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On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan address the basic rights and responsibilities of Muslims and Islam. He opens this episode by asking – what does a commitment to Islam mean? Is it simply making your prayers? Is it sticking to the dietary restrictions that are set forth in the Quran […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 16: The Basic Responsibilities of a Muslim appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he talks about what it means to be humble. In the world today, we have leaders that are not very humble, in fact some of our world leaders are prideful. It is for that reason that this lesson in being humble is not specifically […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 15: Learning to Be More Humble appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he addresses the punishments for disobeying the commands of God. As Imam Hassan opens this podcast he quotes the Quran from the book of An-Nisa (4:131) “And to Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. And We have […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 14: Disobeying The Command of God appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he addresses helping those in need in Islam. The Imam opens the podcast by citing the 177th verse from Al Baqarah in the Quran, which says: “Righteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 10: Helping the Needy appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he addresses death and hell. It states in the Quran that “Indeed the hell fire is the dwelling place of them all. It has seven gates and within each gate there is an appropriate punishment for each inhabitant…” (Hijr: 44) The first gate – Jahannam – […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 9: Islam and The Hell Fire appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan, he addresses Islamic etiquette –as in how a Muslim should speak and interact with other people. Using the example of the Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) the Imam explains that The Prophet didn’t use a lot of extra words, he didn’t talk just to hear his […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 8: Islamic Etiquette appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he talks about Islam and Charity, or sadaqah as Muslims call it. Sadaqah, or giving of alms, is one of the five pillars of Islam. But, there are different kind of charity in Islam. The hadith of the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) says that “Every […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 7: Islam and Charity appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this week’s Islamic Faith in Focus podcast with Imam Hassan he addresses being Muslim and being of good character. There is a large misconception that seems to surround Muslims and Islam. People have this idea that Muslims only want to do harm to others and to cause pain to those that don’t follow Islam. […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 6: Be of Good Character appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

Following last week’s episode where Imam Hassan explained how hatred and racism have no place in Islam, he addresses the issue of the treatment of women in the Islamic faith. Imam Hassan starts this episode off by reading Quran chapter 4 – The Women – verse 19, which says “O you who have believed, it […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 4: Treatment of Women in Islam appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.

On this episode of Islamic Faith in Focus with Imam Hassan, following on last week’s episode, he addresses hate and racism from the Islamic perspective. Imam Hassan says that hate and racism has no place in Islam or in a Muslims heart. He emphasizes his point by quoting the Quran chapter 49, verse 13, that […] The post Islamic Faith in Focus 3: Hate and Racism in Islam appeared first on Welcome to the Venn Network.