What the Prophet ﷺ Understood About Islam That We Forgot

Iqbal Nasim is the former CEO of the National Zakat Foundation.

He studied economics at Cambridge before going into investment banking, then left a seven-figure package to build NZF, transforming how Muslims across the country give their zakat.

He's the founder of Transform My Prayer, helping Muslims connect with their salah, and the Last Day Leadership program, helping them find purpose.

Over the past year, his podcast "In Good Faith" has become a home for the conversations most people avoid

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0:00 Intro

1:25 "There's no such thing as Islam"

3:38  What does the Quran say on this?

5:09 The misunderstanding of the word "Islam"

8:23 How we lost the original meaning

10:33 The trap of "Islamic everything"

13:07 Why "non-Muslim" is a dehumanizing word

15:57 Do you believe in Allah because you're "Muslim"? 

20:40 Would a non-Muslim really not understand halal?

26:47 Are Islamic schools a help or a harm?

30:05 The hard lines we draw between "us" and "them"

32:29 "The Muslim ummah is a complete myth"

36:42 Muslim pride & the obsession with "Muslim power"

45:01 "There is no ummah" - so what do you belong to?

49:12 "Why should anyone even care about this?"

52:27 The real harms of clinging to the label

54:38 What keeps Iqbal up at night: NDEs & psychedelics

57:48 Panentheism