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The Prophet ﷺ said that 2 hungry wolves let loose on a flock of sheep do less damage than a person's love of fame and wealth does to their deen. Social media now offers both at once, and Dr. Omar Suleiman says that combination is what we should be most worried about. In his first appearance on the AlMaghrib Podcast, Dr. Omar Suleiman sits down with Sh. Ammar AlShukry to talk about worship and sincerity in a world where everything is online. It picks up where his AlMaghrib seminar Behind the Scenes left off. They talk about: Training your soul: if a falcon and a bear can be trained against their nature, so can you. The letter to Allah he had students seal and receive in the mail 3 months later. Why the vulnerability we see online is often the wrong kind. How the algorithm shapes the culture, and why Imam Al-Shafi'i wished none of his knowledge would be credited to him. Ruining a good deed after it's done by wanting people to hear about it. Performing for an audience of One, and asking what's the worst that can happen. Why discipline beats motivation, and why it starts with conquering your sleep. Advice for content creators, and the danger of making money from the algorithm. A du'a of Umar ibn al-Khattab رضي الله عنه for sincerity. "Focus on building character over reputation." Dr. Omar Suleiman's full seminar, Behind the Scenes: The Spiritual Practices of the Best of Generations, is on AlMaghrib Online. It covers the quality of your salah and dhikr, breaking habits like the pull of likes and follows, and purifying the soul. 👉 https://www.almaghrib.online/bts/ Every episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast is free, and it stays that way because of people who support the studio. If this conversation helped you, help us keep making more like it. 👉 https://almaghrib.org/powerthestudio Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:41 Why Behind the Scenes was his first AlMaghrib seminar 4:53 If you can train a falcon, you can train your soul 8:47 The letter to Allah sealed for 3 months 10:19 The wrong kind of vulnerability 12:32 How the algorithm shapes our culture 16:03 Wanting your good deeds to be heard about 20:06 2 hungry wolves: the love of fame and wealth 25:26 Performing for an audience of One 27:42 What's the worst that can happen? 31:21 Motivation vs discipline 33:07 Discipline your time, starting with sleep 36:46 How much sleep is healthy? 38:50 Advice for content creators 41:01 Accountability and the Surah Al-Baqarah challenge 45:30 The danger of monetization 47:41 A du'a for sincerity 49:02 Masjid uncles and critics 52:46 A hint about next Ramadan's series Book mentioned: Mukhtasar Minhaj al-Qasidin by Ibn Qudamah. Guest: Dr. Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an AlMaghrib instructor. His first AlMaghrib seminar, Behind the Scenes, focused on the spiritual practices of the Salaf. 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. SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/@AlMaghribInstituteTV?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT THE STUDIO https://almaghrib.org/powerthestudio FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/almaghribworld/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almaghribworld Website: https://www.almaghrib.org/ #Sincerity #Ikhlas #AlMaghribPodcast #OmarSuleiman #AmmarAlshukry

Ustadh Hisham Abu Yusuf spent 7 years as a university chaplain sitting with students through anxiety, depression and doubt. One thread kept coming up. They didn't really know Allah. "The root of all pain is distance from Allah," he says, "and the root of all dysfunction is not truly knowing Him." Sh. Ammar AlShukry chose the names of Allah for his very first AlMaghrib class and has taught it in around 30 cities since. In this episode, the 2 of them talk about how the names of Allah change the way you see your life and the way you make du'a. They talk about: Christian students: what happened when Ustadh Hisham told a table of Christian students "we have a name for that". Names in the Quran: why the names at the end of a verse are often the point of the verse. Surah Al-Buruj: how the surah uses Allah's names to help believers make sense of a genocide, and why it ends on a Quran no one can touch. Their own names: Sh. Ammar keeps returning to Ash-Shakur, and Ustadh Hisham to Al-Latif and Al-Hayy Al-Qayyum. Surah Maryam: why Ar-Rahman appears 16 times in one surah. Atheism: how a wrong image of God leads people to it, and what to teach our children instead. "If you know who the Commander is, the commands become easy." Sh. Ammar's full course on the names of Allah, His Majesty, is on AlMaghrib Online. It teaches who you are calling on and how to call on Him. 👉 https://almaghrib.online/majesty Every episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast is free, and it stays that way because of people who support the studio. If this conversation helped you, help us keep making more like it. 👉 https://almaghrib.org/powerthestudio Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:06 How each of them started teaching the names of Allah 7:05 "We have a name for that" 10:07 What happens when people meet Allah through His names 16:34 Why the names at the end of a verse matter 17:27 Surah Al-Buruj and making sense of suffering 26:10 They can't touch the Quran 27:43 Their go-to names: Al-Hayy Al-Qayyum and Al-Latif 31:32 Why Ar-Rahman appears 16 times in Surah Maryam 34:43 Ash-Shakur: so much for so little 38:30 "I know Allah, and you don't" 41:15 How a wrong image of God leads to atheism 45:11 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Book mentioned: Ma'a Allah by Sh. Salman al-Awdah. 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, and the creator of a widely watched YouTube series on the names of Allah. He holds a BA in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University and is a former Muslim Chaplain at the University of Nottingham. SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/@AlMaghribInstituteTV?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT THE STUDIO https://almaghrib.org/powerthestudio FOLLOW ALMAGHRIB INSTITUTE Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/almaghribworld/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/almaghribworld Website: https://www.almaghrib.org/ #NamesOfAllah #Allah #AlMaghribPodcast #HishamAbuYusuf #AmmarAlshukry

