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Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz

211 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 89 ratings

'Sheikhing it Up with Sheikh Faiyaz' offers unique reflections on spirituality, humanity, justice and contemporary issues from the lens of the Qur'an, the Prophet Muhammad, and his immaculate family.

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Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 30: Not the End, But a New Beginning

April 20, 2023 23:00 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 30: Not the End, But a New Beginning The month of Ramadan is over, but we have the privilege a fresh start and a new beginning. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 29: The Will to Succeed

April 19, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 29: The Will to Succeed The Holy Month of Ramadan is not over, though it is quickly coming to a close. Its important to continue to be in a state of dua that we are successful beyond this month as it comes to an end. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 28: Spiritual Poverty

April 18, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 28: Spiritual Poverty We are in a state of utter and absolute need of God at every moment, and its vital for the believer to show that humility every so often.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 27: Balancing this World & the Next

April 17, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 27: Balancing this World & the Next Though a common theme of this month is to break attaching from this world, we still live in. How can we find that sense of balance we're looking for?

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 26: The Pursuit of Happiness

April 16, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 26: The Pursuit of Happiness In life, we're always looking for happiness, but for whatever reason, its very difficult to find. We quickly realize that happiness is only once we've linked with God and all that He desires from us.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 25: Making the Right Decision

April 15, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 25: Making the Right Decision Every decision we make open the door for a hundred more decision. If we make the right one on day one, the process will be a bit easier later on.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 24: Dua, the Gift that Keeps Giving

April 14, 2023 23:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 24: Dua, the Gift that Keeps Giving   Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq of the Imam teaches us how to ask, what to ask and when to ask...and this month, especially in these days, is all about asking for more...

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 23: Approaching the Best of Nights

April 13, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 23: Approaching the Best of Nights The night of Qadr is upon us...what do I ask for and how do I seek?

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 22: Seeking Divine Support (II)

April 12, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes - 13.5 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 22: Seeking Divine Support (II) There is no success without God's support...sometimes we need to just ask for it. (Part II)

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 21: Seeking Divine Support (I)

April 11, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 21: Seeking Divine Support (I) There is no success without God's support...sometimes we need to just ask for it.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 20: Satan's Grasp Over the Tongue

April 10, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 20: Satan's Grasp Over the Tongue The easiest way that the Satanic influence controls us is via the tongue, so its vital to remain vigilant and mindful at every moment.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 19: Desperately Seeking

April 09, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 19: Desperately Seeking There is nothing more beloved to God than His servant who demonstrates utter and absolute poverty in front of Him.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 18: Mindful Presence

April 08, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 18: Mindful Presence Our lives are consumed with physical distractions that make us lose sight of everything...but what happens if we lose God?

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 17: Make the Most of the Opportunity!

April 07, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 17: Make the Most of the Opportunity! We don't always have the time, energy or opportunity to do good or make a meaningful change in the world...so when we do, best not waste it!

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 16: Prophetic Character

April 06, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 16: Prophetic Character Seeking perfect mannerisms in the supplication of Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq essentially is asking God that we're able to resemble our actions after the greatest of His creations...the Prophet Muhammad (s).

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 15: Reforming the Internal State

April 05, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 15: Reforming the Internal State Our external character is a reflection of the internal state, and in these next lines of Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq we ask God to support  us in this reformation process of heart. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 14: The Internal Battle

April 04, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 14.1 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 14: The Internal Battle We are consistently in a battle with the world and its distractions, and our only shield is Taqwa; through character traits which create a barrier between us and all vice.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 13: A Mercy to Those Around Us

April 03, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 14.2 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 13: A Mercy to Those Around Us Humility in front of God channels a sense of external humility to others...a station that is beloved to God.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 12: Satanic Tendencies

April 02, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 12: Satanic Tendencies The battle of the soul is a never ending struggle, and sometimes the negative tendencies overwhelm us...thats why we need dua.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 11: The Faculties of the Soul

April 01, 2023 23:00 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 11: The Faculties of the Soul The soul is a battlefield for the human being which needs to cultivate a sense of virtue to remain victorious over vice. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 10: Familial Ties

March 31, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 10: Familial Ties It's no secret that Islamic tradition emphasizes maintaining kinship ties and positive relationships between ones family, but that isn't always a simple process. In the next set of lines from Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq of Imam Zayn al-Abideen (a), we seek support from God to do the right thing when it comes to family. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 9: Navigating Relationships

March 30, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 13.8 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 9: Navigating Relationships Relationships can very well be challenging, and they're a lot harder when we don't put God in the equation and lean on His support!

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 8: Remaining Diligent

March 29, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 8: Remaining Diligent One slip can lead to long term detriment of our hearts and souls, thus it requires us to be incredibly attentive to our everyone of our actions and the environment that we are situated within. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 7: Inner Humility

March 28, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 7: Inner Humility We love validation and being appreciated, but sometimes the praise that we get can be a dangerous trigger that compels our soul into pridefulness.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 6: The Primordial Sin

March 27, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 6: The Primordial Sin Arrogance and pride are the qualities which have casted away Satan from the divine realm, and also have the potential to be detrimental to our success in this world and the next. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 5: Struggling for Contentment

March 26, 2023 23:00 - 15 minutes - 14.5 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 5: Struggling for Contentment We find it hard to be content with what we have, and always have a desire for more. Once we diagnose that as a problem, we can seek God's assistance in eradicating a dangerous quality.

