The Murid Talks Podcast

If Islam claims that the Prophet Muhammad is the last Messenger and Prophet, what happens when the society succumbs to moral, societal, epistemological and spiritual degradation? Who inherits the mission of the Prophets? This episode explores the concept of the 'Inheritors of The Prophets' taking its foundation from the Hadith of the Prophet Muhammad himself.

God and the Angels praise him and so do the believers. Jesus - confirming the Torah - speaks of him as 'The Praised One' Who is 'The Praised One' and why is he so? Who is Ahmad? Who is Muhammad?

Who are the Prophets and what is Prophethood? How were these great men distinguished from false claimers? Why does God send the Prophets to mankind in the first place? These questions and more in the episode. Peace

The Prophet urged his companions to die before death and that in death one can find deep insight. In this episode we explore the true meaning of death and why a Murid should seek death before death. Death is compulsory for all beings but the Murid's Path offers a voluntary death; one that leads to the Divine.

When asked who/what God is, we quickly jump towards the attributes that qualify Him. Mercy, Justice, Wrath, Divinity, all offer an aspect(s) of the True Essence behind All Can we then seek to know this Essence? Is the knowledge of IT even possible?

What is Islam (Submission)? What is Imaan (Faith)? What is Ihsaan (Perfection)? This episode focuses on these 3 stations of the Islamic Tradition on the basis of the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad

What is Religion? How is Religious Law significant to the life of man? What is Tradition and how is it connected to religion?

When it comes to the Ineffable any and every claim is a delimitation. The Murid is taught to dwell in silence and negate any claim even the claim of negation.

God is not this; God is not that; God is not both this and that; God is not neither this nor that. In this episode, we discuss the concept of God as Mystery and the Ultimate Goal of being transformed by that Mystery.

God exists; NO, God IS existence. In this episode, we explore the concepts of God and Existence and arrive at the conclusion that not only does God exist but God is existence itself.

Is this all there is? Who Am I? How do I achieve Self-Realization? These Universal and Timeless questions have been the core of the Divine Traditions; The questions that plagued the Prophets, sages, philosophers and saints; the questions that led them to seek the Ultimate Answer.  In this episode, we talk about how these questions lead the seeker into The Path of Emptiness and how this emptin...

The Prophet Muhammad says "He who knows himself, knows his Lord." This points us to the idea that the journey towards God is also a journey of self-realization. In this episode our hosts talk about their histories into the Path of the Aspirant. As they would put it "a personal and vulnerable episode."

God says "I was a hidden treasure; I loved to be known. Hence I created the world so that I would be known." What is the Hidden Treasure? What is contained within? Why does it want to be known? Known by whom? E-mail: muridtalks@gmail.com Instagram: muridtalks