Cyber November | Black Friday Deals

Cyber November | Black Friday Deals

​In 2014, I started Islamic Self Help as a platform to help us improve our productivity the Islamic way.

Alhamdulillah, over the past 8 years, we have benefited 1000s of clients through our products which include over 12+ ebooks and courses.

Some of these are on sale now!

Let’s take a look at the history and stats of some of our leading products that are on sale this week.

Starting with our latest hit: History of Islam online course.

I recorded this course during the lockdown. It took years of research and 10 months of recording to compile.

History of Islam course stats:

– Launched in October 2021
– Over 1400 students enrolled
– 60+ five-star reviews

Grab it on sale here: https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/history1/july

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Islamic Self Help Mega-Bundle

This bundle includes our 10 best ebooks and is currently on sale for only $10 (i.e. $1 an ebook – watta steal!)

Grab the bundle here: https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/selfhelpbundle/cyber22

Some stats about each of these ebooks:

Getting The Barakah: An Islamic Guide to Time Management

– Islamic Self Help’s first Product
– 150+ pages on time management with an Islamic filter
– Over 5000 copies sold worldwide

Best of Creation: An Islamic Self-Confidence Guide

– Our 2nd ebook published in 2014
– Teaches over a dozen ways to improve confidence, overcome fear, and chase your goals
– All taught from an Islamic framework grounded in Tawhid and belief in Qadar

Homeschooling 101:

– Our 3rd ebook
– Launched a movement
– 1000s of homeschooling families began their journey here

Themes of the Quran

– one of our bestselling ebooks
– a summary of the classical work “A Thematic Commentary on the Quran” by al-Ghazali
– thematic focused tafsir made easy

This bundle contains more value than you could ever imagine. For $10, these 10 ebooks will transform your life and supercharge your productivity.

Take advantage of our November sale, grab the full bundle for only $10 here: https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/selfhelpbundle/cyber22

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Workplace Manners

Watch our detailed webinar on workplace manners and etiquettes to learn how to attain barakah in the workplace.

Check out our Cyber November deals below:

10 ebooks for $10 Bundle (2020 bestseller) – https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/selfhelpbundle/cyber22

History of Islam Online Course (2021 + 2022 bestseller) – https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/history1/july

Muslim Golden Age Course – https://courses.islamicselfhelp.com/p/muslim-golden-ages?coupon_code=SAD1

How to Homeschool Online Course – https://courses.islamicselfhelp.com/p/homeschooling?coupon_code=22

Earning Barakah ebook – https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/earnbarakah/OCT

Posted by Ismail Kamdar
Cyber November Sales

Cyber November Sales

We have some amazing specials for November. Some of our best ebooks and online courses are on sale this month. Grab them all below.

10 ebooks for $10 Bundle (2020 bestseller) – https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/selfhelpbundle/cyber22

History of Islam Online Course (2021 + 2022 bestseller) – https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/history1/july

Muslim Golden Age Course – https://courses.islamicselfhelp.com/p/muslim-golden-ages?coupon_code=SAD1

How to Homeschool Online Course – https://courses.islamicselfhelp.com/p/homeschooling?coupon_code=22

Earning Barakah ebook – https://islamicselfhelp.gumroad.com/l/earnbarakah/OCT

Posted by Ismail Kamdar in Books
Take Ownership of Your Choices

Take Ownership of Your Choices

Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying, “A strong believer is better and is more lovable to Allah than a weak believer, and there is good in everyone, (but) cherish that which gives you benefit (in the Hereafter) and seek help from Allah and do not lose heart, and if anything (in the form of trouble) comes to you, don’t say: If I had not done that, it would not have happened so and so, but say: Allah did that what He had ordained to do and your” if” opens the (gate) for the Satan.”

Sahih Muslim 2664

Too many people live off excuses. They make excuses for why their business failed, their marriage failed, or their life sucks. This mindset does not help them in any way. An excuse is just a means of projected responsibility onto someone else. If your failure is the government’s fault, the media’s fault, or society’s fault, then you have an excuse to stay where you are and never advance in life. This mindset is itself a failure and will lead to nothing but more failure.

To succeed at anything, a man must take complete ownership of his choices and their consequences. He must own his decisions, own his mistakes, own his experiences, and own his consequences. It is only when we start taking ownership of these things, we do that we truly grow and mature. Maturity comes from understanding your mistakes and learning from them. Wisdom comes from making mistakes and never repeating the same mistakes. Growth comes from trying new things even if you fail at them. Success lies on the other side of ownership, to succeed you must take full responsibility.

Qadar is not an excuse

Umar ibn al-Khattab reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If you were to rely upon Allah with reliance due to Him, He would provide for you just as He provides for the birds. They go out in the morning with empty stomachs and return full.”

