T H E
Islamic Finance
D I P L O M A
A 2-Year Diploma in Islamic Finance
I F A E D U C A T I O N · 2 0 2 6
£1,295/year
T H E
Islamic Finance
D I P L O M A
A 2-Year Diploma in Islamic Finance
I F A E D U C A T I O N · 2 0 2 6
£1,295/year
CORE TOPICS
SPECIALIST INSTRUCTORS
Advancing the Gold Standard in Islamic Finance
W I T H I F A E D U C A T I O N
Taught by Leaders in Islamic Finance
Learn from scholars, industry experts, and thinkers who set the standard and shape the field globally - delivering knowledge with depth, clarity, and amaanah.
Grounded in Knowledge & Reality
Deeply grounded in Shariah with no shortcuts or shallow approvals - taking you from foundational principles to real-world structures and complex instruments of modern finance.
A Vision for the Modern Ummah
This isn’t just about compliance. It’s about restoring balance, reviving principles, and building systems that serve people
- not just profits.
Advancing the
Gold Standard
in Islamic Finance
W I T H I F A E D U C A T I O N
Taught by Leaders
in Islamic Finance
Learn from scholars, industry experts, and thinkers who set the standard and shape the field globally - delivering knowledge with depth, clarity, and amaanah.
Grounded in
Knowledge & Reality
Deeply grounded in Shariah with no shortcuts or shallow approvals - taking you from foundational principles to real-world structures and complex instruments of modern finance.
A Vision for the
Modern Ummah
This isn’t just about compliance. It’s about restoring balance, reviving principles, and building systems that serve people - not just profits.
An Open Invitation
F R O M S H A Y K H D R . S A J I D U M A R
Modern finance touches every part of our lives; our homes, our careers, our education, even aspects of our worship. And yet, despite its reach, it is rarely understood in much depth.
For me, this has always raised a question: how can we, as believers, interact with something so central without grounding ourselves first in the guidance of our tradition, and then engaging honestly with the realities of today’s financial world?
The Prophet ﷺ said:
لَا تَزُولُ قَدَمَا عَبْدٍ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ: عَنْ عُمْرِهِ فِيمَا أَفْنَاهُ، وَعَنْ عِلْمِهِ فِيمَا فَعَلَ، وَعَنْ مَالِهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ اكْتَسَبَهُ وَفِيمَا أَنْفَقَهُ، وَعَنْ جِسْمِهِ فِيمَا أَبْلَاهُ. (رواه الترمذي)
"The feet of the son of Adam will not move on the Day of Judgement until he is asked about four things: his life and how he spent it; his knowledge and how he acted upon it; his wealth - how he earned it and how he spent it; and his body and how he used it." [Al-Tirmidhi]
Two of these questions are about wealth. This alone should make us pause.
Finance is not just about markets or numbers. Rather it's about our standing before Allah!
This diploma has been put together for those who feel this same concern. Whether you are working in finance, law, policy, or business; studying Shariah or economics; building something as an entrepreneur or navigating regulation and policy; or simply someone who looks at the system around us and feels that something isn’t right; this programme has been designed with you in mind inShaAllah.
It is not about credentials or titles. It is about preparing ourselves to deal with wealth in a way that serves people, develops for us a paradise-centric approach to wealth, and most importantly, answers to Allah.
The Islamic Finance Advisory (IFA) was set up as a non-profit to serve this very need. With this programme, my hope is to cultivate individuals who can think deeply, engage meaningfully, and act with amānah (trust) in one of the most consequential areas of our time.
Sajid Ahmed Umar
18th Rabiʿ al-Ākhir 1447
10th October 2025
An Open Invitation
F R O M S H A Y K H D R .
S A J I D U M A R
Modern finance touches every part of our lives; our homes, our careers, our education, even aspects of our worship. And yet, despite its reach, it is rarely understood in much depth.
For me, this has always raised a question: how can we, as believers, interact with something so central without grounding ourselves first in the guidance of our tradition, and then engaging honestly with the realities of today’s financial world?
The Prophet ﷺ said:
لَا تَزُولُ قَدَمَا عَبْدٍ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ حَتَّى يُسْأَلَ عَنْ أَرْبَعٍ: عَنْ عُمْرِهِ فِيمَا أَفْنَاهُ، وَعَنْ عِلْمِهِ فِيمَا فَعَلَ، وَعَنْ مَالِهِ مِنْ أَيْنَ اكْتَسَبَهُ وَفِيمَا أَنْفَقَهُ، وَعَنْ جِسْمِهِ فِيمَا أَبْلَاهُ. (رواه الترمذي)
"The feet of the son of Adam will not move on the Day of Judgement until he is asked about four things: his life and how he spent it; his knowledge and how he acted upon it; his wealth - how he earned it and how he spent it; and his body and how he used it." [Al-Tirmidhi]
Two of these questions are about wealth. This alone should make us pause.
Finance is not just about markets or numbers. Rather it's about our standing before Allah!
This diploma has been put together for those who feel this same concern. Whether you are working in finance, law, policy, or business; studying Shariah or economics; building something as an entrepreneur or navigating regulation and policy; or simply someone who looks at the system around us and feels that something isn’t right; this programme has been designed with you in mind inShaAllah.
It is not about credentials or titles. It is about preparing ourselves to deal with wealth in a way that serves people, develops for us a paradise-centric approach to wealth, and most importantly, answers to Allah.
The Islamic Finance Advisory (IFA) was set up as a non-profit to serve this very need. With this programme, my hope is to cultivate individuals who can think deeply, engage meaningfully, and act with amānah (trust) in one of the most consequential areas of our time.
Sajid Ahmed Umar
18th Rabiʿ al-Ākhir 1447
10th October 2025
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