NYU Islamic Center Podcasts

Join Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer for a Pre-Jummah Reflection titled "Lessons from Prophet Musa."

'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.

This course will walk you through the foundations and parameters of Sunni theology. It will do so using relied up resources with the hope that it will encourage you to locate faith as important, and adventure and an opportunity to address your own questions. The goal of this course is to strengthen your faith, confront your questions and to find the strength to commit to it.

In these gatherings we will learn about the seven obstacles to worship Imam al-Ghazzali highlights in his text, Minhaj al’Abidin. In the eleventh part of this series, Sheikh Suhaib will discuss "The Major Hurdles: Greed & Opulence: Indifference To The Dunya Between Opulence & Rejection, The Importance of Power, The Types of Power, What Critical Theory Gets Wrong About Power, Malcolm X on Power, The Prophets & Power."

Join Imam Khalid Latif for a Jummah Khutbah titled "Trustworthiness."

Join Sheikh Faiyaz Jaffer for a Pre-Jummah Reflection titled "Seeing the Good in Others."

Who am “I” in this spiritual world? What is my relationship with God? What is my role in seeking knowledge of the unknown? It is about time I focused on my bond with God. In this series of Sheikhing it Up With Sheikh Faiyaz, we will explore hadith literature and reflect upon our innate spiritual nature. Join our discussions as we strengthen our ties to justice and humanity and remind ourselves of the Quran, the Prophet, and his immaculate family. '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.

In these gatherings we will learn about the seven obstacles to worship Imam al-Ghazzali highlights in his text, Minhaj al’Abidin. In the tenth part of this series, Sheikh Suhaib will discuss "The Major Hurdles: Greed & Opulence: Al-Razi on the Sacred & Al-Tahawi Identification of The Sacred Community."

We’ll be looking at the relationship of this hadith عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَلَا كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْئُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ Abdullah ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Every one of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. And the 8th verse of surah muminoon that says وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ “And those who watch over their trusts and promises.” Join us every Monday night in person or via live stream as we continue our weekly Reflections Halaqa with Imam Khalid Latif. We’ll begin a discussion of the many ways to reflect and start the discussion with Allah, His Creation and His Favors upon us.

Sheikh Suhaib discusses belief in angels, what are angels, what is their purpose, do the have utility, how many are there, can they visit us, and the most important angels. This course will walk you through the foundations and parameters of Sunni theology. It will do so using relied up resources with the hope that it will encourage you to locate faith as important, and adventure and an opportunity to address your own questions. The goal of this course is to strengthen your faith, confront your questions and to find the strength to commit to it.