Canyon Mimbs Show

From Kauai to Mecca - a Native Hawaiian Muslim revert who went from opiates, prison, and Islamophobia to finding the one true God. Before Islam, Jihad - born Hoku on the island of Kauai - was the black sheep of his family, falling into opiate addiction at just 11 years old, cycling through rehab and jail for over a decade, and becoming one of the most Islamophobic people he knew after watching 9/1...

From selling drugs on street corners in New Jersey to founding a humanitarian organization and watching his entire family accept Islam. Wesley's revert story is one of the most compelling Muslim convert journeys you'll ever hear. Raised by Puerto Rican immigrants in a Pentecostal household, Wesley drifted far from faith after his parents' divorce, spending his teenage years deep in alc...

A Pakistani-American raised by a devout Christian stepfather, Rain spent his teenage years in Protestant churches, youth groups, and Bible studies, yet couldn't shake the disconnect between Jesus worshipping the Father and the congregation worshipping Jesus. When COVID lockdowns reconnected him with Muslim cousins mid-Fortnite session, it ignited a deep dive into comparative theology, Quranic...

Ramazan is a 16-year-old Russian Muslim revert who accepted Islam at just 12 years old after finding contradictions in the Bible and discovering that Muslims prayed the same way Jesus did (with their faces to the ground). Before Islam, he grew up in a Soviet-influenced household where religion was dismissed and his mother taught him it didn't matter which god you worshipped, a worldview that i...

Bailey is a 23-year-old British Muslim revert from a small town near Sheffield who went from chasing the dunya through business, fast money, and a hedonistic lifestyle in Manchester to finding Islam through a chance encounter at a da'wah stall outside the Arndale Centre. Before Islam, Bailey was caught in a cycle of hustle and chaos, building a seven-figure clothing distribution business only...

Umer is a Muslim from Leicester who spent his teenage years drowning in doubt, depression, and a life built entirely around the dunya, until a moment alone in a bathroom with a kitchen knife became the turning point that sent him searching for the real Islam. Before his rediscovery, Umer had acquired money, status, and everything the world said would bring peace, yet found only a deeper void, a pa...

In this Muslim revert story, Aynoor shares how she went from a life of gossip, immodesty, and atheism to wearing hijab full-time just six months after discovering Islam through a chance TikTok friendship. Before reverting to Islam, Aynoor had grown up with no interest in religion, living for the approval of others and feeling deeply purposeless. Her family held negative views of Islam shaped entir...

In this Muslim revert story, James shares how a season of financial struggle and lost direction led him to take his shahada alone in his home in the UK, sparked by a moment of quiet reflection on a budget Ryanair flight home from Morocco. Before reverting to Islam, James was drifting through life in the UK, battling mild addictions, wasting time, and lacking any real sense of purpose or financial...

In this Muslim revert story Ibrahim shares how growing up surrounded by Muslim friends in Germany slowly pulled him toward Islam and eventually led him to taking his shahada. Before Ibrahim reverted to Islam he came from a Christian family that never practiced religion, while watching the Muslim people around him worship seriously and with conviction. After dreaming of Jahannam multiple times and...

In this Muslim revert story, a Mexican architect shares how going from radical feminist, witch, and rock band singer to wearing hijab full-time and giving da'wah online all happened in the span of a single week. Before she reverted to Islam she had rejected Christianity at 11 years old, turned to witchcraft during a mental health crisis, and was deeply resistant to even picking up the Quran, c...

In this Muslim revert story, Faruq shares how growing up Catholic in Brazil, falling into alcohol, and surrounding himself with criminal company led him to unexpectedly discovering Islam through a friend who wasn't even Muslim himself. Before Faruq reverted to Islam he was a teenager with no direction, drinking heavily and spending time with people involved in drugs and crime, with no real bel...

In this Muslim revert story, Abdul shares how growing up Protestant, rejecting all religion, and falling into hedonism led him to unexpectedly take his shahada at just 16 years old. Before Abdul reverted to Islam, he had dismissed all religion as a tool of control and spent years living a life of hedonism, until his Muslim friend Adnan began sharing the Quran's scientific miracles and propheci...