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 4: Make Me Useful!

March 25, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 14.9 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 4: Make Me Useful! In the next set of lines from Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq of Imam Zayn al-Abideen (a), he eloquently seeks from God a lifestyle that is indicative of a believer and someone who sees this world with the clarity that is needed for ultimate success. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 3: Perfecting Our Intentions

March 24, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 14.7 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 3: Perfecting Our Intentions Everything in our tradition begins with our intention, and purifying our intention such that we are committed to God and His sake is what we should be consistently working toward...but we can't achieve that unless God supports us in reaching that stage. 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 2: Devotion in Dua

March 23, 2023 23:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 2: Devotion in Dua This month is the month of dua and supplication. In this episode, we begin by looking into the opening lines Dua Makarim al-Akhlaq of Imam Zayn al-Abideen (a). 

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 1: Approaching the Month with Care

March 22, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MB

Your Daily Dose of Spirituality 1: Approaching the Month with Care As we have arrived at the door of the sacred month, its important for us to collectively be aware of just how blessed of days and night we are entering into so we can maximize them to the best of our potential!

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 29: The Last is Not the End

April 30, 2022 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.1 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 29: The Last is Not the End   As the crescent for the day of Eid appears on the horizon, it's important to remind ourselves that the last night of Ramadan is the not the end of our journey.  

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 28: Gratitude vs. Shaytan

April 29, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.5 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 28: Gratitude vs. Shaytan   In the Quran, God teaches us that the best way to propel the Satan is via our gratitude and show of thanks to our Creator.

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 27: Illuminating Beauty

April 28, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.38 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 27: Illuminating Beauty   In the Quran, God tells us to be beautiful to others in the same way He acts with beauty to us. How can I illuminate that type of beauty?

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 26: Do 5 Things as Sin as You Please!

April 27, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.1 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 26: Do 5 Things as Sin as You Please!   In a powerful hadith from Imam Hussain (a), he advises a man of what to remember when we have the urge to transgress God's boundaries. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 25: What Does it Mean to Love?

April 26, 2022 23:00 - 9 minutes - 8.67 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 25: What Does it Mean to Love?   Love is a dynamic term that can be applied to many things. But what does it truly mean to love God?

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 24: Balance in Understanding

April 25, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 24: Balance in Understanding   It's important to not get overly reliant on God's mercy to a detriment, but rather have a balanced approach as taught to us by the Messenger (s) and his family (a). 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 23: The Night is Too Great!

April 24, 2022 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 23: The Night is Too Great!   The Night of Decree is upon us, and its a night that is too great to waste...so let's make the most of it!

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 22: Preparing for the Night of Qadr

April 23, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.53 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 22: Preparing for the Night of Qadr   The entire year leads up to tomorrow night. Am I ready to be in the company of angels?

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 21: Who is Paradise For?

April 22, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.43 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 21: Who is Paradise For?   In the episode, we take a look at a brief, concise hadith from Imam Ali, where he offers some insight with regards to who attains paradise. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 20: Beauty in Leadership

April 21, 2022 23:00 - 13 minutes - 12.4 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 20: Beauty in Leadership   What does it mean to be a leader? How did the best leader lead?

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 19: By the Lord of the Kaaba

April 20, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 19: By the Lord of the Kaaba   The 19th of the month of Ramadan marks the day when the Commander of the Faithful uttered his epic phrase as we has assassinated during the course of prayers.  

Nightly Ramadan Reflection 18: Heart, Intellect & Body

April 19, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflection 18: Heart, Intellect & Body   God-consciousness can only be attained if we allow for a reformation of the heart and intellect. That will then transition and allow for our bodies to be dedicated to Him.

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 17: Deconstruction Our Perceptions

April 18, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.93 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 17: Deconstruction Our Perceptions   Our biggest hinderance to finding love in our relationship with God and His Prophet is the negative perception that we have of religion. These nights give us the opportunity to change that. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 16: Do You Not See?

April 17, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.48 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 16: Do You Not See?   Reflection is a key to unlocking the secrets of the world and gaining in true knowledge of our Creator. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 15: Feeding the Heart

April 16, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.97 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 15: Feeding the Heart   A beautiful tradition from Imam Hassan (a) talks to us about the importance of feeding our hearts, souls and intellects prior to feeding our stomachs. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 14: Relationships are Hard!

April 15, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.55 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 14: Relationships are Hard!   During the month of Ramadan, we have an opportunity to navigate our relationship with God, but also with others. And dealing with people isn't always easy, but its necessary!

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 13: More Focus

April 14, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.51 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 13: More Focus   It's important to not get complacent, recognizes areas of improvement, and be a bit more diligent in seeking God. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 12: Am I Close to God?

April 13, 2022 23:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 12: Am I Close to God?   There's so much talk during this month about seeking proximity and closeness to God...but what exactly does that mean?

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 11: Appreciating the Little

April 12, 2022 23:00 - 10 minutes - 9.98 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 11: Appreciating the Little   We often take the smallest manifestations of mercy for granted, but during this month, its important we show a bit more appreciation for the little things. 

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 10: The Grieving Messenger

April 11, 2022 23:00 - 11 minutes - 10.9 MB

Nightly Ramadan Reflections 10: The Grieving Messenger   On the 10th of the month of Ramadan, the Messenger (s) lost his wife Khadija. What do we learn from the grief of the Prophet?