41 Years in America
I came to America in 1986 with two bags and a du’a. Forty-one years later, as an engineer, a business owner, a husband, a father, and a Nana, I wrote down what life taught me, so my family and anyone who finds it useful can learn from it.
A four-book series, plus companion talks.
A life and its lessons: arriving, building a business, family, faith, and fairness.
Coming 2027Educate, earn, keep, grow, protect, pass on: the plan that ties life and money together.
Coming 2027Plain-English money, asset protection, wills, and estate planning.
Coming 2027Every practical tip and rule, organized so you can find it fast.
Coming 2027Use them on your phone or computer. Nothing you type is sent to this website.
For every family, any faith. Your final wishes, who inherits, guardians, and the people who will act for you. Export to Word for your attorney.
Open the worksheet → Islamic Will & Estate WorksheetFuneral and burial instructions first, then wasiyyah and fara’id. Export to Word for your attorney and scholar.
Open the worksheet → Zakat Calculator (Hanafi)For today’s wealth: 401(k)s, stocks, a business, gold, and real estate. Export your results to Excel.
Open the calculator →Free worksheets for the documents every adult needs. Written for California.
Choose who speaks for you in a medical crisis, and say what you want at the end of life. California.
Open the worksheet → Durable Power of Attorney WorksheetChoose who can handle your money and paperwork if you cannot. California.
Open the worksheet → HIPAA Medical Release WorksheetDecide who may talk to your doctors and see your records.
Open the worksheet → Letter of Final WishesA letter to your family: whom to call, what you want, what you want them to know.
Open the letter → Where My Papers & Accounts AreOne list so your executor can find your documents, accounts, bills, and online life.
Open the list →The same careful preparation, with your faith in it. Have a scholar confirm the religious points.
Your agent and your wishes, with prayer, modesty, end-of-life questions to ask your scholar, and what to do after death. California.
Open the worksheet → Islamic Instructions for My Financial AgentA companion to your power of attorney: halal principles, zakat, debts, and charity.
Open the letter → Islamic Letter of Final WishesYour janazah, burial, debts, and the words you want your family to have.
Open the letter →New tools are drafts. The health care directive, power of attorney, HIPAA, final-wishes, and papers worksheets, and the three Islamic companion tools, are being reviewed by an attorney and a scholar. Each one says so on its page. Use them to prepare and think, and have your final documents reviewed before you rely on them.
Please note: these tools are for education and planning. They are not legal, tax, financial, or religious advice, and a worksheet is not a will by itself. Have your final documents prepared or reviewed by a qualified attorney in your state, and religious questions confirmed by a qualified scholar.