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Halal food has quietly become optional for a lot of Muslim creators — and nobody’s calling it out. In this episode, we talk about the content creators (many of them visibly Muslim, many of them people we personally follow) who post grocery hauls, restaurant trips, and home-cooked meals that clearly aren’t halal — no certification, no hand-slaughtered meat, sometimes literally pouring non-halal chicken stock into dinner on camera.We break down what actually makes meat halal, why “just say Bismillah” doesn’t hold up against centuries of scholarship, and the real story of a well-known religious content creator who privately admitted to eating whatever he wants while publicly building a platform around halal and haram. We also talk about why visibly Muslim creators — especially hijabis — carry a different level of responsibility when they’re representing the faith to millions of people, and why silence in the comments doesn’t mean people aren’t noticing.In this episode:– The content creators quietly skipping halal requirements– What actually makes meat halal, step by step– Why “just say Bismillah” isn’t a loophole– The hypocrisy of a prominent religious creator who admitted the same thing privately– Why visibly Muslim creators carry extra responsibility– A personal story: my dad driving farm to farm for halal meat in the 90s– Debunking some ridiculous halal myths we’ve actually heard scholars say[00:00] Cold open[00:46] Why does nobody call this out?[02:02] The creators quietly skipping halal[05:12] What actually makes meat halal[09:04] The “America is a Christian country” fatwa debate[14:44] There’s no excuse — alternatives exist[16:09] A prominent creator’s private hypocrisy[22:08] My dad’s farm-to-farm story in the 90s[24:38] Debunking ridiculous halal myths[29:54] Why hijabis are the “flag bearers of Islam”[32:36] Judging the sin, not the sinner🇲🇾 WANT TO MOVE TO MALAYSIA?Our complete guide to how we left Canada and relocated our family to Malaysia:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/relocate-to-malaysia-with-ease 🌙 OUR MORNING MENU — FOR MUSLIM KIDSOur fun, reusable morning routine designed to bring learning, independence, and Islam into your child's day:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/my-morning-menu-a-muslim-kids-morning-routine🔗 EVERYTHING SALEH FAMILYhttps://salehfamilyofficial.com🧕 SHOP LALA HIJABShttps://lalahijabs.comUse code YOUTUBE🎙️ OUR NOORISHED PODCASTWatch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWjPpIoJI1dfpzqqBxst1TP5Jx_dkZnB8Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1FAXaICNqiUbjsskEFdySO?si=5ukqVKA1Qqa4zErMp8c2CwFOLLOW US:TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficialBUSINESS [email protected]@Noorished.comFAN [email protected]#HalalFood #MuslimCreators #IslamicEtiquette

Our kids are in jiu jitsu, and we’ve only half-jokingly told them the requirement to get married is a black belt. In this episode, we talk about why — not because we expect our sons-in-law to be violent, but because of the confidence, safety, and sense of self that comes from a daughter knowing she can protect herself.We also get into the bigger conversation underneath that: the cultural expectations we each grew up with, the unspoken rules our own mothers lived by, and why we’re intentionally raising our kids without “our” culture — choosing faith first instead. We talk honestly about patriarchy, where some of those old hierarchies actually came from, and how Khadijah (the Prophet’s wife) ran her own business while still prioritizing her role as a mother once she had children — and what that teaches us about having both ambition and clear priorities.In this episode:-Why our daughters train in jiu jitsu, and what we actually hope it gives them-Breaking cultural patterns from our own upbringings-Growing up watching unequal division of labor at home-Why we’re raising our kids “faith first,” not culture first-The historical context behind patriarchal norms-What Khadijah’s life teaches us about ambition, marriage, and priorities-Our responsibility as parents to raise our own children, not outsource itSPONSOR AN ORPHAN IN GAZA : https://www.launchgood.com/v4/scheduled-giving/charities/sponsor_orphans_w_the_saleh_family_1/checkout[00:00] Cold open[01:31] Why our daughters train in jiu jitsu[02:50] Confidence over combat — what we’re really after[03:19] On trust, safety, and letting go[04:52] Breaking cultural patterns from our own upbringings[07:12] Growing up watching unequal division of labor[09:06] Raising kids “faith first,” not culture first[10:57] Where patriarchal hierarchies actually came from[11:01] Khadijah — business, marriage, and motherhood[13:34] Our responsibility as parents🔗 EVERYTHING SALEH FAMILYhttps://salehfamilyofficial.com🧕 SHOP LALA HIJABShttps://lalahijabs.comUse code YOUTUBE🎙️ OUR NOORISHED PODCASTWatch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWjPpIoJI1dfpzqqBxst1TP5Jx_dkZnB8Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1FAXaICNqiUbjsskEFdySO?si=5ukqVKA1Qqa4zErMp8c2CwFOLLOW US:TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficialBUSINESS [email protected]@Noorished.comFAN [email protected]#MuslimParenting #RaisingDaughters #BreakingCycles

