Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn

"Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.”

It is with great sadness that Muhammad Jalal’s wife passed away on Wednesday. She had been courageously living with cancer for over three years. She was a soul who remained obedient to her Lord to the very end and never wavered in her iman and goodness. May Allah open the doors of mercy for her and leave her good deeds and service to the ummah as sadaqah jariah for her.

يٰۤاَيَّتُهَا النَّفۡسُ الۡمُطۡمَٮِٕنَّةُ

ارۡجِعِىۡۤ اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرۡضِيَّةً ‏

Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!,

Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.

The Prophet (saw) said:

“The most beloved people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to others.”

Farhat lived this truth. May every act of kindness and dedication to our ummah she performed count as sadaqah jāriyah for her.

We ask Allah (SWT) to envelop her in mercy, to forgive her sins, to make her grave a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and to reunite her with her loved ones in Jannat al-Firdaws, the highest level of Paradise.

"Allahumma ighfir laha, warhamha, wa 'afiha, wa'fu 'anha."

"O Allah, forgive her, have mercy on her, grant her peace, and pardon her."

May her soul find rest, and may we all find strength in the legacy she left behind.

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Help us expand our Muslim media project here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Innā lillāhi wa innā ilayhi rājiʿūn

"Indeed, to Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.”

It is with great sadness that Muhammad Jalal’s wife passed away on Wednesday. She had been courageously living with cancer for over three years. She was a soul who remained obedient to her Lord to the very end and never wavered in her iman and goodness. May Allah open the doors of mercy for her and leave her good deeds and service to the ummah as sadaqah jariah for her.

يٰۤاَيَّتُهَا النَّفۡسُ الۡمُطۡمَٮِٕنَّةُ

ارۡجِعِىۡۤ اِلٰى رَبِّكِ رَاضِيَةً مَّرۡضِيَّةً ‏

Allah will say to the righteous,˺ “O tranquil soul!,

Return to your Lord, well pleased ˹with Him˺ and well pleasing ˹to Him˺.

The Prophet (saw) said:

“The most beloved people to Allah are those who are most beneficial to others.”

Farhat lived this truth. May every act of kindness and dedication to our ummah she performed count as sadaqah jāriyah for her.

We ask Allah (SWT) to envelop her in mercy, to forgive her sins, to make her grave a garden from the gardens of Paradise, and to reunite her with her loved ones in Jannat al-Firdaws, the highest level of Paradise.

"Allahumma ighfir laha, warhamha, wa 'afiha, wa'fu 'anha."

"O Allah, forgive her, have mercy on her, grant her peace, and pardon her."

May her soul find rest, and may we all find strength in the legacy she left behind.

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Help us expand our Muslim media project here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Help us expand our Muslim media project here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

Donate to our charity partner Baitulmaal here:

http://btml.us/thinkingmuslim - Please do remember that charity never reduces our rizq and gives Barakah to our wealth.

Sami Hamdi first came on The Thinking Muslim two years ago on the 28 April 2023. To mark the two years we have brought together some of his choice moments that remind us of our need to fuse faith with thinking and activism.

We all know how difficult it has been for food and essential supplies to reach the beleaguered people of Gaza. This, Insha'Allah, is changing. We have partnered with a charity, Baitulmaal, because now, more than ever, there is a need not only in Gaza but also in Turkish controlled Northern Syria and in all the places we routinely talk about in this program where our ummah is subject to abject poverty. We have chosen this charity because Baitulmaal is a non-profit with people on the ground who organize well-thought-out projects and serve the most needy.

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donate to our charity partner Baitulmaal here:

http://btml.us/thinkingmuslim - Please do remember that charity never reduces our rizq and gives Barakah to our wealth.

Help us expand our Muslim media project here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

The Australian government has announced a general election, including elections to its lower house. Its Labour government has grown tired in office and, particularly important for Muslims, has colluded to enable a genocide in Gaza. In both the UK and America, Muslim and conscientious voices worked together to hold the government to account for what has been the worst crime in decades. Will Australia’s Muslim community build upon its newfound resilience and unity and work with allies to punish those responsible for Gaza at the ballot box.

Today, we have a very special guest. Senator Fatima Payman is a Senator in the Australian upper house for Western Australia. In June 2024, she was the first in her party since 1988 to cross the floor over a vote on Palestine’s statehood. By July, she resigned over the government’s policy on genocide—having been suspended by PM Anthony Albanese. Although Fatima is not up for re-election this time, these coming elections may be another extremely important test for Muslims in the West and their commitment to their ummah and justice.

We all know how difficult it has been for food and essential supplies to reach the beleaguered people of Gaza. This, Insha'Allah, is changing. We have partnered with a charity, Baitulmaal, because now, more than ever, there is a need not only in Gaza but also in Turkish controlled Northern Syria and in all the places we routinely talk about in this program where our ummah is subject to abject poverty. We have chosen this charity because Baitulmaal is a non-profit with people on the ground who organize well-thought-out projects and serve the most needy.

