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Mar 2021
1h 47m

001: The Barakah Effect

The Barakah Effect
About this episode

“And if only the people of the cities had believed and had taqwa (consciousness of Allah), 

We would have opened upon them barakah (blessings) from the heaven and the earth“ (Al-Qur’an, Surah Al-A’raf 7:96)


Barakah. We Muslims hear about it all the time. 

Have you ever wondered: What barakah really means, and its amazing effects?

For our debut self-titled episode, we will attempt to uncover the understandings behind barakah, how it relates to us and why we are in NEED of barakah in our daily lives. 

Join us as we share our personal stories and experiences about how barakah has impacted our lives, 

And if you stick around until the end, we will share some practical tips on how we as Muslims today can attain barakah, as a result, live amazing lives with these principles in mind.


  1. 00:00:00 - Intro
  2. 00:03:10 - Introducing The Barakah Effect
  3. 00:24:20 - Communities of Practice - Sharing experiences and mistakes
  4. 00:27:10 - Why should you listen to TBE?
  5. 00:29:00 - What is Barakah?
  6. 00:34:32 - The Legacy of Imam asy-Syafii
  7. 00:36:00 - Opposite of Barakah
  8. 00:39:00 - Importance of Barakah
  9. 00:42:00 - Example of Barakah from Scholar: Imam Nawawi
  10. 00:43:28 - Example of Barakah from Rasulullah ﷺ
  11. 00:45:11 - Barakah in Marriage
  12. 00:48:00 - Barakah in Knowledge
  13. 00:50:40 - How to get Barakah?
  14. 00:52:28 - Barakah in Dakwah
  15. 00:54:02 - Syahmi's Transformational Umrah
  16. 01:04:30 - Reeza's Daily practice: Seize the mornings
  17. 01:14:30 - Aziz's sharing: Transparency in Business
  18. 01:22:50 - Faisal's Story of Change 
  19. 01:32:30 - Amir's Story: Naseehah of a Mother
  20. 01:36:00 - Conclusions
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