Assalamu alaykum,As I begin my own spiritual journey, I want to hear from those who have taken this path before me. This podcast focuses on them and listening to their stories — uninterrupted. My name is Hebah Masood and I invite you to reflect on the trajectories of their lives, and the guidance and blessings provided by Allah swt along that journey.
Reflecting on the order and harmony within nature, Shaykh AbdulKarim Yahya knew at a young age that God existed. He embraced Islam in his junior year of high school in Berkeley, California. A translation of Imam Ghazali’s renowned Ihya Uloom Id-Deen inspired him to seek out teachers who embodied those characteristics. His journey took him to Syria where he studied Arabic and Tajweed. And then onto Tarim, Yemen, where he was one of the first American students to enroll in the newly opened Dar al Mustafa. That became his base for 13 years, and he became a translator for Habib Omar and the other habaib all over the world. After returning to the U.S. he would eventually establish Dar al-Rahma in 2017 to serve and teach the Muslims of the Detroit area.
In this episode he talks about serving and learning with people of knowledge over the last 23 years. He also discusses the inner-city community in Detroit where he teaches, and how it’s been impacted by COVID-19 and ongoing police brutality against the Black community.
His story intersects with many familiar names: Imam Zaid Shakir, Sh Nuh Ha Mim Keller and his wife Umm Sahl, Shaykh Abdullah Alkadi, Shaykh Ibrahim Osi Efa, Shaykh Jamal Ud-Deen Hysaw, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Shaykh Abu Muneer al-Sha’ar, Shaykh Abdul Rahman al-Shaghouri, Abu Anas, Shaykh Abdul Rahman Al-Shaghouri, Habib Ali al-Mashhur bin Hafiz, Habib Omar bin Hafiz, Habib Abdurrahman bin Hafiz, Shaykh Umar Hussein Al Khatib, Habib Ali al Jifri, Habib Abdullah bin Muhammed bin Alawi bin Shihab, Habib Salim al Shatiriy, Shaykh Muhammed Ali al Khatib, Dr. Omar Mahmood, Imam Abdullah al-Amin, Imam Saleem Khalid and Shaykh Ali Sulaiman Ali.
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