In this episode of Ihya502, host Hamza Foy interviews Idrees Mirani who is an Afghani Muslim here in our Louisville Muslim community. We discuss recent developments in Afghanistan including the new government and President Biden's decision to freeze Afghani assets.


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1. HIRA Institute is hosting an international bazaar where you can sell food, gifts, and other items. This bazaar will be held on Saturday, March 12th 12:00-6:00PM. You can reserve a table to sell your products for $25 per table.


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00:23 - Introducing guest Idrees Mirani
00:36 - Why talk about Afghanistan?
01:05 - General Overview of Afghanistan
04:29 - A Good Analogy for Americans
08:28 - A New Government in Afghanistan
10:24 - Biden's Decision to Freeze Assets
15:20 - Closing Thoughts & Action Items
16:48 - Tangent about our Media Sourcing


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Hamayon Afghan is an interviewer who visits Afghanistan and conducts interviews on the ground in his native language. He is mentioned around 18:25 in the interview.
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In this episode of Ihya502, host Hamza Foy interviews his wife Mishkat Suleiman to discuss cybersecurity and its importance in our daily lives. We concentrate on three main topics: password security, credit card security, and social engineering tactics such as phishing. This episode is full of advice that the average person can take and use for themselves.

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1. MCC will be hosting Imam Suleiman Hani on Friday, February 25th. He will serve as the khateeb on Jumuah, give a short khatirah after Fajr, and have a community lecture on 'Worldview of Islam' starting at 6:30PM.
2. There is a class for new Muslims held every Sunday taught at Guiding Light Islamic Center. We review the fard al'3yn (individual obligations) of a Muslim and currently learning to read & write Arabic. If interested, contact me directly.

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00:09 - Introducing guest Mishkat Suleiman
04:05 - 3 Areas of our Lives affected by Cybersecurity Issues
04:34 - What is 'data' & why does it matter to us?
08:13 - Brute-forcing & Password Security
15:05 - Credit/Debit Card Security
24:30 - How banks handle stolen credit cards
30:40 - What is social engineering?
45:30 - Cases of social engineering that we experience
55:45 - Closing Pieces of Advice

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Check to see if your email is involved in a data breach at: https://haveibeenpwned.com/
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In this episode of Ihya502, host Hamza Foy discusses the matter of misattributing made-up or innovated hadiths or knowledge of the Deen centered around a narration found in Sahih Bukhari about the consequences of intentionally misattributing something to the Prophet (SAW). This reminder, brief in its content, is intended to remind all of us about being careful about our sources when we learn our Deen, being cautious about sharing the floods of information that is found all over the internet, and overall thinking before one speaks [or shares in our modern cases].

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1. Women Only Swimming Night at the Southeast YMCA (5930 Six Mile Ln) on Saturday, February 19th at 5:00PM-7:00PM. Free event!
2. Louisville Annual Quran Competition. Youth ages 5-21 years of age can attend the qualifying round on Saturday April 9th at 2:30PM at one of the four masjids: LICC, MCC, Guiding Light, Al-Nur 4th St.


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1. Narrated Anas: "The fact which stops me from narrating a great number of Hadiths to you is that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever tells a lie against me intentionally, then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."" [Sahih al-Bukhari 108]
2. Urwah' narrated that 'Aishah said: "The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) did not speak quickly like you do now, rather he would speak so clearly, unmistakably, that those who sat with him would memorize it." [Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3639, Sahih]

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In this episode of Ihya502, Hamza Foy sits with Mishkat Suleiman to discuss the book 'Moral Capitalism: Why Fairness Won't Make Us Poor' by Steven Pearlstein. This book is an incredibly easy read for such a complex topic like economics and discusses a number of assumptions made by the general public in the United States about capitalism and our current economic system. We discuss a few of the more interesting and thought-provoking tidbits such as pre-distribution vs. re-distribution, the difference between our modern economy vs older and simpler economies, and the need for more education surrounding economics and macro-level mathematics.


