Top Books for Muslim Entrepreneurs: Mindset, Deen, Business Growth

Asalam alalayikum. All right. So, in this video, I'm going to share all the books that benefited me and shaped my

dean, my mindset, and my business through eight years of full-on experience. Because the thing is, before

you start building a million-dollar business, you have to build yourself first. And that starts with knowledge. I

mean, alhamdulillah, I started as a young boy, 16 years old, still going to school, not knowing at all what I was

doing. I was lost in the Western world. Eight years later, I'm running a marketing agency who served over 200

clients, moved to the UAE, and live a life where I can practice my dean and make money online. And if you are a

Muslim entrepreneur or you want to become one, then you have to understand that knowledge isn't optional. It is a

must. And here on this table, I have all the books that helped me to achieve this. And I'm going to share them with

you. You can start building and improving your knowledge right after this video. All right. So before we dive

into the mindset, the habits, and the actual business strategy books that you need in order to achieve your goals in

this dunya, we should not forget where we're even doing it. So the first category is the dean. That's where it

all starts. That's the foundation. And as you can see, I have plenty of books here in front of me. First of all, the

Quran. This is an English translation, the one that I've used the most so far. As you can see, I have a lot of marked

pages right over here. It is one of my favorite translations because it clearly shows the English next to the Arabi. And

you know, one thing that we have to understand as entrepreneurs is that everything that we achieve, that we do,

it comes from Allah subhana wa tala. And that's why I have to cover this. We have to discuss this. And apart from the

Quran, we have different other books about the hadith, the life of the prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi

wasallam. For example, this book, one of my favorites, the sealed nectar, it's about the biography, the s of the

prophet Muhammad wasallam. There's so much that we can learn from that. You know, there are a lot of lessons that we

can get out of it and it's very important for us as entrepreneurs to understand that or this one the 110

hadith and many more like these. And you know, that's the foundation of our life as Muslim is the Quran and the sunnah.

But apart from that, I also recently discovered that there are a lot of books written by Muslims themselves in this

day and age. For example, this one, I just started reading it, The Power of Dua. It's very beautiful. As you can

see, there's even a marker still in it because I just started, but I wanted to keep it inside here. So, also, you can

see how I deal with my books. As you can see, when I open up my books, I mark a lot of things just to make sure that

when I open it after a few years, I can still get the the golden nuggets out of it, and it helps me to stand still for

things I really want to remember. And before we move on, you will notice that throughout this video, I've categorized

all these books. We started with the most important one is the dean. But after this, we have four more

categories, layers, and steps that you will have to go through cuz in the beginning, you will start with some

simple books to understand the foundational principles of business. But then after that, you want to dive

deeper. So hold on, stay with me as we go through all these categories together. Now, the next category are the

books about mindset. Because the first real stepping stone into building your actual business is understanding that

your mind is where it all starts. For me myself, I had to understand and I had to learn that before you can build an

actual business, you must reprogram how you think. And these books that I have here in front of me, for example, the

magic of thinking big or the psychology around money, these are the books that teach you how to take responsibility,

delay gratification, and develop a growth mindset. And the reason why I just have two books in front of me right

here is because I recently moved here to Dubai. All of the books that I used to read in the beginning of my journey,

they're still in the Netherlands. There are so many more books that I could recommend if you're just starting on

your journey, such as No Excuses from Brian Tracy, which is a book that teaches you to take full responsibility

of everything that you do. Or what about one of the most famous books, Think and Grow Rich from Napoleon Hill. These are

a lot of different books that you just have to read, especially in the beginning of your journey in order to

understand that there's more to this life than just the normal system that we see and that we grow up in. Because for

example this book right over here the psychology of money you would think that it's all about investing and about all

of that but it's actually helping you to break the limitations that you have around the 9 to 5 job and the lies that

we are telling ourselves that we are not able to become rich or anything like we have to expand our way of thinking and

adapt a growth mindset in order to achieve success and that's what Islam teaches us as well right Allah subhanaa

t says in the Quran that he will not change the condition of a people until they change what's within themselves so

real change in life comes from within it comes from having the knowledge first adapting the right mindset. And when

talking about putting things into action, we need to talk about the next step, the next category, which is

building habits. In order to improve and achieve things in life, you have to change the way you are living right now

because your daily habits keeping you in the same spot, the same situation as where you are right now. And now, one of

my all-time favorite books is this book from James Clear, Atomic Habits. It is an amazing book that actually helps you

to understand the power of habits, the power of repetition, and how it compounds. You know how daily little

habits can compound onto big big achievements later on. Sometimes we just don't realize it. Eating a few unhealthy

snacks, waking up a little bit later, just saying, "Oh, I will do this tomorrow." These are little excuses that

feel very silly just in the moment. But trust me, on the long term, they make a huge difference. And same story over

here. I actually only got one book here with me in Dubai, but I used to read a lot of them. You have books like Deep

