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The Wird

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Hasnat Ali & Tamim Sookoor 5 episodes Oct 17, 2026

The Wird is a conversation series about how faith and daily practice shape lasting success. Hosts Hasnat Ali and Tamim Sookoor speak with people from many walks of life—surgeons, scholars, filmmakers, artists, teachers, and builders—about the invisible routines beneath visible achievements. Each episode follows three parts: the journey, the practice, and the future. The show explores spiritual sustenance, personal discipline, and concrete ways forward for the Muslim community.

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Running Towards Something - Ahmad Fahmy Oct 17, 2026 1:10:33 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Ahmad Fahmy got his first job at an investment bank at eighteen, as a second-year engineering student, before anyone used the word engineer for it. He didn’t balance it with school. He worked all day, taught himself at night out of books, and dropped semesters when the two collided. He describes

Centered - Asma Waheed Oct 2, 2026 1:06:25 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Asma Waheed tried to go to art school three times.The first time, at fourteen, her father talked her out of it. He told her that if he sent her to art school, he would lose her, so she studied home economics instead and carried on like that for years. The second time, at West Virginia University

Every Line Ends in Water: A Life Held by Practice - Dr. Salih Sayilgan Sep 1, 2026 58:59 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Dr. Sayılgan's day starts before most people's. Fajr (morning prayer), then writing while his mind is fresh, then coffee, then ten pages of Quran, three hadiths, a few pages of the Risale-i Nur, and some lines of poetry. He calls it the thing that sets up the day.He grew up herding cows in a vil

Beyond the Page: Knowledge Lived — Professor Hernán Guadalupe Aug 17, 2026 56:00 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Hernán Guadalupe became Muslim on the morning of September 11th, 2001, in a dorm room, minutes after the towers came down across the water. That's the part people know about him. This conversation is about the twenty-five years since.He's an engineer who'll tell you he isn't a technical person;

From Restrictions to Openings - Khaled Helmi Aug 3, 2026 46:20 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Khalid Helmi spent 23 years in Tech at the Social Security Administration. Finance was the thing he actually loved, but every path into it ran through something he wasn't comfortable with. So he kept narrowing: out of most stocks, into gold, into real estate, and eventually into a corner of the

What is the wird? Aug 1, 2026 0:34 Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Wird IntroWhoever has no 'wird' has no 'waarid'... مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهُ وِرْدٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَارِد

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