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💰 Sh. Navaid's new course on money is releasing on Faith Essentials this week. It covers rizq, debt, what to pay first when you can't pay everything, and how to rebuild without shame. Over 40 courses, one membership. 👉 https://faithessentials.online/?utm_source=ytGraduates can't find work, AI is coming for jobs, and every paycheck buys less than the last one. Sh. Navaid Aziz manages endowments and investments, and in his view that is not bad luck. The system is built to keep you poor, and he walks through how a Muslim can get out of it without compromising their deen.In his first appearance on the AlMaghrib Podcast, he sits down with Sh. Ammar AlShukry for a full conversation about money. They cover:- Skills over degrees: These are the 4 skills that matter more than your degree in this job market.-Why saving in dollars loses you money: A sheep the Prophet ﷺ bought 1,400 years ago would cost less gold today.- Gold: How to buy it in a way that is sharia compliant, and whether you can pay with a credit card.- Gambling: Why sports betting is haram, and whether a Pokemon or One Piece mystery box counts.- Qadr and effort: What rizq really means, and where qadr ends and taking the means begins.- Debt: A step by step plan for getting out of credit card debt.- Home: Dual incomes, qawwamah, and why respect at home is earned.- Zakat: Receiving zakat without shame.- Big decisions: Bitcoin, and whether to buy or rent your home.- Waqf: Why endowments could end the 27th night fundraiser for good.His answer on Bitcoin will surprise some people.💰 Sh. Navaid's new course on money is releasing on Faith Essentials this week. It covers rizq, debt, what to pay first when you can't pay everything, and how to rebuild without shame. Over 40 courses, one membership.👉 https://faithessentials.online/?utm_source=ytChapters 0:00 Intro 2:59 Graduates can't find jobs: the skills that actually matter 6:40 Laid off? Where to start 9:16 How to earn money while you sleep 10:47 Why saving in dollars keeps you poor 13:06 Gold: hedge or investment, and how to buy it 19:33 Can you buy gold with a credit card? 22:01 Sports betting and why gambling is haram 31:38 Are trading card mystery boxes gambling? 33:46 Unemployment, qadr and taking the means 37:28 When your new job is beneath what you expected 40:33 Not everyone is an entrepreneur 43:41 Why Muslims don't talk about money 47:43 Sh. Navaid's reading list 50:05 How to get out of credit card debt 54:27 Where to keep your emergency savings 56:43 Dual incomes, qawwamah and respect at home 1:03:36 Receiving zakat without shame 1:05:35 3 things every Muslim should know about money 1:06:36 Is Bitcoin halal? 1:08:25 Should you buy or rent a house? 1:15:22 Waqf and ending the Ramadan fundraiserBooks and videos mentioned: Rich Dad Poor Dad, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Money Master the Game by Tony Robbins, I Will Teach You to Be Rich by Ramit Sethi, Dave Ramsey, and the buy vs rent videos by Ben Felix and Humphrey Yang.Follow Sh. Navaid Aziz on Instagram: @navaid_azizHost: Sh. Ammar AlShukry is a Director and instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center in Houston. He studied Quran, hadith, aqidah, fiqh, and tafsir with teachers across the United States. He is known for courses such as A Mindful Salah, His Majesty, The Names of Allah and the Dhikr series, and for his poetry, collected in his book What the Pen Wrote.Guest: Sh. Navaid Aziz is a graduate of the Faculty of Sharia at the Islamic University of Madinah. He has served as an imam for over 15 years. He manages the waqf for Yaqeen Institute and is chief investment officer at Phi Wallet.#IslamicFinance #Halal #AlMaghribPodcast #NavaidAziz #AmmarAlshukry