Work from Col Neport, Compound Effect from Darren Hardy, and much more. Because in business, it is all about

speed. It is you versus you. And if your habits are working against you, it will get very very tough because real

improvement and real success and achievement on the long run starts with what you do today. And I mean in Islam,

this is what the whole religion is built upon. Five daily prayers, fasting, the structure routine. Our religion in and

of itself is already built on habits, productivity in and of itself. But by diving a little bit deeper into the

psychology around it and learning about certain tips and tricks can help you to make it a little bit easier. You know,

that's the thing. Consistency and discipline beats motivation all the time. You will experience that in your

business journey. You have these ups and downs, these spikes and dips in your motivation. As soon as you start

building and improving your habits, you won't rely on motivation anymore. You will get up every morning. No matter if

you're motivated, no matter if you are tired or extremely fit, you start to understand that it's about showing up.

And that's just one thing that not a lot of people understand. Habits actually create freedom. A lot of people think,

oh, you limit yourself by setting up a bedtime and limiting yourself from all these other things. But by improving

your habits and choosing for discipline over following your pleasure, you set up the right foundation in order to achieve

success on the long run. And just like our prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam said, the most beloved deeds to

Allah are those that are consistent even if they are small. And that's the core of habit mastery. And it's understanding

that it's in these little things, these little things that you do on a daily basis that will make a difference for

you if you're going to succeed on the long run or not. All right. And so now we are talking. Now we're really getting

into the business. You know, so far we've talked about the dean, the mindset and the habits that you need in order to

then start building on your business. And now let's say you're in the process of setting up your business and you want

to understand the foundational principle and these books that I have in front of me are actually very very powerful. And

one book series that I would recommend to anyone whether you're starting or maybe already in business for a little

bit, it is the series of Alex Hermosi. It is the $100 million leads, $100 million offers, and the new one $100

million modules. These are actually super super powerful and teach you everything about the business principles

and foundation that you need to know in order to scale your business no matter what business you are setting up cuz

these books explain in a very simple way how business actually works from value creation to marketing systems and

leveraging. But these are not the only books. You have a lot of other books such as the lean startup or from zero to

one that actually help you if you're in the process of setting up your business telling you what to focus on the

difference between motion and action you know because especially when we are starting a business I hear this a lot

with Muslims around me they do a lot of things they watch these huge videos they read a lot of books they write their

business plans and everything but this is actually categorized as motion in a lot of these books it feels that you're

doing something but you're not achieving anything because the only way to achieve something is by putting it into action

and these books actually help you to understand the foundation of how to do business and making the right decisions

while you're starting up with your business. Because the thing is you have to understand that you need to learn how

to think as a real business not as an employee. It is something we don't learn at school. It is something you have to

learn by observing by reading the stories of others and also by building a network and people around you that can

help you and especially in the beginning if you don't have a very valuable network. These books literally help you

to read the stories of millionaires, billionaire all for literally $20 per book. That's crazy, right? And once you

master these basics, you can start building on anything cuz the foundational principles of business,

they never change. And now lastly, and this is the category of books that I'm focusing on in the recent years mostly

is the business depth. Because once you understand the business principles, you have the right mindset, you start

building on your business a little bit here and there, you can specialize and master your field. A lot of different

books about systemizing your business, such as the one that I have right over here called Systemmology. It is actually

a business book that literally says here underneath the title, create time, reduce errors, and scale your profits

with proven business system. These are just books that dive deeper into the specific. What about this one? Great

CEOs are lazy. This is actually one of my favorite ones because at some point in business, it's not only about working

hard anymore, but also about working smart. You have to make the right decisions in order to really scale and

build something big. But it's not just about deeper strategies and business in general. You can also dive deeper in,

for example, this book. This is one that I recently bought. It is literally called How to Build a Billiondoll App.

And since me and my team are making the move more into software right now, this is a book that can really help me to

understand the business behind building applications, the way software works in general. And most of the time, these

books are a little bit less famous and known by the public because they dive deeper into specific profession. Maybe

if you are into web design or marketing or videography, you can start reading books a specialist in that field. And

that's what I'm saying, you know, gaining knowledge, it it never stops no matter what stage you are. And we can

find it back in the Quran, the Sunnah that it's so important to keep improving, keep getting knowledge, keep

learning and bettering ourselves because knowledge will help us both in this world and the next. And it's something

that we will never regret. But the most most important thing is to not just read for entertainment, to read for

transformation. The difference between people who succeed, people who stay stuck is that people who succeed, they

read these books and they start applying it right after closing it. They open it, they read pages, they see, they get

inspired, they close it, and they start working. And now if you apply what's in these books with sincerity, your

business won't just grow in profit, it will grow with baraka. And now before we end up this video, comment a book here

down below that was beneficial to you that you maybe haven't seen here in this video so that we can all benefit from

it. And I'll see you in the next one. Assalamu alaykum.