In this episode, we talk about the “haram police”: the small but loud minority of Muslims online who’ve turned correcting other Muslims into content, clickbait, and cruelty, and what that’s actually doing to our community.We talk about the real difference between sincere advice (nasiha) and public slander, why so many Muslim women quietly DM us instead of commenting because the comment sections don’t feel safe, and why dogmatism — insisting your scholar’s opinion is the only valid one — has nothing to do with actual Islamic scholarship. We also get into some powerful historical examples: how the companions of the Prophet (SAW) disagreed on major issues without turning on each other, and the story of soldiers at Karbala who left their own camp to pray behind the family they’d come to fight.If you’ve ever felt judged, attacked, or unwelcome in Muslim spaces online, this one’s for you.In this episode:-The vulgar backlash to our breastfeeding episode, and what it revealed-Nasiha (sincere advice) vs. public slander — what’s actually Islamic-Why dogmatism isn’t the same as scholarship-The concept of “trading” good and bad deeds on the Day of Judgment-Why women rarely engage in online “haram policing” — and what that costs them-Historical examples of the Sahaba disagreeing without division-The story of Karbala and praying behind your “enemy”🇲🇾 WANT TO MOVE TO MALAYSIA?Our complete guide to how we left Canada and relocated our family to Malaysia:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/relocate-to-malaysia-with-ease 🌙 OUR MORNING MENU — FOR MUSLIM KIDSOur fun, reusable morning routine designed to bring learning, independence, and Islam into your child's day:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/my-morning-menu-a-muslim-kids-morning-routine🔗 EVERYTHING SALEH FAMILYhttps://salehfamilyofficial.com🧕 SHOP LALA HIJABShttps://lalahijabs.comUse code YOUTUBE🎙️ OUR NOORISHED PODCASTWatch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWjPpIoJI1dfpzqqBxst1TP5Jx_dkZnB8Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1FAXaICNqiUbjsskEFdySO?si=5ukqVKA1Qqa4zErMp8c2CwFOLLOW US:TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficialBUSINESS [email protected]@Noorished.comFAN [email protected]#MuslimCommunity #OnlineToxicity #IslamicEtiquette

Breast milk is one of the most complex, miraculous substances on the planet — so complex that scientists still haven't fully mapped it. In this episode, we go through the science: how milk changes in response to a baby's illness, the difference between day milk and night milk, the HMOs that feed gut bacteria instead of the baby, and why colostrum is called a baby's "first vaccine."Then we get into the Islamic side — breastfeeding as an actual right of the child outlined in the Quran, the story of baby Musa (Moses) refusing every wet nurse except his own mother, and the father's religious obligation to support the mother throughout. We also tackle something a lot of Muslim mothers are quietly struggling with: the belief that breastfeeding past age two is sinful. We look at where that idea actually comes from, what the classical scholarship says, and why there's more room in this discussion than most people online will tell you.In this episode:-The science of breast milk: immunity, day/night milk, gut bacteria, and colostrum-Why nothing can replicate breast milk, including modern formula-The story of Musa (Moses) and his mother in the Quran-A father's religious responsibility in supporting breastfeeding-Extended breastfeeding: is it actually prohibited past age two?-Why scholars have differed on this question for centuries🇲🇾 WANT TO MOVE TO MALAYSIA?Our complete guide to how we left Canada and relocated our family to Malaysia:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/relocate-to-malaysia-with-ease 🌙 OUR MORNING MENU — FOR MUSLIM KIDSOur fun, reusable morning routine designed to bring learning, independence, and Islam into your child's day:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/my-morning-menu-a-muslim-kids-morning-routine🔗 EVERYTHING SALEH FAMILYhttps://salehfamilyofficial.com🧕 SHOP LALA HIJABShttps://lalahijabs.comUse code YOUTUBE🎙️ OUR NOORISHED PODCASTWatch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWjPpIoJI1dfpzqqBxst1TP5Jx_dkZnB8Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1FAXaICNqiUbjsskEFdySO?si=5ukqVKA1Qqa4zErMp8c2CwFOLLOW US:TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficialBUSINESS [email protected]@Noorished.comFAN [email protected]#Breastfeeding #ExtendedBreastfeeding #islamicparenting

⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses pregnancy loss, miscarriage, hospital complications, and grief in detail. Please take care of yourself while listening, and feel free to skip this one if it isn't the right time for you.In late 2021, we found out we were expecting our third child. Our girls were overjoyed, especially Zaynab, who had been waiting to become a big sister. Then, at a routine scan - everything changed. In this episode, we walk through our full miscarriage story — from the ultrasound where something felt wrong, to the devastating call from our midwife, to weeks of hospital complications, to the hardest conversation we've ever had with our daughters.We also talk about what Islam teaches about the loss of a child, both before and after birth — including the belief that unborn children go straight to Paradise, the scholarly discussion around when the soul enters the body, and the deeply human, deeply spiritual way the Prophet ﷺ grieved his own children. We talk honestly about how the Canadian healthcare system treated us during and after the loss, and how, almost exactly a year later, our son Yusuf was born.If you've experienced pregnancy loss, we hope this episode reminds you that you are not alone.In this episode:- Our full miscarriage story, from the scan to hospital discharge-How the healthcare system handled — and mishandled — our care-What Islam teaches about the souls of unborn children-The scholarly discussion on when the soul enters the body (40 days vs. four months)-Why burial is possible for early pregnancy loss, and why more families don't know this-How our son Yusuf's birth, one year later, changed everythingCONNECT WITH NOORISHED:🎙️ All platforms: https://anchor.fm/salehfamilyspeaks📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Salehfamily📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noorishedpodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyTHE SALEH FAMILY:🔗 Everything in one place: https://salehfamily.komi.io📸 Sana: https://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficial📸 Will & Sana: https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficial🎵 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@salehfamily▶️ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SSBsubscribeOUR PRODUCTS:🧕 Hijabs — https://www.lalahijabs.com | Code: NOORISHED (15% off)🌍 Malaysia Relocation Guide — https://www.noorished.comWORK WITH US:📩 Collabs: [email protected]📩 Business: [email protected]#MiscarriageAwareness #PregnancyLoss #MuslimFamily

Will grew up off-grid in the interior of British Columbia — no electricity, no running water, hunting for food — not because his family couldn't afford otherwise, but because his parents made a conscious choice to leave city life behind. Sana grew up in the same house her whole childhood, with a bank account opened by her dad and an early lesson in saving. Two completely different relationships with money, shaped by two completely different childhoods.In this episode, we go deep on where our money mindsets came from, why neither of us ever got real financial education, and how becoming Muslim reshaped the way we think about wealth entirely — including the story of Umar ibn al-Khattab and the mother boiling water to quiet her hungry children, and why we've committed to sponsoring an orphan for every one of our kids since the day they were born.In this episode:-Will's childhood living off-grid in rural BC-Sana's early lessons in saving and financial independence-Why neither of us ever got real financial education growing up-The Islamic concept of money as a trust (amanah) and a test-The story of Umar ibn al-Khattab and the widow with the empty pot-Why we sponsor an orphan for each of our children-Teaching our own kids the value of money and givingSPONSOR AN ORPHAN IN GAZA HERE: https://www.launchgood.com/v4/scheduled-giving/charities/sponsor_orphans_w_the_saleh_family_1/checkout🇲🇾 WANT TO MOVE TO MALAYSIA?Our complete guide to how we left Canada and relocated our family to Malaysia:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/relocate-to-malaysia-with-ease 🌙 OUR MORNING MENU — FOR MUSLIM KIDSOur fun, reusable morning routine designed to bring learning, independence, and Islam into your child's day:https://stan.store/salehfamily/p/my-morning-menu-a-muslim-kids-morning-routine🔗 EVERYTHING SALEH FAMILYhttps://salehfamilyofficial.com🧕 SHOP LALA HIJABShttps://lalahijabs.comUse code YOUTUBE🎙️ OUR NOORISHED PODCASTWatch on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWjPpIoJI1dfpzqqBxst1TP5Jx_dkZnB8Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1FAXaICNqiUbjsskEFdySO?si=5ukqVKA1Qqa4zErMp8c2CwFOLLOW US:TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficialhttps://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficialBUSINESS [email protected]@Noorished.comFAN [email protected]#IslamicFinance #MuslimParenting #Sadaqah

--Will spent years and thousands of dollars building a set of specialized aircraft maintenance tools — the kind of gear you can't just pick up at Home Depot. He got licensed as an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, graduated top of his class, and built a career flying around the continent on contract work. Then COVID hit, the airline industry gutted its most experienced (and most expensive) contractors overnight, and everything changed.In this episode, we talk about the fear underneath our current career: what happens if social media — the thing that now supports our entire family — disappears overnight? We talk through Will's path into aviation, the COVID layoff that upended everything, why he eventually sold the tools that represented nearly a decade of his old identity, and how we think about relevance, AI, and reinventing yourself when the ground shifts under you.In this episode:-Will's path to becoming a licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer-The COVID layoff that changed everything overnight-Why experienced contractors were the first to go — and what that says about corner-cutting in the industry-The fear of becoming irrelevant as content creators-Why we believe AI can't replace real, lived experience-Why Will finally sold his tools — and what that decision representedCONNECT WITH NOORISHED:🎙️ All platforms: https://anchor.fm/salehfamilyspeaks📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Salehfamily📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noorishedpodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyTHE SALEH FAMILY:🔗 Everything in one place: https://salehfamily.komi.io📸 Sana: https://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficial📸 Will & Sana: https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficial🎵 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@salehfamily▶️ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SSBsubscribeOUR PRODUCTS:🧕 Hijabs — https://www.lalahijabs.com | Code: NOORISHED (15% off)🌍 Malaysia Relocation Guide — https://www.noorished.comWORK WITH US:📩 Collabs: [email protected]📩 Business: [email protected]#ContentCreatorLife #CareerChange #TrustInAllah

