Are We Near the Hour? Minor & Major Signs Explained | Sh. Ammar Alshukry & Sh. Kamal El Mekki

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".

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