God Forgive Me Podcast

We are still here, just very busy with work. Both Mahi and I have been bouncing between jobs during what is the busy season for the service labor industry. This episode Mahi is not around, and I just wanted to check in about some interesting thoughts I had after visiting where I grew up, checking out a new mosque, and seeing hypocrisy all around me and including myself. 

This Episode Mahi and I passionately talk about the historical context of the conflicts caused by the settler State of Isreal. We did this episode to introduce this topic to a few listeners who have reached out and asked for more information on it. We did our best to make the concise, but we went way long than expected because this is a fiery subject that both of us are passionate about. In the end, both of us do not condemn anyone based on their claimed bloodline or religious views except when those claiming to have particular bloodline lines use that for nefarious gain, oppression of others, or to claim constant victim status to shield them from violent acts or when their religious views lead to the oppression of others and act of aggression violence. Sadly, this has been the case with many people claiming to be the decedents of Issac and the followers of Moses. May God's Will be to quickly punish the wicked and free the oppressed.

In this episode, Mahi and I talk about Riba which is the Arabic word for usury. Usury is the practice of lending on interest. In the last revealed verses of the Quran, God states He will go to war against the usurer (Quran 2:278-279). This is the only sin in Islam where God states that He will go to war against you for doing it. We talk about the several different types of Riba, or situations where you could be involed in Riba and not know it, and how to hard it is in the West to stay away from Usury. We end the podcast with Mahi mentioning a good book to read about Usury: John Perkins | Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition and setting up that in the next few episodes we will talk about the Natural Way of Living Life (Fitna) and dipping our toes into concepts of Sharia Law.

In this episode Mahi and I read off a few duas from a booklet called Fortress of the Muslim (https://a.co/d/aQX4xLe) and do a Quran recitation of the Ayatul Kursi (255 verse in Surah Al-Baqarah). We flush out a common line that these duas aa identify God as the Creator and us as submitter of His Will. These duas include duas from protection, what to say when entering a market, eating food as guest, entering a house, and seeing a windstorm. We hope these give you an idea on how we as Muslims ground ourselves in submission to God and His Will and know that He is just. I also brush on the idea that we as Muslims view the world as their being unbelievers and believers, those who submit their will to God (Muslims) and those who do not. I think this is best described as thinking of Muslims as being an action or a verb, Submitters of the Will of God, as opposed to Christians and Jews as more like group of people or nouns, followers or believers of Jesus or Observers of the Talmud and Torah.

In this episode Mahi and I talk about the tactics of the Shaytan (Devil) uses to deceive humankind. We talk about how the Shaytan can use good and bad things to sway the choices we make. We talk about how him and his Shayateen (demons) whisper in your head to sway you and offers distractions to keep you off the Right Path. All praise be to God, we offer guidance on how you cannot listen to their lies and how everything is created by God and how human and Jinn will all be judged by God at the Day of Judgement and that our best path is to be submissive to God's Will and grateful. We also offer a story involving a hat wearing demon that I encountered as a child and a demonic offer and attack I was a part of as an adult.

Link to Jerry Marzinsky’s work: https://www.jerrymarzinsky.com/

In this episode, Mahi and I discuss the story of Adam, Eve, and Satan in the Quran. We use the Chrisitan version to bring in the Quran parts of the story to show the differences and similarities of two version. We also discuss the importance of gratitude in Islam and if the idea of Original Sin and if it exists in Islam.

Work by Nouman Ali Kahn on tricks of the Devil: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_WWJthBXxivAvXVIOHvFiFH9oiugB0Gc&si=tQlT6BqGgFoB29A7

In this talk, Mahi and I discuss what is Islam, what are the basic things all Muslims must do, and we talk about how we view the world through the lenses of Islam. We talk about the five pillars of Islam and why we do things like fast during Ramadan and why we pray the way we do. We cover where Muslim mandatory charity goes to and dispel the negative view of what jizya is. We talk about how accepting and easy Islam is and historical context to show how Muslims have lived and do live in peace throughout the world. We condemn crimes that clearly go against Islamic teachings that are done by what are perceived to be Muslims and set the stage for our next chat that will be about the first sin, Adam and Eve, and the idea of original sin.