40 courses. 500+ lessons. Scholars you already trust, taught in lessons short enough for a commute. Faith Essentials is $95 for the full year until October 5 — that's $7.92 a month! Learn your deen from Dr. Omar Suleiman, Ust. Yasmin Mogahed, Sh. Waleed Basyouni, and more.👉 https://faithessentials.online/?utm_source=ytSh. Ubaydullah Evans has never had social media. He doesn't care about going viral. And that might be exactly why this conversation hits so hard.In this episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast, Sh. Ammar AlShukry sits down with Sh. Ubaydullah Evans, resident scholar at Alim and graduate of Al-Azhar, for a raw and honest conversation about fame, sincerity, and what Shaytan actually wants from people who are trying to do good online.They cover why your reputation is not the same as your standing with the people who matter, how the devil deceives not just ordinary people but scholars and daees, the difference between calling people to Allah and calling people to yourself, why somebody who can tell you the truth about yourself is worth more than a thousand followers, and what it actually means to make Allah your only audience."When the cameras go off, is the fervor for your worship as passionate as it is when the camera's on?"CHAPTERS0:00 Intro1:36 Kids want to be YouTubers now2:56 Visibility should never be the goal5:41 Reputation vs standing with the people who matter7:25 Why choose to chase the bag if you don't have to?10:47 Influencers and the honest merchant13:26 The viral nap post and Imam Shafi'i's wish16:42 Whoever desires fame is a slave to fame17:09 The pellet gun prank: "we're trying to go viral"21:52 What do you actually want from social media?22:51 Calling people to Allah or calling people to yourself26:15 Talbis Iblis: how Shaytan deceives people online27:19 Is it ihsan or is it dunya? The consistency test30:32 Everyone needs someone who refuses to flatter them35:32 Making Allah your only audience37:05 Why bombing on stage is liberating38:17 The 55 minute Eid khutbah

Surah Al-Baqarah has hundreds of subjects in it, so why did the Prophet ﷺ name it after a cow? Ustadh Hisham Abu Yusuf walks Sh. Ammar AlShukry through the whole surah as one structure: the first half is the handover from a nation that failed, the switch of the Qibla in the middle is the transfer of leadership, and the second half is the blueprint for the new ummah. There are no rules until the Qibla changes. Then they come one after the other.Along the way: why the 7 long surahs replace the Torah and Baqarah works as their contents page, why Baqarah and Ali Imran come as a pair, the 2 cow stories and what the golden calf reveals about absorbing the culture around you, the 6 verses aimed at religious leaders who monetised the deen, the "inverted abudiyah" of a people who believed Allah served them, and why Ibrahim's submission is the direct contrast to the cow mindset. The second half covers the verse of righteousness and how its order mirrors the rest of the surah in reverse, Talut, Dawud and the river as the test of permissible distractions, why Ayatul Kursi sits right after the command to spend, and why the longest verse in the Quran is not really about loans.Everyone has a cow. Everyone has a river. Everyone has a Jalut.Chapters0:00 Intro2:03 A gem from Kitab al-Iman: iman is a muscle, not a mood6:39 The structure of the Quran and Baqarah as the contents page12:42 The axis of the surah: the switch of the Qibla14:48 Why the surah was named after the cow17:07 3 responses to revelation and the first commandment19:56 What khalifa actually means22:54 The handover meeting: Bani Israel and the religious elite28:38 The golden calf and absorbing the culture around you36:05 Slaughter the cow: what is your calf?39:49 Inverted abudiyah and the disease in the heart43:58 Ibrahim's submission and the birth of a new ummah48:10 The verse of righteousness and the laws begin51:44 Talut, Dawud, Ayatul Kursi and the cost of building a civilisation56:17 The river: what is your permissible distraction?58:00 Riba, the ayah of loans, and why the surah ends with duaThe book mentioned: An-Naba' al-'Azim by Shaykh Muhammad Abdullah Draz, translated into English as The Qur'an: An Eternal Challenge.Host: Sh. Ammar AlShukry is a Director and instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center in Houston. He studied Quran, hadith, aqidah, fiqh, and tafsir with teachers across the United States. He is known for courses such as A Mindful Salah, His Majesty, The Names of Allah and the Dhikr series, and for his poetry, collected in his book What the Pen Wrote.Guest: Ustadh Hisham Abu Yusuf is a co-founder of Roots Academy and Chair of its Board of Trustees. Roots Academy delivers structured Islamic education to university students and professionals in the UK, Ireland, Canada, the US, Turkey and Australia. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University, having first studied Arabic and the Islamic sciences in the UAE, alongside a BEng in Electrical Engineering and an MSc in Senior Leadership. He is the former Muslim Chaplain at the University of Nottingham and has served as an imam, khatib and teacher for over a decade.-----Share this episode with a friend or family member. It helps the channel grow.#SurahBaqarah #Quran #AlMaghribPodcast #HishamAbuYusuf #AmmarAlshukry

What happens when Islamic scholarship, storytelling and art come together?On the road with Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem, the team sits down to discuss the journey behind the show, from the success of Once Upon a Time in Mecca to creating an entirely new production centered around the stories of Maryam and Isa ﷺ.They explore the role of art in Islamic tradition, the responsibility that comes with telling the stories of the Prophets, and the challenge of creating something that can move Muslims while also introducing non-Muslims to the Islamic understanding of Jesus.The team also shares the remarkable story of a Christian woman who attended the show after discovering it through an online ad and was moved to tears by hearing the story of Jesus told through an Islamic lens.This is a conversation about knowledge, art, da'wah and what may be the beginning of an entirely new genre of Islamic storytelling.Once Upon a Time in JerusalemFind upcoming shows and learn more at almaghrib.org/jerusalemChapters00:00 “I’ve Never Heard Jesus Like This”00:53 Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem01:43 How Once Upon a Time in Mecca Began10:00 Building the Team & Finding Their Sound18:00 Turning Islamic History Into Art20:00 Does Art Have a Place in Islam?25:00 From Entertainment to Purpose35:17 Creating Once Upon a Time in Jerusalem37:05 How a Theatre Production Is Actually Built41:50 Taking the Story of Isa ﷺ to Churches42:15 The Christian Woman Who Was Moved to Tears44:33 Why Don’t Muslims Cry for Isa ﷺ?45:13 Why Maryam Is Central to the Story45:40 The Story Behind “Dedicate”49:33 Why Great Art Takes Time51:30 Reimagining Maryam Under the Palm Tree52:53 Bringing Qur’an Into the Show54:35 Creating an Experience Beyond the Masjid57:35 Did They Just Create a New Genre?58:02 Islam, Muslims & the Arts1:00:52 Creating a New Generation of Muslim Artists1:02:25 How Muslim Art Has Changed1:04:20 Where Jerusalem Goes NextSUBSCRIBEhttps://www.youtube.com/@AlMaghribInstituteTV?sub_confirmation=1FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTEInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/almaghribworld/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almaghribworldWebsite: https://www.almaghrib.org/

Global warming doesn't just mean warmer days. Dr Zaid Abidwahid is a glaciologist with a PhD in environmental studies, a field where you rarely find Muslim voices, and what he has seen on the ice is not what most people think is happening.In this episode we get into why the term "carbon footprint" was invented and who invented it, why blaming the individual was always the point, what AI data centres are quietly doing to our drinking water, and why Pakistan holds more ice than almost anywhere on earth outside the Arctic. We also ask the question nobody in the community seems to be asking: why have you never heard a khutbah about any of this?This is not a doom episode. It ends where it should, with what Islam already told us about israf, about amanah, and about the man who plants a sapling even as the world ends.#ClimateChange #Islam #AlMaghribSUBSCRIBEhttps://www.youtube.com/@AlMaghribInstituteTV?sub_confirmation=1FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTEInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/almaghribworld/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almaghribworldWebsite: https://www.almaghrib.org/

