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- Mutual Funds - benefits, drawbacks, and ruling
- Halal Mutual Funds
- Fixed Income Securities
- IRAs - regular vs brokerage
- Retirement Plans - 401K, 403B, benefits and drawbacks
- How to invest Islamically in above investments
- Zakat on retirement plans

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- Meaning of janazah
- What to do when one is dying
- What to do when one is in a terminal state
- Virtues of visiting the sick
- Environment of the one dying
- Importance of writing a will
- What to do when someone has died

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 3 Chapter 1

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Prayer of Fear
- States of fear
- Different forms of the Prayer of Fear
- Lessons learned from prayer of fear
- Difference of wars in Islam vs. other wars

Jumuah Prayer
- Why the Friday prayer is called "Jumuah" prayer
- Jumuah compared to Eid and Hajj
- Obligation of Jumuah Prayer
- Exceptions of praying Jumuah
- Importance of praying together

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapters 12 and 13

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Jumuah Prayer
- Virtues of Jumuah Prayer
- Ettiquettes of Jumuah
- It's description- conditions and validity

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 13

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- Requirements for choosing the imam according to the Sunnah
- Discussion and definition of the "best reciter."
- What takes precedence: recitation or memorization?
- The importance of knowledge for the Imam

Reference: Al-Umdah by ibn Qudamah Al-Maqdisi
Book 2 Chapter 9

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