The AlMaghrib Podcast
Why You Feel Closer to Allah, Then Fall Back To Old Habits
With Dr. Omar Suleiman and Sh. Ammar AlShukry54 minOct 24, 2026148K views
The Prophet ﷺ said that 2 hungry wolves let loose on a flock of sheep do less damage than a person's love of fame and wealth does to their deen. Social media now offers both at once, and Dr. Omar Suleiman says that combination is what we should be most worried about.
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In this episode
- 0:00 Intro
- 2:41 Why Behind the Scenes was his first AlMaghrib seminar
- 4:53 If you can train a falcon, you can train your soul
- 8:47 The letter to Allah sealed for 3 months
- 10:19 The wrong kind of vulnerability
- 12:32 How the algorithm shapes our culture
- 16:03 Wanting your good deeds to be heard about
- 20:06 2 hungry wolves: the love of fame and wealth
- 25:26 Performing for an audience of One
- 27:42 What's the worst that can happen?
- 31:21 Motivation vs discipline
- 33:07 Discipline your time, starting with sleep
- 36:46 How much sleep is healthy?
- 38:50 Advice for content creators
- 41:01 Accountability and the Surah Al-Baqarah challenge
- 45:30 The danger of monetization
- 47:41 A du'a for sincerity
- 49:02 Masjid uncles and critics
- 52:46 A hint about next Ramadan's series
About the show
Long conversations with scholars, imams and the people building Muslim communities, hosted by Sh. Ammar AlShukry. New episodes on YouTube.
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