Sh. Yaser Birjas has couples coming to him 2 weeks after the wedding talking about divorce.In his first appearance on the AlMaghrib Podcast, Sh. Yaser sits down with Sh. Ammar AlShukry to answer the questions he has been asked most in over 20 years of teaching and counseling on love and marriage. He starts by challenging the question everyone asks first. You shouldn't be chasing a happy marriage. Happiness isn't a goal you reach. It's the reward for contentment, and the objective Allah gives for marriage in the Quran is sakinah: peace and tranquility with your spouse.Together, they cover:Fights. Why most couple fights come down to "you're disturbing my peace".Love languages. The 5 love languages, and where each one shows up in the Sunnah.Single lifestyle. Getting married but still wanting to live single.Social media. What it is doing inside our marriages, even in our bedrooms.Intercultural marriage. Interracial and intercultural marriage, and why the future of the community is in its diversity.Parents. How much say they should have in who you marry, and when families should start the conversation.Gender roles. What the Quran and Sunnah define and what is culture.Money. Who pays when she earns more than he does.Searching. Why finding a spouse has become so exhausting, and how to get out of the "browsing cycle"."You follow the rules Allah put, you will have a successful marriage. You want to make it happy, that's on you."Chapters 0:00 Intro 2:36 Why a happy marriage is the wrong goal 5:53 The real objective of marriage: sakinah 7:29 Why couples fight: you're disturbing my peace 8:40 The 5 love languages in the Sunnah 11:16 Married but still living single 12:09 Love them on their terms 16:07 Make it or break it: now it's 6 months 18:10 How social media is hollowing out marriages 20:15 Interracial and intercultural marriage 24:13 How much say should parents have? 27:00 Start the marriage conversation early 32:56 Gender roles in Islam: what's divine and what's culture 37:08 Who pays when she earns more? 42:45 Why finding a spouse feels so exhausting 47:41 Keep it simpleBooks mentioned: The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman, and The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman.Guest: Sh. Yaser Birjas is a senior instructor at AlMaghrib and the imam at Valley Ranch Islamic Center. For over 20 years he has taught and counseled on love and marriage. His AlMaghrib courses include The Fiqh of Love, Love Notes and Protect This House.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.#Marriage #IslamicMarriage #AlMaghribPodcast #YaserBirjas #AmmarAlshukryEvery episode of the AlMaghrib Podcast is free, and it stays that way because of people who support the studio. If this conversation helped you, help us keep making more like it.👉 https://almaghrib.org/powerthestudio

⚠️ This episode discusses postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, harm to children and suicide. It may be triggering for some viewers. Viewer discretion is advised. If you or someone you love is struggling, support resources are listed below.How do you tell the baby blues from postpartum depression, and when does it become an emergency? Ustadha Sarah Sultan is a licensed professional counselor and an AlMaghrib instructor. She sits down with AlMaghrib host Hafsah Tarar for an honest conversation about maternal mental health. The recent high-profile case of Lindsay Clancy has raised a lot of questions in the community, and this episode tries to answer them with care.They cover the difference between baby blues, which most new mothers go through, postpartum depression, which affects about 1 in 7 mothers, and postpartum psychosis, which is rare and a medical emergency. Ustadha Sarah explains why the burden of noticing usually falls on the husband and family, because the mother often cannot see it herself. She also gives practical ways spouses and friends can rebuild the village new mothers used to have.From there they turn to the questions mothers are often afraid to ask. Do intrusive thoughts make you a bad mother? How do you tell waswasa from intrusive thoughts and from psychosis? Does needing therapy or medication mean your iman is weak? And what does worship look like when you have a newborn?"The state of your heart can be very different from the state of your brain."—If you want to keep going with Ustadha Sarah, her course Grounded draws on the stories of the prophets, the Seerah and psychology to help you work through grief, anxiety, loss and fear. It has 18 hours of on-demand lessons and live Q&As with Ustadha Sarah, and you get lifetime access. Grounded is pay as you can, so cost doesn't have to stand between you and the help.👉 https://almaghrib.online/grounded——Resources988 Suicide & Crisis LifelineCall or text 988https://988lifeline.orgChat: https://988lifeline.org/chatFree help from trained counselors by phone or live online chat, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you or someone you love has thoughts of suicide, call or chat for help.Postpartum Support International (PSI) HelplineCall 800-944-4773Text 800-944-4773 (English) or 971-203-7773 (Spanish)https://www.postpartum.netA nonemergency helpline for support, information, or referrals to mental health professionals during or after pregnancy. Open 7 days a week. Leave a confidential message at any time and a volunteer will call or text you back as soon as possible. PSI also runs online support groups and a weekly Chat with an Expert.National Maternal Mental Health Hotline1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)https://mchb.hrsa.gov/national-maternal-mental-health-hotlineA free, confidential hotline for pregnant and new mothers in English and Spanish, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) HelpLine1-800-950-NAMI (6264)https://nami.org/helpA free, nationwide support service for anyone with questions or concerns about mental health.If you are in immediate danger, call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.Book mentioned: And Baby Makes Three by John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman.Guest: Ustadha Sarah Sultan is a licensed professional counselor, therapist and AlMaghrib instructor.Host: Hafsah Tarar is an AlMaghrib host and the Canada Events Manager at AlMaghrib.#PostpartumDepression #MaternalMentalHealth #AlMaghribPodcast #SarahSultan #LindsayClancy

💰 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