In this episode Shaykh Ammar AlShukry sits down with Imam Ammar Shahin to talk about dreams, what they mean, and what happens when someone interprets one wrongly. Imam Ammar spent around ten years interpreting dreams for people before he walked away from it entirely, and in this conversation he explains exactly why.We get into the three categories the Prophet ﷺ divided dreams into, how to tell a true dream from a nightmare from your own nafs talking back to you, why a good dream is one part of forty six parts of prophethood, and how symbolism actually works so that the same image can mean two completely different things for two different people. Imam Ammar also takes apart the dream dictionaries sold under Ibn Sirin's name, most of which he never wrote, and explains why looking your dream up in a book is the fastest way to be misled.Then there are the stories. A man whose father appeared to him locked outside a garden, and the debt that was keeping him there. Ibn Sirin interpreting the falling moon and seven stars as his own death eight days before it happened. His wife interpreting a stranger's dream in his absence and what it cost that man. And the dream Imam Ammar interpreted for someone who did not believe he could do it, which ended in a way he has never stopped carrying.If you have ever woken up shaken by something and wondered whether it meant anything, this episode is for you.If this benefited you, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications. We release new episodes regularly, and subscribing is the single biggest thing you can do to help this reach the people who need it. It costs you nothing and it means everything to us.Share this with someone who needs to hear it.About the speakers: Host, Shaykh Ammar AlShukry, is a Director and instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center in Houston. He studied Quran, hadith, aqidah, fiqh, and tafsir with teachers across the United States. He is known for courses such as "A Mindful Salah", "His Majesty", "The Names of Allah" and "Dhikr" series, and for his poetry, collected in his book, "What the Pen Wrote".Guest, Imam Ammar Shahin, is the imam at the Islamic Center of Davis in California and a co-founder of Zidni Institute. Born in Egypt, he memorized the Quran as a child and went on to earn degrees from Al-Azhar University and the Islamic University of Madinah, with ijazaat in several Islamic sciences. Books alone did not get him to dream interpretation, so he travelled to Egypt to study under a scholar who specialised in it, then to Saudi Arabia to study under another.Almost nobody teaches this subject properly, and the people who do teach it publicly are usually selling something. This is a scholar who learned it from teachers, practised it for a decade, and then asked Allah to take it away from him. That last part is the reason to watch.If this benefited you, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications so you do not miss the next episode. And if there is someone in your life who keeps asking what their dreams mean, send this to them.#Dreams #DreamInterpretation #AlMaghribSUBSCRIBE   / @almaghribinstitutetv  FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTEInstagram:   / almaghribworld  Facebook:   / almaghribworld  Website: https://www.almaghrib.org/

In this episode Shaykh Ammar Shahin sits down with Shaykh Ammar Alshukry to talk about the evil eye, hasad, and ruqya, and what he has seen in years of working with people who came to him after the hospitals had nothing left to offer. He shares cases he has treated, the mistakes people make when they go looking for help, and the harm caused by so-called healers who are anything but.We get into why the evil eye is not superstition but something the Prophet ﷺ warned us about directly, how envy works, what the real signs look like, why so much of this now travels through social media, and the protection every Muslim should be making a habit. Shaykh Ammar also speaks openly about what the evil eye has cost him personally, including things he has never shared publicly before.This is a heavy conversation