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Help us expand our Muslim media project here: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

It is easy to feel a sense of gloom. The world has come together against us. Some, particularly those who are not tested like the Palestinians, may even have doubts about their Islam – impacting their basic Iman. Some call for compromise with the perpetrators or, worse still, call for normalisation. We explore the concepts and emotions that form the backbone of what it is to be a believer.

Our guest this week is Dr Kamal Abu Zahra is a lecturer in Islamic studies and in Islamic law who has an expertise in the contemporary fiqh.

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

02:20 When will Allah’s help come

09:10 Is it a weakness to ask?

12:00 What is the help Allah?

14:00 Types of victory

16:56 Why does Allah hold back help?

20:12 What are the conditions?

22:30 Are we being punished?

28:40 Gazan iman

32:50 Our ability to act

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Let me remind all viewers that to help us continue to engage critical thought at this time, Please consider becoming a Member: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

The genocide in Gaza has opened up a new world of intellectual exploration for so many of us who have been for too long ignorant of the details. Many of us have had to deconstruct our worldviews and start again, looking at the world through a more critical lens. The impunity with which Israel pursues its ends is genuinely bewildering. How is it that most Western politicians remain uncritical allies of a regime that is eradicating a people from its land through multiple means, including the systematic use of violence?

I met with the eminent Jewish historian Avi Shlaim at the Oxford Middle East Centre. Professor Shlaim has recently authored an uncompromising book on the intent of the Israeli state and her Western backers. Titled Genocide in Gaza, Israel’s long war on the Palestinians - it is probably one of the most lucid historical books I have read on the topic in a while. Today, we want to dip into that history to truly understand the genocidal intent that is sewn into the intellectual fabric of Zionism. In particular, I want to understand the key roles of Britain and America in feeding this settler colonial project and their shared goals.

We all know how difficult it has been for food and essential supplies to reach the beleaguered people of Gaza. This, Insha'Allah, is changing. We have partnered with a charity, Baitulmaal, because now, more than ever, there is a need not only in Gaza but also in Turkish controlled Northern Syria and in all the places we routinely talk about in this program where our ummah is subject to abject poverty. We have chosen this charity because Baitulmaal is a non-profit with people on the ground who organize well-thought-out projects and serve the most needy.

To donate to Baitulmaal's Critical Aid campaign, please visit:

http://btml.us/thinkingmuslim - Please do remember that charity never reduces our risk and gives Barakah to our wealth.

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dear Muslims, we never asked you to ease our suffering with bottles of water or food parcels. You misunderstood Islam when you chose this path. Sadly, you only act with Israel’s approval, as you’ve been unable to lift the ongoing Israeli blockade on Gaza for over 20 days.

You can find Abubaker Abed here:

https://x.com/AbubakerAbedW

Become a member here:

https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Ramadan, support an alternative Muslim media platform rooted in faith, thought, and enlightened activism. Your donation is an investment in Sadaqah Jariyah, bringing you rewards that will last long after this life. Become a monthly member today and be part of The Thinking Muslim’s sacred mission.

Become a member here:

https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/membership

Or give your one-off donation:

https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/donate

Bait ul Maqdis – the sacred precinct in Palestine - is a blessed place in Islam – but today, we have downplayed maybe its centrality to what it means to a believer. From my last conversation with Dr Khalid El-Awaisi – where he controversially said that al Aqsa and these blessed lands have to be more clearly central to our faith and worldview – we want to explore how we practically manifest this nearness to bait al maqdis or Palestine.

Dr Khalid El-Awaisi is from Hebron, Al Khalil, in Palestine. He is a lecturer in the pioneering field of Islamic Jerusalem Studies. He is an Associate Professor of Islamic History at the Social Sciences University of Ankara.

You can find You can find Dr Khalid El- Awaisi here:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/khalid_elawaisi/

X: https://x.com/ElAwaisi

Also, for the past 16 months, we all know how difficult it has been for food and essential supplies to reach the beleaguered people of Gaza. This, Insha'Allah, is changing. We have partnered with a charity, Baitulmaal, because now, more than ever, there is a need not only in Gaza but also in Turkish controlled Northern Syria and in all the places we routinely talk about in this program where our ummah is subject to abject poverty. We have chosen this charity because Baitulmaal is a non-profit with people on the ground who organize well-thought-out projects and serve the most needy.

To donate to Baitulmaal's Critical Aid campaign, please visit:

http://btml.us/thinkingmuslim - Please do remember that charity never reduces our risk and gives Barakah to our wealth.

You can also support The Thinking Muslim through a one-time donation: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/Donate

Listen to the audio version of the podcast:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7vXiAjVFnhNI3T9Gkw636a

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-thinking-muslim/id1471798762

Sign up to Muhammad Jalal's newsletter: https://jalalayn.substack.com

Purchase our Thinking Muslim mug: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com/merch

Find us on:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thinking_muslim

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Thinking-Muslim-Podcast-105790781361490

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thinkingmuslimpodcast/

Telegram: https://t.me/thinkingmuslim

BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/thinkingmuslim.bsky.social

Host: https://twitter.com/jalalayn

Host IG: https://www.instagram.com/jalalayns/

Website Archive: https://www.thinkingmuslim.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.