Sunan al-Tirmidhī 2344

You cannot use Qadar as an excuse to sit around and do nothing. Nobody knows their Qadar, so we all need to go out there and do our absolute best. The result for that day is your Qadar for that day. But you do not know your Qadar for tomorrow, so try again tomorrow and give it your best again. Do this, every single day. Taking ownership for your choices means giving it your best, trying your hardest, being your best, and then accepting what God has written for you for that day.

Take ownership every single day for your choices and actions for that day. Analyse your actions, recognize your mistakes. Learn, improve, grow with each move.

Someone who sits around and just cries about his bad luck will never move forward. His own thoughts and self-defeating beliefs will keep him exactly where he is or pull him further down. To be your best, you must change your mindset. You must approach life with responsibility and optimism.

Optimism is part of faith

Abu Huraira reported that the  Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Allah Almighty says: I am as My servants expects of Me. If he thinks good of Me, he will have it. If he thinks evil of Me, he will have it.”

Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 639

A believer must be optimistic. He must think good thoughts about God and hope for the best. A negative attitude towards life is a negative attitude towards the Creator. The believer views everything in his life as part of God’s Plan. He sees the lesson in every mistake, the growth in every trial, and the blessing in every success. The believer takes full responsibility for his own actions but attributes all success to the Creator. This is part of gratitude and living a life of worship.

Anas ibn Malik reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “I am amazed by the believer. Verily, Allah does not decree anything for the believer except what is good for him.”

Musnad Ahmad 12495, Grade: Hasan

Slow and gradual is the surest path to success

Abu Huraira reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Take up good deeds only as much as you are able, for the best deeds are those done regularly even if they are few.”

Sunan Ibn Mājah 4240

There are no guarantees in life besides death. But in business and personal growth, slow and steady tends to win. Too many people look for get-rich-quick schemes and the fastest path to riches. They want shortcuts to good health, piety, and retirement. But life does not work like this. Everything worth having takes a long time and a lot of effort to get hold off.

To be successful at anything, you need to be patient. You need to work hard, piece by piece, every day. You need to be committed to the long run. Your business may not become truly profitable in its first year. Your marriage may not be a dream in the early years. Your children may be difficult to be deal with at certain points in their lives. In every aspect of life, you need to be committed to the long term.

It takes a lot of effort over a long period of time to produce anything great. A great marriage is a result of decades of love and sacrifice. Great children are the result of twenty years of invested parenting. An amazing business is the result of at least a decade of hard work. Even piety is not attained overnight. It takes a lifetime of spiritual growth to become a truly righteous person, and that struggle never ends until we leave this world.

Life is not easy. Embrace that fact. Take responsibility for your actions. Avoid excuses. Be optimistic. And be committed to the long-term in anything that is important to you.

Posted by Ismail Kamdar in Positive Thinking, Productivity
Some Reflections on Dawah, Conversions, and Gatekeeping

Some Reflections on Dawah, Conversions, and Gatekeeping

A new problem that I see among the younger generation of Muslims is that they do NOT want people to convert to Islam UNLESS these people already share the same beliefs and ideas that they do.

It does not help that many of these young people are clinging to liberal ideas, and only want people of similar liberal leanings to be Muslim. But there are other factors here that are baffling.

Until this generation, it was normal for Muslims to be excited if any celebrity, no matter how corrupt, expressed interest in Islam or converted to Islam. This is because we view Islam as a transformative force that could CHANGE that person and make them better.

We now have youngsters who see Islam as an IDENTITY and do not want to share that identity with people they disagree with. So they actively hope that some people DO NOT convert to Islam, because their identity is more important to them than the guidance of humanity.

We need to revive the proper understanding of Dawah and Conversion. We should do Dawah to ALL disbelievers, believing that anyone can change when the light of Islam enters their hearts. We SHOULD be excited when anyone converts to Islam because we are happy that a brother/sister in humanity has discovered the truth and will be transformed by it in shaa Allah.

We should also give converts time to learn to the religion and grow spiritually. A new convert should not be platformed too much, especially on deeper topics. My advice to converts in general is to avoid the public eye for the first few years and to focus instead on learning the religion, purifying the soul, and growing spiritually.

After a few years of transformation and growth, and once faith is firm in the heart and they have firm knowledge, then it may be beneficial to publicly be involved in Dawah and Islamic discussions.

In summary:

1) Islam is for humanity, not only the people you agree with

2) We should be happy when anyone converts to Islam and make dua for them

3) We should see Islam as a transformative force that can change the worst of people into the best of people

4) We should give converts space and time to learn the religion and work on improving their spiritual state, instead of throwing them immediately into the spotlight.

I ask Allah to guide every sincere seeker of truth, to keep every believer firm on the truth, and to soften and guide all our hearts.

Posted by Ismail Kamdar in Islam