and an honest one. If you have ever wondered whether something in your life had a cause you could not see, this episode is for you.If this benefited you, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications. We release new episodes regularly, and subscribing is the single biggest thing you can do to help this reach the people who need it. It costs you nothing and it means everything to us.Share this with someone who needs to hear it.About the speakers:Host, Shaykh Ammar AlShukry, is a Director and instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center in Houston. He studied Quran, hadith, aqidah, fiqh, and tafsir with teachers across the United States. He is known for courses such as "A Mindful Salah", "His Majesty", "The Names of Allah" and "Dhikr" series, and for his poetry, collected in his book, "What the Pen Wrote".Guest, Imam Ammar Shahin, is the imam at the Islamic Center of Davis in California and a co-founder of Zidni Institute. Born in Egypt, he memorized the Quran as a child and went on to earn degrees from Al-Azhar University and the Islamic University of Madinah, with ijazaat in several Islamic sciences. He has spent more than twenty years studying and practicing ruqya, with a focus on the unseen and the world of the jinn.Twenty years of working directly with cases of evil eye, hasad and jinn is what you are hearing in this conversation. Very few people are qualified to speak on this subject. Fewer still are willing to speak about it this openly.If this benefited you, subscribe to the channel and turn on notifications so you do not miss the next episode. And if you know someone struggling with something they cannot explain, send this to them.#EvilEye #Ruqya #AlMaghribSUBSCRIBE   / @almaghribinstitutetv  FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTEInstagram:   / almaghribworld  Facebook:   / almaghribworld  Website: https://www.almaghrib.org/RUQYAH E-BOOK FROM IMAM AMMAR SHAHIN:https://almaghrib.org/ruqyah

🔔 Can Jinn really possess human beings? How do you know if you've been afflicted by magic? In this episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast, Shaykh ‪@AmmarAlShukry‬ (AlMaghrib Instructor & Director) sits down with Imam ‪@ImamAmmarShahin‬ has seen things most people never will. He explains how magic actually works, how to tell jinn possession apart from mental illness, and why most people should fear envy and the evil eye far more than black magic.He walks through real cases from two decades of work: the amulet meant to bind a couple that caused miscarriages instead, the soap talisman that brought death into a family, the truck driver who could not sleep in his own home, and the non-Muslim who was healed by the Quran and later moved to Medina. He also breaks down the world of the jinn, their tribes and their ranks, the Qareen assigned to each of us, what really goes on inside yoga and Reiki, and the daily protection that keeps the shayateen away.---About the speakers:Host, Shaykh Ammar AlShukry, is a Director and instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Clear Lake Islamic Center in Houston. He studied Quran, hadith, aqidah, fiqh, and tafsir with teachers across the United States. He is known for courses such as 'A Mindful Salah', 'His Majesty', 'The Names of Allah' and 'Dhikr' series, and for his poetry, collected in his book, 'What the Pen Wrote'.Guest, Imam Ammar Shahin, is the imam at the Islamic Center of Davis in California and a co-founder of Zidni Institute. Born in Egypt, he memorized the Quran as a child and went on to earn degrees from Al-Azhar University and the Islamic University of Madinah, with ijazaat in several Islamic sciences. He has spent more than twenty years studying and practicing ruqya, with a focus on the unseen and the world of the jinn.--- About AlMaghrib: AlMaghrib is a nonprofit Islamic education organization founded in 2002 and based in Houston, Texas. It offers university-style seminars, online and on-demand courses, and a full Quran program for English speaking communities, and has taught hundreds of thousands of students across more than 45 cities worldwide. Its curriculum spans belief, worship, seerah, tafsir, hadith, personal development, and mental wellbeing.