association for the Study of Law, Culture, and the Humanities Annual Conference, Chicago, June 17–18, 2026 Conference: Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 21–24, 2026 Global Opportunities:  Call for Papers: Kathryn T. Preyer Scholars Program, American Society for Legal History, April 1, 2026 Fellowship: 2026 ARIT Fellowships for Research in Turkey, American Research Institute in Turkey, April 1, 2026 Language School: Persian Language Summer School, Armenian School of Languages and Cultures, Yerevan, Armenia, May 1, 2026 Call for Participation: Digital Medieval Studies Institute, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, May 13, 2026 Position Opening: Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Middle East, Colby College, July 1, 2026  Call for Participation: Digital Medieval Studies Institute, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, July 10, 2026 Comment

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