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1. Moral Capitalism on Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/4zwestdn

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00:30 - Introducing the Book
01:50 - The Concept of Social Capital
07:15 - The issue of predistribution vs redistribution of wealth
18:00 - The Economies of Now & Past Economies
22:30 - Consequences of C-Level Employees

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In this episode of Ihya502, host Hamza Foy sits down to speak with Nini Mohamed. Nini Mohamed operates a large youth sports camp called 'The African in America' based in the Shively neighborhood and works to provide mentorship for young children 9 years of age and older. Nini Mohamed has collaborated with Louisville FC and has therapists from Seven Counties to assist him in his work! If you are interested in getting in touch with him, donating, or collaborating with him - you'll find links below to get in contact.


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1. Nini Mohamed's email is [email protected].
2. Nini's website related to his soccer camp: https://ninimohamedtwo.com/pages/events

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00:25 - Introducing guest Nini Mohamed
04:15 - What did it take to start the soccer camp program?
15:48 - What motivates those looking to do for others?
38:40 - Who inspired this project?

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In this episode of Ihya502, we made a big announcement about the regular return of the podcast starting in January 2022. We also made an announcement of a new website developed by myself where you can leave feedback relating to the podcast! You can find the new website at https://ihya502.vercel.app/

This short episode recaps a trip recently taken by a group of brothers from our Louisville Muslim community to Ohio County, Kentucky to help aid in cleaning up tornado damage from recent storms. We discuss the process we took to arrange this mission and hopefully encourage others to take the leap to help others.

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1. Links on who to donate to for those affected by recent tornadoes: https://wfpl.org/heres-how-you-can-help-tornado-victims/

2. Donation Methods towards Greenhaven Islamic Cemetery: Visit https://ghavencemetery.org/donation/ to donate by credit card or Paypal. Zelle to [email protected]. Write a check, make it payable to GHC, mail it to 5504 Georgia Lane Louisville KY 40219.

▬ Timestamps  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:01 - Welcoming audience back to Ihya502

03:10​ - What are ‘tornadoes’?

04:00​​​ - Donating for those affected by recent tornadoes

04:13​​ - How we planned our trip to clean up storm damage

13:30 - Advice for future instances of disasters

17:35​​ - Regarding Bowling Green also affected by recent storms

21:30 - Community Announcements

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In this episode of Reading between the Lines, Hamza Foy & Mishkat Suleiman discuss What Tech Calls Thinking by author Adrian Daub. This book discusses the themes & major ideas that are produced by the key figures of the tech industry such as 'disruption', 'the medium is the message', & other ideas and where these ideas originated from.

We discuss the unintended consequences of major apps such as Facebook, Twitter, & Lyft, what is 'trolling', and what resulted in the fact that more & more of tech revolves around engagement rather than meaningful transfer of information & other modes of communication.  

▬ Announcement Links  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
1. GLIC Weekend School: https://sites.google.com/site/glicweekendschool/
2. Blood Drive Signup: www.redcrossblood.org enter IslamicCenter as sponsor
3. Dawah Booth Signup: https://signupschedule.com/glicstatefair

▬ Timestamps  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

00:01 - Introduction & Community Announcements
02:12​ - Intro to 'What Tech Calls Thinking'
05:00​​​ - 'Failing Better' & the Pitfalls of this Motto
13:58​​ - Apps & the (un)intended consequences
21:28 - Apps, Engagement, & Trolling
30:09​​ - Debate as Engagement vs Debate to Dissuade/Persuade
35:04 - Practical Steps to Help remove Harm

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In this episode of Ihya502, host Hamza Foy sits down with a student of a madrasah to discuss what it means to be a student of Islamic knowledge & his day-to-day routine and fields of study.

▬ Announcement Links  ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
1. Louisville Job Board: https://www.liveinlou.com/jobs/
2. Job/Career Resources: https://jobversity.upwardlyglobal.org/resource-library/


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1. Abu Darda reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The scholars are the successors of the prophets. Verily, the prophets do not pass on gold and silver coins, but rather they only impart knowledge.” [Musnad al-Bazzār 10/68]


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In this episode of Muslim Musings, learn about a couple of changes to the podcast and listen to a discussion from the last gathering for new Muslims.

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In this episode of Muslim Musings, we have a short discussion recapping the first class for reverts which includes pointers regarding aqidah (tenants of creed) and how sitting in gatherings for new Muslims can help you comprehend the very pragmatic issues affecting Muslims everyday in contrast to the theoretical and rare 'debate topics' that consume much of Muslim media.


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