🔔 Subscribe for more from the AlMaghrib Podcast.---⏱️ TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro & Who Is Shaykh Ammar Shaheen02:15 The Cases He'll Never Forget: Possession & Black Magic07:42 Jinn vs Shayateen & the Reality of the Unseen11:32 The Truck Driver, the Jinn's Voice & the Hidden Spell18:39 How Magicians Learn Magic: Dangerous Books & Rituals28:08 Protecting Your Home: Envy, Evil Eye & Black Magic34:00 The Non-Muslim Cured by Ruqya Who Went to Medina38:22 The World of the Jinn: How They Live & Are Created44:52 Sulaiman (AS) & His Control Over the Jinn54:46 How Jinn Live: Marriage, Food & Offspring01:15:33 The Qareen: The Jinn Assigned to You01:31:26 Love Spells, Body Pain & Magic in Objects01:34:58 The Types of Magic: Black, White & Red02:10:18 Protection & Cure: Adhkar, Musk & What Repels Jinn🔔 Subscribe for more episodes of the AlMaghrib Podcast.#AlMaghrib #Ruqya #Jinn #BlackMagic #IslamicPodcast #AmmarShaheen #AmmarAlshukry

What if you could study Shaytan the way a therapist studies a patient, by analyzing his own words in the Quran? Sh. Saad Tasleem joins Sh. Ammar AlShukry to talk about his new book Shaytan, a comprehensive study built from more than ten years of teaching.They get into the psychology of Shaytan, why we were given so few physical descriptions of him, how his attacks are tailored to your specific fears and desires, and the step by step method he uses to move a person from a small slip to something far worse. Along the way there are stories worth hearing, including a thobe shop in Medina that revealed how Shaytan really operates, and honest talk about fame, ego, and why every one of us needs people who will tell us the truth.Sh. Saad teaches Deception with AlMaghrib and his new book 'Shaytan' can be found at AlMaghrib events in your city: https://www.almaghrib.orgChapters0:00 Welcome and the all black book1:04 The Viking vest and when to give fashion advice4:15 Why he waited until 40 to publish6:08 Losing his parents and finishing the book6:47 Why a book on Shaytan8:29 Writing for scholars and everyday readers11:01 The Medina thobe shop and the psychology of Shaytan22:39 Studying Shaytan's own words24:54 Firaun, arrogance, and delusions of grandeur28:03 What does Shaytan actually look like31:40 Why we shouldn't reduce him to horror movies35:01 Israiliyat and sticking to authentic sources36:33 His animosity toward humanity39:30 Favorite traps, waswasa, and Khinzab42:23 The step by step method and how good people fall45:25 When a sin is private and when to get help46:52 Why everyone needs honest advisors49:23 The fitna of fame52:11 You can't wing it: the Yassir Birjas story57:12 The most helpful takeaways59:00 Taking Shaytan as an enemy1:00:45 The biggest takeaway: the isti'adah1:04:29 Where to get the book#Shaytan #SaadTasleem #AlMaghribPodcast #Deception #Islam

In this episode, Shaykh Fahad Tasleem sits down with us to explore one of the most overlooked ideas in our tradition: beauty. We usually treat beauty as a matter of personal taste, something that changes from person to person. But what if that's wrong? What if beauty is objective, woven into the fabric of creation itself, and pointing to something far greater?We talk about why human beings are the only creatures that stop to marvel at a sunset, why a snow-capped mountain can move us to tears, and what that says about who we really are. Shaykh Fahad unpacks how our environment quietly shapes the way we perceive reality, how the modern world has dulled our sense of wonder, and how reconnecting with beauty, in nature, in language, and above all in the Quran, becomes a path back to recognising the Creator.The conversation closes with a story that stays with you: a young man who spent his entire life in Islamic school, who could recite every ruling by heart, yet felt no one had ever truly introduced him to who Allah is, until the door of beauty was opened.A reflective, wide-ranging conversation about wonder, meaning, and the signs placed in plain sight.Guest: Shaykh Fahad Tasleem, research fellow and instructor at Sapience Institute.

