Being Muslim

How to live a meaningful life and succeed in this world and the next. The 'Being Muslim' podcast is all about learning something new, discovering your purpose and motivating yourself to embrace life's challenges. We look at what is taught to us in Islam and explore the wisdom behind it. We also explore key modern concepts and strategies to improve productivity and overall well being in life. *New Episodes Every Friday iA*

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Episodes

What is True Freedom?

A spin on what true freedom means to me from an Islamic perspective.

Nov 16, 2019•5 min

Be Grateful To Them

Micro selfless acts. Learn to get better at spotting them and then thank those who do them for you. Listen to learn more.

Nov 08, 2019•3 min

Fascinating Verse in Surah Ghafir

Guess who makes dua for the believers? Listen to find out.

Oct 10, 2019•3 min

The Cycle of Sin

In this episode, I talk about the “dark side” pull versus the “good side.” Beware of the cycle of sin.

Oct 04, 2019•2 min

A Verse in the Quran & Fake News

The fake news epidemic is a very important one and we should all be concerned about it. In this quick podcast, I talk about the fake news problem and a particular verse in the Quran that stood out to me with regards to this problem.

Sep 27, 2019•5 min

Protect Your Salah

Shaytaan is all out to ruin your salah. You and I need to start treating our daily salah as an asset. Those who have perfected it, understand its value.

Sep 20, 2019•2 min

Do Not Strain Your Eyes on Others Blessings

Comparing yourself to others is a major problem most youth suffer from today. This is mainly due to our changes in lifestyle and the influences of technology. This episode is a quick highlight of this “trap.”

Sep 18, 2019•3 min

Finding Your Purpose - “The Perfect Day” Exercise

In this episode, I talk about an exercise that I use to build clarity on the goals and habits that I want to build into my future life iA. This also helps to build clarity on the vision you set for your life.

Aug 29, 2019•5 min

Finding Your Purpose (An Islamic Perspective) - Part 02

We continue the discussion from our previous episode to understand how we could build meaning into our day to day life.

Aug 22, 2019•4 min

Finding Your Purpose (An Islamic Perspective) - Part 01

What is your purpose in life? What do you want to to achieve in this life? A lot of youth end up being confused and make the wrong decisions. Thankfully for us Muslims, we come with a default purpose.

Aug 15, 2019•6 min

The Quran and Your Comfort Zone?

How is that we love comfort zones? Why is it that we rarely end up challenging these comfort zones? Pushing beyond these comfort zones is where growth lies.

Aug 09, 2019•4 min

Have You Tried Counting Your Blessings?

Shouldn’t this become a routine practice? To think through and ponder over all the different blessings in our lives? Just think about you and your physical body? That alone, subhanallah!

Jul 26, 2019•4 min

Disciplined Consumption of Less

In this age of information overload, we have got caught up in the act of over consuming. But how much of it are we truly absorbing as learning, that we internalize and use to improve ourselves?

Jul 19, 2019•4 min

Benefits of Lowering Your Gaze

The eyes. Subhanallah. What an amazing blessing! Yet, misuse it and it sends you down a spiral of negative effects. In this episode, I talk about how the eyes can trigger feelings with you. Please share if you find this episode insightful.

Jul 11, 2019•5 min

Muslims and Climate Change?

As of today, what is your perspective on climate change? Do you even care about the care climate? Do we need to care about the climate as Muslims? What are you doing to combat climate change or reduce your impact? In this quick episode, I share a few thoughts around the topic. Please share with friends to build awareness so that we may all benefit iA!

Jul 07, 2019•11 min

Deen Life Balance?

Heard of work life balance? What about deen-life balance? Time is limited and often it is natural to get caught up in this routine of activities. Question though is, how much time are we spending preparing ourselves for the hereafter? How would you classify your deen-dunya ratio?

Jun 20, 2019•4 min

Read!

What was the first verse that was revealed? What was the first word of the first verse?

Jun 16, 2019•5 min

A Tip to Deal with Jealousy

We all feel jealous at times. Here’s a tip I use to convert all that negative energy to positivity. Please share this episode with others so we can all benefit.

Jun 06, 2019•4 min

Post Eid Thoughts

One more Ramadan done in your life. What has changed? Sharing few post Ramadan thoughts on this episode.

Jun 06, 2019•6 min

Ramadan Goals - Making Dua a ‘Consistent Habit’

Dua is an extremely important aspect in a Muslims life. I wanted to challenge myself this Ramadan on how I make dua, clearly because I felt there is so much I could improve on. This episode highlights a few thoughts around building a consistent habit in making dua. If you benefitted from this episode, do share it across with family and friends. If you want to share your thoughts on it as well, send us a voice clip using the below link. We would love to hear what you think: https://anchor.fm/bein...

May 20, 2019•6 min

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