In this Muslim revert story, Daniel shares how a motorcycle accident, the death of his father, and a thought experiment from an MMA podcast all collided to guide him out of nihilism and into Islam. Before reverting, Daniel lived a self-destructive life between the ages of 12 and 18: drug addiction, drug dealing, and alcohol, convinced that religion was just a cheap way to cope with suffering. Grow...

In this Muslim revert story Noureddine shares how searching through 15 different religions led him to taking his shahada and becoming a Muslim. Before Noureddine reverted to Islam he came out of Catholicism, where his questions were shut down and he was called a hypocrite for asking them. After discovering the Quran he found it to be the one truth he had been searching for and eventually made Hijr...

In this Muslim revert story Ali Dawah shares how years of chasing the dunya: gangs, girls, money and status, left him empty inside, and how that emptiness eventually led him to take his shahada and become a Muslim. Before Ali reverted to Islam he was deep in London gang culture, then the clubbing and partying lifestyle, spending years enslaved to money, women and the approval of others with no sen...

In this conversation, Akhi Ayman shares his biggest struggles and the most valuable lessons he learned from being around the top Muslim scholars and influencers of our time. Before diving into his personal struggles, Ayman reveals that the greatest trait he observed in scholars like Mufti Menk and Omar Suleiman wasn't their knowledge, it was their manners and wisdom in how they treat everyone...

In my Muslim revert story, I share how traveling the world and the overwhelming kindness of Pakistani Muslims led me to take my shahada and become a Muslim. Before I reverted to Islam, I grew up in a small American town where I had never met a single Muslim. I became agnostic at 18 and set off to travel the world, with no intention of finding a religion. 1 year later I reverted to Islam. I hope yo...

In this episode Sheikh Uthman and Abu Lahya answer the question every Muslim is afraid to ask: Can you actually build wealth without losing your deen? Before finding success the halal way, both guests faced a moment where they had to walk away from serious haram money. Abu Lahya was making $10,000 a day through haram crypto trading at 17, and Sheikh Uthman was deep in gang life running product acr...

What is Salafi Islam? In this podcast, we explain Salafi Islam, the meaning of Wahhabi, and the differences between Salafi vs Sufi beliefs. I sit down with Ahmed, a master’s student at Medina International University, to break down what Salafi Islam really is, its origins, and common misconceptions. We explain where the term Wahhabi comes from, why labels like Salafi and Sufi exist, and whether th...

In this Muslim revert story, Kirk shares how falling into depression and addiction in rural Canada led him to Islam and taking his shahada. Before Kirk reverted to Islam, he was a welder living a "rockstar lifestyle" in Toronto; smoking pot, doing whatever he wanted until he moved to New Brunswick and lost everything. After watching YouTube travel vlogs about Muslim countries during his...

In this Muslim revert story Gareth shares how a life of alcohol, drugs and chasing the Western dream eventually led him to taking his shahada and becoming a Muslim. Before Gareth reverted to Islam, 9/11 was his first exposure to the religion, but it was reading the Qur’an during Ramadan that created an undeniable connection in his heart. After completing Surah Al-Baqarah in a single day and going...

In this Muslim revert story, Malik shares how a conversation about Jesus in a Bangkok boxing gym planted a seed that led him to Islam years later. Before Malik reverted to Islam, he was a professional Muay Thai boxer living in Thailand for 8 years, facing death threats, near-fatal accidents, and a toxic lifestyle of smoking and drinking. After hitting rock bottom in Switzerland during COVID, a You...

In this Muslim revert story, Burak shares how one verse about the expansion of the universe in the Quran completely changed his perspective on Islam and life. Before Burak truly practiced Islam, he was a cultural Muslim in Turkey who spent two years trying to fit into society's expectations; partying, drinking, and living for worldly pleasures that left him empty. After reading the Quran and f...

In this Muslim revert story, Musa shares how he went from being deeply involved in Pentecostal Christianity to finding Islam through gym conversations and Malcolm X's message. Before Musa reverted to Islam, he studied every world religion except Islam in high school, lost his faith entirely during COVID, and was living an unfulfilling corporate lifestyle as an agnostic with atheistic tendencie...

In this Muslim revert story Ali shares how growing up with no religion, no direction, and the wrong crowd led him to a desperate search for the truth and ultimately to Islam. Before Ali reverted to Islam he was raised in a completely secular Iranian-American household, fell in with criminals and gang members, and found himself so lost that when a stranger carjacked him at gunpoint, he genuinely di...