SoulFood FM

Food intensifies the desires of the nafs, and part of the process of spiritual refinement is being careful from falling into excess–and feeding the greed of the nafs is a major part of that.

In this episode you will learn:

• The connection between the desire of food and lust

• The danger of food in excess

• The Prophet's ﷺ hunger and fasting

• How to strike the balance

Recommended Links:

• "Disciplining the Soul and Breaking the Two Desires" by Imam al-Ghazali (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0946621438/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p14_d1_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0CBWTDTDM722M7YCXDJN&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2079475242&pf_rd_i=desktop)

• "Fasting is Mine" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_5LmDVMNU).

Ibn Abbas, may God be well pleased with him, said, "Every building has a foundation, and the foundation of Islam is good character." Working on beautifying one's character is the path of spiritual refinement.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The importance of good character

• One of the biggest reasons people turn away from religion

• How to change one's character

• The sublimity of the Prophet's ﷺ character

It is said, "Whoever knows themselves will know their Lord." Part of spiritual refinement is to understand the nafs, which is the greatest barrier between you and the Divine.

In this episode, you will learn:

• The honor of the soul (Arabic: rūḥ)

• What the nafs is

• The degrees of the soul

• The path of spiritual refinement

Recommended Links:

• "Marvels of the Heart" by Imam al-Ghazali (https://www.amazon.com/The-Marvels-Heart-Religious-Sciences/dp/1887752315/ref=pd_sim_14_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1FESGJKTCGY3H9EJNSGG)

• "Man and the Universe" by Dr. Mostafa Badawi (https://www.amazon.com/Man-Universe-Perspective-Mostafa-Al-Badawi/dp/9957230212).

SoulFood is about changing yourself in the spirit of what the great scholar and poet Rumi once said, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

In this episode, you will learn:

• About the host

• Why we chose to do soulfood

• The Hadith of Primacy

• How to live more mercifully in our lives

Recommended Links:

• “Mercy: the Stamp of Creation” by Dr. Umar F. Abd-Allah (http://www.nawawi.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Article1.pdf)

• “Soul of Islam Radio” (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/soul-of-islam-radio/id928730843?mt=2)

• “SeekersHub Podcast”

(https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/seekershub-podcast-islam-islamic/id991567843?mt=2)

• "Diffused Congruence" (https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/diffused-congruence-american/id720647120?mt=2)

Intro and outro music by Nader Khan (http://naderkhan.com).