I want the same three things you do.
I want to grow with purpose. I want to be as healthy as possible, as wealthy as possible, for as long as possible — without having to obsess about it.
I want my capital to have impact. I want my time, my energy, and my money to shape the world we live in and the world our kids will inherit.
And I want protection — from harm, from greed, from myself. I want advice I can trust, at a price I can afford.
I wanted a system to do this, but it didn't exist. So I'm building it.
I call it Intentional.
Conventional finance made a bet: if you can't measure it precisely, treat it as zero.
The cost of pollution — zero. The damage of predatory lending — zero. The value of a community made healthier, more educated, more resilient — zero. The return on a life shaped by knowledge that someone funded a generation ago — zero.
Not because these things don't matter. Because they're hard to count.
That single assumption is the foundation of modern portfolio theory, and it's wrong. It doesn't produce superior returns. It produces incomplete ones — returns that look good only because someone else is paying the costs your spreadsheet doesn't capture.
The real compromise isn't investing with your values. The real compromise is investing without them — and calling it rational.
When you see the full picture — every cost externalized, every benefit ignored, every ripple across time that conventional finance treats as zero — the math changes. Companies without excessive debt are more resilient. Companies that don't depend on harm for revenue carry less regulatory risk. Capital deployed toward enduring benefit compounds in ways the quarterly report will never show.
The returns you can't see are the ones you can't afford to ignore.
Grow. Impact. Protect.
Grow
Build wealth with intention. Tax optimization that works bracket by bracket — harvesting losses, timing Roth conversions, and capturing every legal advantage. Portfolio construction without bonds, designed for a world where fixed income isn't an option. Fee detection that surfaces every hidden layer. And contribution strategies calibrated to your actual cash flow.
Impact
Invest in what matters. Impact measured across four dimensions — not just exclusions, but the positive contribution of every dollar. Proxy voting that turns individual principles into governance power at scale. Ethical screening at the SEC filing level, not just headline labels. And charitable giving strategies that amplify every dollar from obligation to enduring benefit.
Protect
Defend what you've built. Retirement projections that account for zakat and the absence of bonds — giving you the real number, not the conventional one. Risk management calibrated to your actual capacity and sequence exposure. Scenario modeling that stress-tests life changes before they happen. And estate structures that protect your dependents and transfer wealth with your values intact.
The Ecosystem
Intentional Capital
Invest intentionallyWealth management powered by a team of specialized agents — Tax Optimizer, Values Amplifier, Plan Optimizer, Wealth Forecaster, and more.
Intentional Advisors
Advise intentionallyA network of qualified advisors who share your principles, at a cost that makes sense.
Intentional Giving
Give intentionallyCharity amplification — DAFs, charitable infrastructure, and estate design that transfers wealth with your values intact.
The most precise zakat calculator available. SEC filing-level data across 7,500+ assets. Free and live.
GetMyZakat.com
Give intentionallyComing soonA way for people to request zakat with dignity — closing the loop between those who give and those who need.
Founder
Faheem is an engineer and entrepreneur who built Intentional because the tools he needed didn't exist. The manifesto is his. The thesis is his. The system is what happens when you take both seriously.
Scholar Review
Islamic finance methodology reviewed and guided by Shaykh Umer Khan. Every calculation documented, every source transparent.
Built with rigor. Rooted in Islamic finance.
Designed for everyone who invests with conviction.