For 70 years you were taught to laugh at UFOs, and that wasn't an accident. After WWII, the US saw an explosion of 10,000+ sightings, and what followed was one of the earliest examples of social engineering: a deliberate campaign to make it a cultural stigma to even talk about them. So what's really going on?In this episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast, Sh. Ammar AlShukry sits down with Sh. Fahad Tasleem (research fellow and instructor at Sapiens Institute) to examine the UFO/UAP phenomenon through the lens of the Islamic tradition. They trace the cover-up and its reversal, the 2017 NYT whistleblowers, the House hearings, the rebrand from "UFO" to "UAP," the USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" footage — and then ask the deeper question: what is the best explanation for it all?From testimony as a source of knowledge, to alien abductions, to the "Jinn Hypothesis" and why it may have greater explanatory scope, power, and depth than the extraterrestrial story, this is a conversation about being ready for what comes next, especially if disclosure ever claims that "they" created us.🛸 This is Part 1 — Part 2 drops next week. Subscribe and hit the bell so you don't miss it.⏱️ Chapters (estimated — adjust to the final cut)0:00 The 70-year setup: why you were taught to laugh1:30 Welcome + guest: Sh. Fahad Tasleem (Sapiens Institute)3:30 Amthal: how ridicule was engineered5:30 Post-WWII: 10,000+ sightings across America7:00 Testimony and how you know what you know9:30 1953 Robertson Panel & the 3 tactics of social engineering12:30 The reversal: NYT, whistleblowers, House hearings, UFO → UAP15:00 The USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" case17:00 Declassification, John Mack, and the Zimbabwe schoolchildren19:30 Government reaching out to churches — and Muslim leaders next?21:00 The Jinn Hypothesis: explanatory scope, power, depth23:00 Aliens vs. jinn — and the theological room for both25:00 Evidences from the tradition: abduction, speed, builders & divers28:00 The real objective: deception and turning people from Allah29:30 The dawah angle: real experiences, real conversions31:00 Getting ahead of disclosure (and the "science & Quran" caution)32:30 Inference to the best explanation33:30 Being proactive: closing thoughts🎙️ Guest: Sh. Fahad Tasleem — Sapiens Institute🎙️ Host: Sh. Ammar AlShukrySubscribe for new episodes of the AlMaghrib Podcast.#UFO #UAP #Jinn #AlMaghribPodcast #FahadTasleem

Ever stand for salah and feel… nothing? You're not broken, and that feeling may say more about the state of your brain than the state of your heart. In this episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast, Sh. Ammar AlShukry sits down with Ustadha Sarah Sultan, a licensed mental health counselor, to answer the real questions about focus, emotion, and connection in prayer.They unpack why khushu' looks different for everyone, why chasing a "feeling" in salah is the wrong goal, how grief, anxiety, and depression affect your worship, and what waswasa (and its overlap with OCD) really is, plus practical, therapist-backed tips you can use before your very next prayer.This is a conversation for anyone who has ever felt their prayer go quiet and wondered what to do about it.📿 Want to master the prayer from A to Z? Shaykh Abu Eesa's Divine Link is your complete, on-demand guide to the Fiqh of Salah, every ruling, every scenario, lifetime access. Start here 👉 https://almaghrib.online/salahChapters:0:00 Is it your heart or your brain?0:42 Welcome — focusing on focus in salah2:00 Why disconnection happens: emotion and connection2:55 "You're fine" — khushu' looks different for everyone4:45 The perfectionism trap of Shaytan6:17 When salah was a refuge after losing a loved one10:00 Discipline: forcing the heart to follow the mind11:11 The cognitive triangle — thoughts, actions, emotions12:05 Investing in salah outside of salah13:11 Preparing for prayer like a guest is coming15:02 Don't "steal" from your salah16:15 One thing you can do before every prayer17:55 Grief, trauma, and the survival brain18:50 "I don't understand Arabic" — does it compound the distance?24:01 The value you lose by not being present24:53 Waswasa, OCD, and scrupulosity28:46 The hadith that mirrors modern therapy33:32 Fear of losing iman: guilt vs. shame39:51 Is salah medicine, obligation, or both?44:42 When anxiety or depression gets in the way47:21 Ustadha Sarah's personal tips for khushu'50:04 Scent, location, and grounding your senses53:37 Experiment with your salah — recreate your best prayer🎙️ Guest: Ustadha Sarah Sultan, licensed mental health counselor🎙️ Host: Sh. Ammar AlShukrySubscribe for more honest conversations on faith, the heart, and everyday Islam.#Salah #Khushu #MentalHealthAndFaith #UstadhaSarahSultan #AlMaghribPodcast

