This week on the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar– a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast, address the Keys to A Successful Ramadan. To illustrate his point about being ready for Ramadan emotionally and mentally, Imam Azhar asks B.C. Dodge what happens when to much water is added to pancake batter. To which B.C. suggest […]
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Raw Islam 53: Three Ways of Pronouncing Ramadan
This week on the Raw Islam Podcast with Imam Azhar– a 2017 Podcast Award nominated podcast, we talk about the three ways of pronouncing Ramadan – and the three types of Muslims that observe Ramadan. The Imam opens this podcast by giving his salaams to creatures out in space which he knows is a trigger […]
Islamic Faith in Focus 10: Helping the Needy
On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he addresses helping those in need in Islam. The Imam opens the podcast by citing the 177th verse from Al Baqarah in the Quran, which says: “Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is […]
Islamic Faith in Focus 9: Islam and The Hell Fire
On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he addresses death and hell. It states in the Quran that “Indeed the hell fire is the dwelling place of them all. It has seven gates and within each gate there is an appropriate punishment for each inhabitant…” (Hijr: 44) The first gate – Jahannam – […]
Islamic Faith in Focus 8: Islamic Etiquette
On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan, he addresses Islamic etiquette –as in how a Muslim should speak and interact with other people. Using the example of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) the Imam explains that The Prophet didn’t use a lot of extra words, he didn’t talk just to hear his […]
Islamic Faith in Focus 7: Islam and Charity
On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he talks about Islam and Charity, or sadaqah as Muslims call it. Sadaqah, or giving of alms, is one of the five pillars of Islam. But, there are different kind of charity in Islam. The hadith of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) says that “Every […]
