The Islamic Pod

Software engineer and social media influencer Sajjad Khader shares his inspiring journey from a driven college student to a tech industry mentor. Motivated to serve Allah's purpose, Sajjad accelerated through his education, graduating with a BS and MS in Computer Science from Georgia Tech by only age 20. Now a software engineer at Splunk and a rising social media personality, Sajjad demystifies the tech industry for aspiring professionals.

Clinical social worker and registered alcohol and drug technician, Ustadh Tabari Zahir, shares his compelling journey from a troubled past on the streets to helping Muslim communities battling addiction. After a near-death confrontation and subsequent incarceration, Tabari sought solace and forgiveness in Islam. Now as a chaplain at UCLA and the founder of the Lamps of Light organization (https://lampsoflight.org/event/) , Ustadh Tabari has become pivotal to the communities in and around San Bernardino and los Angeles.

In this episode, we discuss the inspiring journey of Jesse Maroney, a dedicated community organizer based in Los Angeles. Jesse primarily works in the inner city and has co-founded the organization Link Outside (https://linkoutside.com/), which focuses on prison outreach and re-entry programs.

In this episode we discuss both why and how Saeed and Talha were able to quit listening to music and the changes it brought into their lives.

In this episode we discuss the power of Dua and trusting Allah (SWT) regardless of any outcome that may occur. Throughout the episode we delve into topics such as tawakkul and the importance of incorporating dua into our daily lives as a muslim.

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In this episode we discuss replacing harsh language with softer language. We did an episode on cussing before but in this episode we explore the replacement of hard words with softer kinder ones in a more general perspective.

In this episode we introduce our new co-host! Meet Saeed. A friend of our's who also attends USC and has quickly become on of our closest friends. After a while we thought it would be a great idea to do an episode with him. What we didn't know was after further deliberation, we would bring him on as an official Co-host. We hope you enjoy his story :) and inshaAllah you'll see more of him soon!

In this episode we brought on a friend and guest Muhammed Durukan to talk about his experience growing up in a muslim country but going to college in America.

For this episode we brought on Safa (@safa.aaa) to talk about her experience growing up muslim. We specifically touched on her journey on social media and how she "leveled up" her deen in the last few years.

On this episode we talked about a common problem that has arisen especially in many young people. Sometimes in the modern day we can be on "autopilot" and this causes some dissonance between our mind, actions, and intentions. We talked about how we need to be active player's in our own life instead of taking a backseat.