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NYU Islamic Center Podcasts cover a range of topics from spiritual knowledge to current events.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Formal khutbahs connect prophetic counsel, taqwa, and prayer to everyday character, communal service, and moral self-accountability.
NYU Islamic Center Podcasts records faith as something practiced through attention, conduct, and communal responsibility. Khutbahs led by Faiyaz Jaffer return to the Prophet's counsel to Abu Dhar Al-Ghufari, moving from close reflection on that counsel toward…
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A reflective khutbah on human dignity, humble dependence, and responsibility in a temporary world.
The episode centers on a plain but weighty question: what it means that God has honored the children of Adam, and what that honor asks of people living in a temporary dunya.
A clear reminder to keep praise and patience steady in every state.
This episode centers patience and builds the case through a clear, practical pattern: praise Allah in good news, praise Allah in bad news, and turn back to Him when life turns hard.
A khutbah about trusting delayed answers and staying consistent in dua.
This khutbah keeps its focus narrow: trust Allah with the timing of answered dua, and keep asking without trying to manage the process yourself. It leans on Qur'anic reminders, a hadith from Bukhari and Muslim, and a simple flight analogy that lands cleanly.
A calm note on patience under ordinary pressure.
This episode keeps its attention on character under pressure. It treats good conduct as something shaped by private burdens as much as public virtue, moving through contentment, steady submission to the Lord of the worlds, and the strain of money, school, worry, and the rest.
A patient sermon that makes taqwa feel practical in the smallest habits around prayer.
This sermon treats taqwa as something lived, not merely praised: a habit of remembering Allah before, during, and after ordinary actions. Drawing on the Prophet's advice to Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari, it returns again and again to the same plain point, that God-consciousness belongs…
A khutbah on character that turns modesty, honesty, and family conduct into daily tests.
The khutbah treats good character as something measured in ordinary conduct, not in praise alone. It begins with taqwa and straight speech, then follows the small, everyday choices that reveal character: how one speaks, where one goes, and which situations one keeps away from.
A steady lesson on leaving vice behind, checking the self, and building a safer inner life.
This talk begins with Abu Dharr's question about migration, but it really stays with the problem of how a believer lives under distraction. The speaker moves away from geography and toward conduct, asking listeners to look hard at what they should flee and what they should add.
A patient faith story about sacrifice, exile, and the cost of searching for truth.
Salman al-Farsi's story is presented as a search for truth that costs him privilege, home, and freedom, while also showing the need for patience along the way.
Serious Islamic reminders for pressured lives.
Faith, justice, and the week’s hard questions.
Islamic reminders with moral weight.
Islamic teaching with moral weight.
Friday from the minbar, Birmingham.
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The khutbah opens with Arabic praise and seeking refuge from Satan, then turns to the coming of Ramadan.
Tamim Islam’s khutbah at NYU Islamic Center centers on a four-part hadith: “afshu al-salam,” feeding others, maintaining kinship, and praying at night while people sleep.
Tamim Islam frames Laylatul Qadr around the hadith in Bukhari that deeds are judged by their endings, then applies that idea to Umar, Khalid ibn Walid, and Wahshi as examples of people whose lives changed direction.
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The sermon keeps the long-running advice to Abu Dharr moving toward its close.
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Salman’s life is presented as a search for truth that begins in wealth and ends in hardship.
The speaker continues a long teaching on the advice of the Messenger of God to Abu Dhar al-Ghaffari.
An Islamic scholar delivers a khutbah (sermon) on human honor (karama) in Islamic theology, explaining two categories of honor: karamat al-tashri'iya (jurisprudential honoring through Islamic law) and karamat at-taqweeniya (universal honoring through intellect and capacity).
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Imam Tamim delivers a khutbah addressing how Allah accepts du'a (Islamic prayer/supplication) during exam season and times of hardship.
Tamim Islam’s khutbah at the NYU Islamic Center centers on a hadith from Anas ibn Malik about a man repeatedly announced as “a person of Jannah” at the Prophet’s gate in Masjid Nabawi.
NYU Islamic Center Podcasts features Tamim Islam’s khutbah on Prophet Ayyub (AS), anchored by Qur'anic citations from Surah Sad, Surah Anbiya, and Surah Al-Baqarah.
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Tamim Islam’s khutbah for NYU Islamic Center Podcasts centers on good character as a core part of Islam, starting with the hadith, “I have only been sent to perfect righteous character.” He uses Ibn Rajab’s three-part framework for akhlaq: beautiful dealings with Allah, with people, and with oneself, then applies it to sincerity, mercy, honesty, patience, discipline, and confidence.
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This episode continues analyzing a hadith where Prophet Muhammad advises his companion Abu Dharr, focusing on worship, love for the Prophet and his family, Quran recitation, and spiritual supplications.
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An Islamic scholar discusses the Prophet Muhammad's teachings to Abu Dharr al-Ghaffari about taqwa (God-consciousness) and sincere devotion.
NYU Islamic Center Podcasts presents a khutbah on companionship in Islam, using the hadith “A person is upon the religion of his close friend” and Ibn Hajar’s reading of it.
The speaker opens with praise of God, then calls for taqwa and for keeping the Lord in mind, since every deed, action, and thought is watched.
A traditional Islamic sermon opening with praise to Allah and Quranic verses, emphasizing piety and devotion.
An Islamic sermon beginning with prayers and introducing a series on advice from Prophet Muhammad to a companion.
An Islamic sermon opening with traditional praises and Quranic verses urging mindfulness of God.
This episode opens with Islamic prayers and invocations, setting a spiritual tone for the podcast.
An Islamic prayer and invocation praising Allah and the Prophet Muhammad.
A Friday sermon at NYU Islamic Center emphasizing the unity of believers and the blessings of gathering for prayer.
A sermon at NYU Islamic Center continuing a series on Quranic verses about commitment and faith.
The episode opens with Islamic greetings and likely covers spiritual topics from an Islamic perspective.
A talk on the spiritual significance of Isra' al-Miraj and integrating faith with mental health.