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Another library chat and it's been a while. This is going to be a very atypical one also a topic is going to be atypical

as you can see I have a guest between home I'm going to introduce in Charlotte just a few minutes after our brief remarks and introduction. Firstly, the usual disclaimers. This is a somewhat advanced library chat in the sense that you need to have an interest in the field of Islamic economics. It would really help if you know the basics. Secondly, this is a library chat and not a fatual Q&A. And what I mean by this is that the purpose of this chat as is usually the case with my other library chats is for you to think for you to explore.

To give information that might be cutting edge might be controversial. The goal really is not necessarily an endorsement but rather the beginning of a conversation. And then the final point in the introduction.

So as you're aware I've said this many many times, you know, I don't view myself to be a specialist in modern Islamic finance and economics. I don't give fat was that you know are outside of the mainstream. I really consider myself to be this is not an area of expertise. You know, those areas that I feel confident.

I'm more than happy to break away from the majority and have a minority opinion and I can defend that opinion. Feel free to agree or disagree.

But when it comes to the field of Buryur of the saw the Islamic economics. You know, I fully am cognizant of my own shortcomings in this regard. I just never had a passion for the field.

I've studied it in the basics way. I've had it. I also had a private teacher. I studied with you know back in the day and you know in Arabia when I was there studying. We went over modern Buryur.

You know, interesting field. And I decided I don't want to specialize. So if you listen to my Q&A, I'm always quoting you.

I'm quoting you the field council. I'm quoting you the mainstream fatawa councils. Most of whom follow a. O. Fee now for those of you that are aware.

There is a counter current of alternative views. And since the beginning of my preaching and teaching people in that counter current have told me that, you know, I should be more aware of this counter current.

There is an alternative side in views. One or two of them have even said that if I were to specialize knowing who I am, they feel I would be more sympathetic to the alternative side of things.

That's their interpretation of my own views. At this stage, I'm simply aware that there's other views out there. And multiple times when I've given my Q&A and fatawa when I've actually given the fat was of the much more alpha or of the Robert Adam or wherever it might be.

The comments are I get emails and and they tell me that you know, sheikh, you know, these, these people with utmost respect to them don't understand various views or they don't understand the modern system or whatever.

And they really try to make a case of the alternative paradigm. As of yet, I have resisted simply because I don't view myself to be qualified to go to that to that level.

Nonetheless, I think it is important that the other side is heard. I think it is important that we understand their arguments for those that are interested.

And then we have the right to agree or disagree or write the right to choose who you're going to make taklida.

And therefore, I had an extensive Q&A on a certain aspect with another sheikh and Dr. Muhammad Faldin, who my really respect and admire and he's a professor at the University of Toronto.

He's transit of the more clever, dramatic, his credentials are mashallah, you know, well known, you can you can read about him and every paper he's written.

I have to say every paper he's ever written that I've read. Honestly, it is a work of arts really. It's just amazing. The erudite, you know, methodology in presenting his arguments, the extensive footnotes.

Mashallah, he's done his research. Dr. Faldin reached out to me and said, basically the same thing that so many other people have said.

And that is, you know, you need to understand the other side. There are issues that perhaps the mainstream don't seem to be seem to be taking to account.

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