التّاجِرُ الصُّدُوقُ الأمِينُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالصِّدِّيقِينَ وَالشُّهَداء
The honest and trustworthy trader will be (on the day of Judgement) with the prophets and the truthful ones and the martyrs (al-Tirmidhi)
Ameenah Advisory is a business and shari’ah consultancy exclusively for Muslim businesswomen and establishments run by Muslim women. Our female experts offer the following services:
training
ABOUT US
Our Director, Myra Hamid, is an Alimah with a Wifaq al-Madaris al-Arabiyyah Pakistan alimiyyah degree. She has further undertaken a rigorous two-year Ifta Specialization (Mufti) Program at Whitethread Institute UK, during which she answered over 1000 questions on a variety of topics in the context of contemporary demands and sensitivities. The topic of her thesis was “Shari'ah Considerations in Online Business- A Step by Step Analysis.” She has been teaching Islamic legal texts for the last fifteen years, and has researched extensively into Islamic family law.
Myra Hamid has a Bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College, New York and a Master’s degree from the University of Maryland, USA. She is an International Coaching Federation (ICF) credentialed Certified Life Coach, a Certified Mentor and Support Group Facilitator, and an experienced Trainer.
She founded and has been heading a UK-registered online institute for Islamic education, self-improvement, and holistic wellness for women for the last eleven years, which grew under her supervision from a modest set-up of six students and one teacher to now include hundreds of students from over twenty countries, and a staff of dozens of teachers and administrators. She also runs multiple successful business ventures and non-profit platforms. She is married with three children. She has lived in the USA, Malaysia, Morocco, the GCC and Pakistan, and works online with clients from around the world.
coaching & mentoring
We offer coaching and mentoring to individuals and teams with the following goals:
Setting up a new business
Expanding an existing business
Planning and launching a passion project
Turning an idea into a profitable venture
Attaining work-life balance
Solving a particular problem or overcoming a specific challenge within an organization
Choosing a suitable career
Improving performance
Team building
Setting up a charitable organization
Setting up a religious institution
Setting up a formal or informal, online or onsite, educational establishment
shari'ah compliance & audit
For Muslim women seeking to ensure that all aspects of their commercial ventures, passion projects, investments or charitable pursuits are in accordance with Divine Law, we offer a complete Shar’iah compliance review and audit of every facet of their work. This includes:
The Product or Service
Sources of Finance
Marketing Strategy and Methods
Organizational Structure and Policies
Logistics & Physical/Online Infrastructure
Internal & External Contracts
All stages of the production process from sourcing of raw materials to packaging
Shari’ah compliant alternatives are recommended in each of these areas where gaps are identified.
training
We conduct workshops for small businesses and other organizations on a variety of topics including:
- Relevant Shari'ah Standards
- Islamic Business Ethics
- Principles of Zakat
- Islamic Commercial Law including rulings pertaining to buying & selling, renting, loans, etc.
Trainings can be customized as per the needs of the clients.
وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا الزَّكَوٰةَ وَمَا تُقَدِّمُوا لِأَنفُسِكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍ تَجِدُوهُ عِندَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ
and establish prayer and give zakat and whatever good deeds you send forth for yourself, you will find them with allah, indeed allah is seeing all that you do
(Surah al-baqarah: 110)
zakat advice & calculation
We offer comprehensive zakat advice and calculation services to individuals and companies after detailed examination of all relevant assets and liabilities, while maintaining strict confidentiality.
shari'ah sensitization for non-muslim businesses
We offer Shari'ah sensitivity trainings to non-Muslim businesses with Muslim employees or Muslim customers, to enable them to better care for their staff and better fulfill the needs of both, hence maximizing productivity and both worker and customer satisfaction.
Ameenah Advisory is a division of Heal Thrive Nurture Pvt. Ltd. UK (Company Number 15867498)