He memorized the Quran at 9. Started teaching at 14. Left corporate accounting to build an institution from scratch and in 4 years, produced 40+ huffaz.Imam Hamzah Ghia is the founder of Hamd Institute in Houston, TX, a full-time Quran memorization and Islamic studies program that started with 5 students and now serves hundreds, powered by over 118 volunteers. In this episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast, we sit down with Imam Hamzah to talk about what it actually takes to build an Islamic institution in America: from the rejections, to leaving a stable career, to the moment he said Bismillah and just started.If you've ever felt called to serve your community but didn't know where to begin, this conversation is for you.What we cover:- How a 9-year-old hafiz found his "why" years later through the Seerah- Teaching Quran in 9th grade and never stopping- Balancing a corporate job at Chevron with teaching 5 days a week- Why 9 to 10 organizations rejected his vision before one said yes- Launching Hamd Institute on the Day of Arafah with 5 students and 2 teachers- The mindset shift from "this needs to make financial sense" to tawakkul- Building a team of 118 volunteers through clear roles and ownership- Advice for young Muslims who want to start something that mattersTimestamps: 00:00 Preview 01:08 Meet Imam Hamzah Ghia, founder of Hamd Institute 02:30 Growing up in Houston & memorizing Quran at age 9 03:49 The gap after hifz, finding the "why" through the Seerah 04:06 Starting to teach in 9th grade 07:08 When teaching went from a job to a mission 13:36 Working at Chevron while teaching 5 days a week 16:00 The dream: a full-time Quran program 24:10 Taking the vision to 9 to 10 organizations and being rejected 26:32 Launching Hamd Institute: Day of Arafah, 5 students, Bismillah 30:13 Finances, tawakkul, and the "just start" mindset 34:22 Advice for young Muslims building something from the ground up 38:31 The One Minute Manager & keeping tasks with their owners 43:01 How everyone can contribute, even from home 47:29 Risk tolerance and the entrepreneurial spirit in Islam 50:46 Quran Flow Podcast, the hafiz family journey🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every weekHamd Institute: https://www.hamdinstitute.org/

You’re aware of your wounds. You’ve tried therapy. You’ve made so much du’a. And you still feel stuck.Ustadha Yasmin Mogahed and Ustadha Sarah Sultan go beneath the surface in this conversation. Covering why trauma doesn’t come from the event itself but from not having the tools to process it, why addictions and harmful behaviors won’t stop until you understand the need they’re filling. How childhood wounds quietly show up inside your marriage, and what the first actionable step looks like when awareness alone isn’t enough.Watch Part 1 of their conversation here 👉    • Why You Feel Empty: Overcoming Anxiety & A...  Subscribe for more AlMaghrib Podcast conversations 💜—#YasminMogahed #SarahSultan #AlMaghribPodcast #ChildhoodTrauma #IslamicPsychology #MuslimMarriage #HealingInIslam #MuslimWomen

For centuries, Granada has symbolized the final chapter of Muslim Spain. But what many people don't know is that Islam is experiencing a remarkable revival in Spain today. In this episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast, Sh. Ammar Alshukry sits down with Ust. Hisham Melara in Granada to discuss the rebirth of Islam in Spain, the story behind the first mosque built in Granada after 500 years, the challenges faced by Spanish Muslims, and the growing community of local converts reconnecting with their Islamic heritage. They explore: • The revival of Islam in modern Spain• How Granada's mosque took 23 years to build• The incredible story of funding that came when all hope seemed lost• What it means to be a Spanish Muslim today• The legacy of Al-Andalus and its relevance today• The future of Islam in Spain• A powerful Hajj story that changed everything This is a conversation about faith, perseverance, identity, and the enduring impact of Islam in one of its most historic lands. Subscribe for more conversations from around the Muslim world. #Spain #Granada #AlAndalus #IslamInSpain #MuslimHistory #OmarSuleiman #AlMaghrib #IslamicHistory #MuslimPodcast #GranadaMosque