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Creatively Righteous, Haroon Sellars

Free-styling prayer, intentionality in craft, and creativity in devotion to God—these are a few pearls you’ll find in this conversation with my mentor and dear friend, Brother Haroon Sellars. Though not a native to the Bay area, you could say his journey to the Bay has changed the course of both institutions and every heart he has encountered. On this blessed Friday, I hope you are rejuvenated by the intensity of Brother Haroon’s radiant spirit and that you too take the time to find your God-given gifts and bring to life, your creative righteousness. 

Produced by Imran Ali Malik and Zahra Parekh. Special thank you to the Hayward Museum for offering a quiet-ish place to record.

Buy the Content of Character here and listen to Shaykh Yayha Rhodus’ commentary on the Content of Character here.

The Supplication For Light: https://www.iamalik.com/supplication-of-light 

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Azhar Usman: We’re Not Serious

This is a conversation with my friend Azhar Usman, a man I call the most serious man in comedy. Azhar asked me to watch Ramy Youssef’s show ‘Ramy’ on Hulu, and when I begrudgingly did, I was floored. This happened again with Aziz Ansari’s comedy special ‘Aziz Ansari Right Now’ on Netflix. As we began to unpack the significance of these two shows, we found ourselves wrestling with modern dichotomies: Good Muslim/Bad Muslim; Artists/Awliya’; God’s Estate/Our States.

In this hour and a half, I hope you feel the love I have for this brother, and just how his sobering words help put into perspective the beautiful and flawed world which ultimately, points us back to God. This week’s Submitter Circle Podcast, the podcast for patrons of I. A. Malik Studio has also been made public; for those of you are not patrons, we hope you enjoy this extended auditory experience.

Go deeper and become a patron here: http://patreon.com/submitter.

Books mentioned:

Rene Guenon’s Crisis of a Modern World https://amzn.to/2YgBAso

Produced by Imran Ali Malik and Zahra Parekh