The AlMaghrib Podcast
He Memorized Quran at 9. By 14 He Was Teaching. Now He Runs an Institution
52 minJun 13, 20264K views
He memorized the Quran at 9. Started teaching at 14. Left corporate accounting to build an institution from scratch and in 4 years, produced 40+ huffaz.
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In this episode
- 0:00 Preview
- 1:08 Meet Imam Hamzah Ghia, founder of Hamd Institute
- 2:30 Growing up in Houston & memorizing Quran at age 9
- 3:49 The gap after hifz, finding the "why" through the Seerah
- 4:06 Starting to teach in 9th grade
- 7:08 When teaching went from a job to a mission
- 13:36 Working at Chevron while teaching 5 days a week
- 16:00 The dream: a full-time Quran program
- 24:10 Taking the vision to 9 to 10 organizations and being rejected
- 26:32 Launching Hamd Institute: Day of Arafah, 5 students, Bismillah
- 30:13 Finances, tawakkul, and the "just start" mindset
- 34:22 Advice for young Muslims building something from the ground up
- 38:31 The One Minute Manager & keeping tasks with their owners
- 43:01 How everyone can contribute, even from home
- 47:29 Risk tolerance and the entrepreneurial spirit in Islam
- 50:46 Quran Flow Podcast, the hafiz family journey
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Long conversations with scholars, imams and the people building Muslim communities, hosted by Sh. Ammar AlShukry. New episodes on YouTube.
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