Young, Western and Conflicted

I’m sure you know how it feels to be around people that are careless. Don’t be that person to others. Go out and earn the rewards that come from thinking beyond yourself.

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We are often taught to fear marriage. But there should be more out there to help welcome it.

It’s tough to open up about this sort of thing. But there is more to the answer of that question than you may think.

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From making friends to expressing yourself to your parents, you are going to need to know how to get your point across. But you don't have to look far, Islam already teaches us effective communication.

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You’ll most likely find yourself living with your parents in your younger years. Listening to your parents and taking care of them is your responsibility. We don’t want to downplay the effort and hardship that comes with that. But God will reward you immensely for it. Faiyyaaz believes that reward is greater than you may think.

(00:00) Intro

(03:32) Taking Care of your Parents in Islam

(05:48) Going Back to Ramy

(07:20) Persevering Through

(09:25) What Islam Says

(12:58) It Is Not Easy Though

(19:00) Owais al-Qarani

(21:38) Seek Help Where Possible

(25:14) Showing Respect

(27:19) You Got This

(35:20) Ending with Surah Baqarah

Related to the episodes on Fitting In as a Muslim and Battling Peer Pressure as a Muslim, Faiyyaaz and Riyal share their stories on friendship. There is good and bad. So you'll hear their best practices as well as what Islam says on how to gain Muslim friends that are supportive and how to interact with the friends that you currently have.

(00:00) Intro

(03:09) Who Are My Friends?

(04:28) Ramy had some great friends

(05:32) Kareem and his friend

(06:43) Boundaries with friends

(07:54) Hadiths on friends

(12:53) Our thoughts on friends

(19:58) Making friends

(26:49) Prayer to end off

Building on our episode on Fitting In as a Muslim, the influence from our peers can be good but peer pressure can negatively affect our decision making. You’ll lose yourself following the assumptions of others out of fear of sticking out. Hold tightly to the rope of your Deen, of Islam and of God. Ameen.

(00:00) Intro

(03:44) Battling Peer Pressure as a Muslim

(06:44) Going back to Ramy

(08:20) Our Stories Regarding Peer Pressure

(14:37) Pressure Towards Marriage

(20:58) The Asch Experiment

(23:33) Good Peer Pressure

(24:13) Steps To Take

(36:04) Outro

Fitting into society can be important, you’re going to have to work with different people in life, from different ages, ethnicities, religions, interests and personalities. While living an Islamic lifestyle, you have to fight to fit in yet belonging to a community comes easy. We share what we have learned to help you find where you belong.

(00:00) Intro

(03:13) Fitting in as a Muslim

(06:03) Going back to Ramy

(08:24) Our experiences trying to fit in

(13:40) What Islam says about fitting in

(23:13) Staying true to who you are

(26:04) Being tested by Allah

(27:24) Finding like-minded people

(36:19) Outro

Growing up as a Muslim in a western society can be challenging, from working to stay true to an Islamic lifestyle when Islam is not the majority, trying to fit in, avoiding peer pressure, all the way to discussing halal - haram ratios on dates and everything in between. We are two cousins who have been through it all and we’ll be sharing our experiences navigating those challenges along other ones every month. God willing, we share stories that you can relate to, that resonate with you and can hopefully help you so that we all can stay on the right path, focus on our Deen and grow together.