Yaqeen Podcast

A narration says that before the Hour a year will pass like a month, a month like a week, a week like a day, and an hour like a burning leaf. Ibn Hajar (rh) gave three reasons for it, and the first was that the barakah of time had been removed. 

Dr. Omar Suleiman on what disappears first when time stops being blessed. Find out what he says the first casualty actually is, and the one thing he guarantees will give time back.

0:00 - When time starts losing barakah
2:43 - A year like a month, an hour like a burning leaf
3:55  - Ibn Hajar (rh)’s first reason: the barakah of time is gone
4:37 - Ibn Hajar’s second reason: time literally shortens
5:25 - Ibn Hajar’s third reason: the abundance of distraction
8:20 - Extravagance, or vehicles replacing the animal altogether
9:54 - The man on the camel getting ahead of everybody
11:35 - The guarantee: Worship expands time
13:45 - What barakah in a day actually means

Six months after 9/11, 25% of Americans said Islam encourages violence more than other religions. 25 years later, that number is 51%.

The hostility did not fade with time. It grew. And it grew in a country where Muslims buried their own dead from that day, where Muslim first responders ran toward the towers, and where a generation has now spent its entire life answering for a crime committed by 19 strangers.

On the 25th anniversary of September 11th, Sh. Omar Suleiman takes the question America asked in 2001 and turns it in the other direction. Why do they hate us? Who taught you to hate?

This khutbah sits with collective blame and what the Qur'an says about it. Allah tells us that no soul carries the burden of another (Surah al-An'am, 6:164). He commands justice even toward people who despise us: “Do not let the hatred of a people lead you away from justice. Be just. That is closer to taqwa.” (Surah al-Ma'idah, 5:8).

For Muslims who have never known an America before the Patriot Act, the watchlist, and the secondary screening line at the airport, this is a khutbah about where the hate actually came from, who has profited from keeping it alive, and why the enemy you were handed may not be your enemy at all.

Should you seek Islamic knowledge? Work for Big Tech? Get involved in politics? Make hijrah? Use AI? 

These are some of the complicated questions that shape the decisions Muslims have to make every day, as students, professionals, parents, community members, and even in their personal worship. 

And answering them starts with reflecting on the foundation of everything we do in life: intention (niyyah). 

After introducing us to the great scholar Imam an-Nawawi (rh), Sh. Mohammad Elshinawy explains what every Muslim must know about intention.

What does it take to really fix a broken heart, relationship, and community? 

Are we making du’a to Allah to fix our lives, while neglecting the actions He wants us to take because they are uncomfortable? 

It’s easy to skip to the conclusion that your situation isn’t fixable. It’s more difficult, but honest, to remember that nothing fixes itself. 

Dr. Omar Suleiman explains the power Allah has given us to work to fix our problems, while always trusting Him with the best outcome. And he reminds us of the true cost of leaving our relationships broken. 

0:00 - The Strangers: Those who fix what others corrupted
3:40 - A powerful statement of Shu’ayb (as) on islah (fixing things)
5:20 - Marriage: If they both want it fixed, Allah gives tawfiq
10:15 - Do you think Allah can free Palestine but can’t change your spouse?
12:30 - Al-Hadi and Al-Jabbar: Allah mends what you can’t 
14:05 - What Umar (ra) on making du’a for rizq
16:30 - The Prophet ﷺ’s 3 du’as and our responsibility
19:30 - Turning to Allah with broken pieces
21:45 - The cost of leaving things broken
24:40 - Closing du’a

He mocked the Prophet ﷺ publicly for years, shouted him down at his dying uncle's bedside, and died a martyr fighting for him. Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah (ra) believed long before he ever came forward, certain he was beyond forgiving. He was turned away once. Find out what his sister said that changed it.

Watch a previous episode of The Firsts to learn more about Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (ra): https://yqn.io/52wq

00:00 - Why the redemption stories get harder from here
02:10 - Who Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah (ra) was
05:33 - The mockery that has an ayah about it
07:08 - The deathbed of Abu Talib
11:21 - "I don't think Muhammad ﷺ will accept me"
14:13 - Umm Salama (ra) intercedes for her brother
17:10 - How Abdullah ibn Abi Umayyah (ra) died
17:55 - The son Umm Salama (ra) raised