Shaykh Ibrahim's Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Good things happen, and our first instinct is to question them. We push them away with overthinking, suspicion, and that quiet feeling of “I don’t deserve this.” We take the opposite approach here: say Alhamdulillah, let the gift arrive, and keep the heart open long enough for gratitude to do its work. Then we ask the harder follow-up: how do you prove that gratitude is real? By s...

Send us Fan Mail Anger, desire, and heartbreak can feel like they run the show, right up until a single breath changes the whole direction. We start with a deceptively simple question: if I swap an angry habit for prayer or zikr, am I healing or just burying it? From there, we build a clear, practical strategy for real change, including how to define “success,” how to practice before you get trigg...

Send us Fan Mail A single poem can snap us out of the small story we live in. We start with Hafez, then move straight into a hard, honest theme: spiritual tests. The Quran promises we’ll be tried through fear, hunger, and loss, but the question that matters is how we meet the moment. We talk about surrender to Allah as a lived practice, not an abstract idea, and how humility, gratitude, and patien...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Ever wish life came with margins full of notes? We walk through a practical way to read the Book of Life—decoding the outer signs you can see and the inner signals you can feel—so guidance stops hiding in plain sight. Starting with one burning question, we map how energy exchange shows up in everyday places: sunlight to leaf, raw food to shared meal, emotion across a family, ideas...

Send us Fan Mail Discussion about what it means to actually KNOW something - that which cannot be taken away. Also, learning about who you are. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing...

Send us Fan Mail Looking at the meaning of, "Learning how to learn". Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equ...

Send us Fan Mail Taking a look out what Insan-i-Kamil (fully integrated human being) looks like, from a more contemporary point of view. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing service...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail We discuss the purpose of culture, and some of the writings of Abdul Qadir al Jilani- one of our Pirs of Qadiri -Rfa'i Tariqa Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and heal...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Moses and the Shepherd Moses heard a shepherd on the road praying, “God,  Where are You? I want to help You, to fix Your shoes  and comb Your hair. I want to wash Your clothes  and pick the lice off. I want to bring You milk,  to kiss Your little hands and feet when it’s time  for You to go to bed. I want to sweep Your room  and keep it neat. God, my sheep and goats  are Yours. Al...

Send us Fan Mail Shariah, Tariqa, Haqqiqa, Maarifat discussion. See transcript for more. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware to get this to...

Send us Fan Mail see transcript Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental, services, software and hardware...

Send us Fan Mail So Who Is This God/Allah Guy/Gal?  shaykh ibrahim ansari Q:   I've read a lot of Sufi books, been to Zikr , watched a lot of YouTube videos, and even been to the Mosque a couple times. I love Rumi and the Turning. But I don't have a clue how to put it all together, I mean, I’m not even sure what I am feeling. I’ve tried Zikr and meditating… So where is this Guy or Lady G...

Send us Fan Mail the Shaman; what is acquired easily and quickly is lost just as easily and quickly. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be...

Send us Fan Mail Focusing the heart and mind to bring about healthy change; confronting the Nafs; Intention and Surrender. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe...

Send us Fan Mail Discussion on the question: What have you learned; and how is it going learning to be Sufi? Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message sh...

Send us Fan Mail Sohbet  April 13, 2025: Rumi Poem: Moses and the Shepherd Living In Troubled Times Moses and the Shepherd Moses heard a shepherd on the road praying, “God,  Where are You? I want to help You, to fix Your shoes  and comb Your hair. I want to wash Your clothes  and pick the lice off. I want to bring You milk,  to kiss Your little hands and feet when it’s time  for You to go to bed....

Send us Fan Mail Training that pesky but adorable little brain. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Sufi Message. Your donation will  help support our Sufi Centre in Sydney where we offer Zikr , Sohbet , spiritual counselling and healing services. We believe the message should be free, but it costs equipment, rental,...

Send us Fan Mail Allah - that intelligence and love that permeates the universe, flows in our veins and hearts, and spins in the quantum states. Nafs - Attachments and habits that have gotten stuck in who we think we are. HU - The essence of Allah Beyond Mindfulness is Heartfulness. Salaam Alaykum, murids, seekers, curious and interested listeners, We appreciate you, and are happy to share our Suf...