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Do You Know How to Halal Hustle?

In Episode 2 of the Muslim Money Matters mini-series, brother Adam Taufique breaks things down to the basics! What's the difference between financial literacy and Islamic

Is Your Credit Card Sending You to Hell?

How are Muslims handling money? This new mini-series from the MuslimMatters podcast is all about Muslims, money, and how on earth we're managing it all (or aren't!). From

Shifa Saltagi Safadi and the Formula for Writing Amina Banana

Shifa Saltagi Safadi is back with her latest book, and more writing advice for Muslim authors! How much Islamic rep is too much Islamic rep for kidlit? Do you really need

Stoning the Jamaraat: Naming the True Enemy

Ustadh Justin Parrott explores how the Hajj ritual of stoning the Jamaraat has a deeper spiritual meaning for all of us to internalize and take forward into our lives.

The Golden Age of Islam Won't Save Us (Or Will It?)

Sh Abdullah Mullanee and Zainab bint Younus talk about the necessity of moving on from the nostalgia of the Golden Age of Islam, drawing from its lessons by being creativ

Is Your Charity Paying Influencers?

Where does your dollar go? Mufti Abdullah Nana and Dr Shafi Lodhi talk about the concerning phenomenon of commission-based charity fundraisers in the Muslim community, wh

Ramadan is Not for Your Private Spirituality

Is Ramadan really a time to simply withdraw from the world? When we are fasting while witnessing genocides in across the Muslim world, are we really meant to turn to priv

Faith, Fasting, and Metabolic Wellness with Dr. Saadia Mian

Dr. Saadia Mian covers the medical dos and don'ts of fasting, tips on staying healthy while fasting, and how fasting impacts insulin resistance, fertility, testosterone,

Dropping the Spiritual Baggage: Overcoming Malice Before Ramadan

Ustadh Justin Parrott identifies the rarely-discussed spiritual disease of malice, and shares tips and tricks on letting go of the emotional and spiritual baggage of mali

Guardians of the Tradition: Muslim Women & Islamic Education

Anse Tamara Gray shares her story of accepting Islam and growing into a female scholar, establishing Rabata and launching the new Ribaat University, and the future of wom

What Every New Imam Needs to Know

What does every new Imam need to know about being an imam? What do you do if you're in a small community with minimal resources? How do you manage joining a new community

Should Muslims Ally with Conservatives or Progressives?

In this episode of the MuslimMatters Podcast, Zainab bint Younus speaks to Imam Dawud Walid about the political and cultural pendulum swinging to the right after the left

Muslims, Muslim-ness, and Islam in Politics

Celsabil Hadj-Cherif examines Muslims and Muslimness in politics, failed models of political (dis)engagement, and what it means to bring Islamic ethics into our political

Kosovar Representation, Muslim Kidlit, and What Muslim Books Miss

Amire Hoxha, author of "Amar's Fajr Reward," talks to Zainab bint Younus about writing as a minority within a Muslim minority, trends in Muslim bookselling, and what Musl

How Mamdani Made Khilafa Great Again

Zainab bint Younus, Siraaj Muhammad, and Irtiza Hasan talk all things Mamdani: what his electoral success means for the Muslim community, what Muslims can learn from his

How Fantasy Football Gambling is Destroying Muslim Men

Omar Usman tackles the topic of sports gambling amongst Muslim men and how it has quietly become a common vice in our community.

A Riba-Free Future: How Debt-Free Education Can Strengthen the Muslim Ummah

Faizan Syed of A Continuous Charity talks to Zainab bint Younus about what ACC can do for Muslims seeking riba-free higher education in the West, and what that means for

The Power of Du'a: A Game Changer

Aliyah Umm Raiyaan and Zainab bint Younus talk about Aliyah's book "The Power of Du'a," developing a personal relationship with Allah, and how du'a can literally change y

A Belated Ramadan Mubarak

Irtiza Hasan and Zainab bint Younus share a (belated) Ramadan Mubarak with the MuslimMatters family, sharing their own traditions and reflections on how to spend this Ram

Islam, Decoloniality, and Allamah Iqbal on Revolution

Muhammad Saad Yacoob dismantles the concept of decoloniality, recenters Islamic revolutionary thought, & advises the everyday Muslim.