One of us grew up sheltered, close-knit, and steeped in culture and faith. The other grew up in a rough town with generational trauma, addiction, and a father who loved hard but rarely said the words. In this episode, we talk through what our parents got right, what we're consciously doing differently, and how two very different childhoods somehow led us to parent our own kids the exact same way.We get into homeschooling, attachment parenting, why we've never done "cry it out," the reason our kids talk about their feelings instead of melting down, and why we think the modern nine-to-five system was never designed with the parent-child bond in mind. We also talk honestly about faith, meaning, and how becoming Muslim reshaped everything about how we show up for our children.In this episode:-What each of us took — and left behind — from our own upbringings-Why words of affirmation weren't a given in past generations, and how we're changing that-Our approach to attachment parenting and gentle parenting, and why we don't do "cry it out"-Why we chose to homeschool our kids-The link between religion, morality, and purpose — and how that shapes parenting-Why we believe modern work culture pulls families apartCONNECT WITH NOORISHED:
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We got married in a mosque, in separate rooms, without even being able to see each other during our own Nikah — and neither of us has a single photo from that moment.In this episode, we go back through the full story of our wedding: the five-year wait, the confusion over Nikah vs. engagement vs. Rukhsati, the decision to host a fully segregated wedding (a first in our community), and the cultural pressure that shaped nearly every choice we made — from the mahr, to the guest list, to burning our own CDs so there'd be no music playing. We talk honestly about what we'd do differently, what we got right despite not knowing better, and why understanding the difference between culture and religion matters so much when you're building a marriage.In this episode:-What an actual Islamic marriage contract (Nikah) requires — and what culture adds on top of it-The mahr: why extravagance isn't the point=Why we had a fully segregated wedding, and what it actually cost us emotionally-The scholarly nuance on mixed gatherings and music that we didn't know at the time-What we'd change if we redid our wedding todayCONNECT WITH NOORISHED:🎙️ All platforms: https://anchor.fm/salehfamilyspeaks📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Salehfamily📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noorishedpodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyTHE SALEH FAMILY:🔗 Everything in one place: https://salehfamily.komi.io📸 Sana: https://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficial📸 Will & Sana: https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficial🎵 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@salehfamily▶️ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SSBsubscribeOUR PRODUCTS:🧕 Hijabs — https://www.lalahijabs.com | Code: NOORISHED (15% off)🌍 Malaysia Relocation Guide — https://www.noorished.comWORK WITH US:📩 Collabs: [email protected]📩 Business: [email protected]#MuslimMarriage #IslamicWedding #RevertStory

Culture and religion get tangled together more than most of us realize — and this episode goes there. In this episode, we talk about the evil eye, belief, fear, and where things can start to go too far.As Muslims, we believe the evil eye is real. But sometimes the way people talk about it, fear it, and build their lives around it can start to feel like the evil eye has more power than it actually does. At what point does protection become paranoia? And at what point does fear of creation start weakening our trust in the Creator?We discuss the balance between taking spiritual protection seriously, making dua and saying MashAllah, and remembering that nothing can harm or benefit us except by the permission of Allah.This is not a denial of the evil eye. It is a conversation about tawheed, trust in Allah, and not letting fear control our lives.In this episode:-What nazar (evil eye) actually means vs. how culture has distorted it-Why the "laser eye vision" version of evil eye contradicts core Islamic theology-The story of Yusuf (AS) and what it tells us about envy vs. harm-Gender roles: what's Quran and Sunnah vs. what's cultural inheritance-Mental health, jinn possession, and how scholars actually approach it today-Will's revert journey and coming to Islam as a "blank slate"CONNECT WITH NOORISHED:🎙️ All platforms: https://anchor.fm/salehfamilyspeaks📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Salehfamily📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/noorishedpodcast🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@salehfamilyTHE SALEH FAMILY:🔗 Everything in one place: https://salehfamily.komi.io📸 Sana: https://www.instagram.com/sanasalehofficial📸 Will & Sana: https://www.instagram.com/salehfamilyofficial🎵 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@salehfamily▶️ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/SSBsubscribeOUR PRODUCTS:🧕 Hijabs — https://www.lalahijabs.com | Code: NOORISHED (15% off)🌍 Malaysia Relocation Guide — https://www.noorished.comWORK WITH US:📩 Collabs: [email protected]📩 Business: [email protected]