#it can definitely be difficult to discern when a sheikh is subtly pursuing a political agenda for sure

[suhyla]

Assalamualaikum,

I really want to begin listening to scholars and sheiks speaking, advising, explaining and storytelling etc... But i have grown quite skeptical about most of the sheiks on tv and radio and youtube due to many having political and mazhab-ical(?) Intentions and undertones with their own ideologies effecting their words outside of what was mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah.. so I've sadly grown quite distant from most of the stories and wisdoms mentioned in the seerah

My question is, can you recommend me someone who you think is 100% truthful in his word if it's a youtube channel or podcast or even books?

Also sorry if this was all over the place i really don't know a better way to word my thoughts

Thank you in advance ❤️

Wa alaykum as salam dear sister,

These options were recently shared by brother Hassam, which I found to be very helpful.

I have attached series on the seerah and the journey of the soul (i.e. death) in my Linktree. I'll add it again here for your convenience. If you guys are interested in more, I can update it regularly with more fascinating things I come across? I really enjoy listening to Sheikh Bilal Assad these days.

I also recommend going to your local mosque or seeing if they shifted to an online mode of teaching. If you feel your masjid is also the way you described, you may find others online that you identify more with. Mine livestreams halaqas and khutbahs for example, and I'm sure many others do as well.

If you'd like a book version of the seerah, I am currently reading the Sealed Nectar and it's absolutely amazing. Here is the newest edition. And here is the older edition, which is more affordable if the new one is out of your budget right now.

My teachers have also recommended the 40 Hadiths from Imam Nawawi and Minhaj ul-Muslim. They're on my TBR as well and heard they're absolute must-reads.

Books might be a better bet for knowledge if you don't want to hear anything political. At the end of the day, the people producing this content are humans and may share their opinions on non-Islamic issues such as politics, etc. from time to time.

A sister also recently recommended this brother's Facebook page. He refutes a lot of misconceptions about Islam and it seems to be full of beneficial content, although I haven't had the chance to extensively go through it yet.

All in all, I hope this helps you and may Allah bless you on your journey.

As always, if anyone else has any books, blogs, podcasts, channels, etc. to share please feel free to add so we can all benefit from each other :)