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Host: Gina Marie DeBarthe.
Guest: Imam Wisam Sharieff.

New Muslim Explains Her First Pilgrimage to Mecca
In this episode we are joined by Imam Wisam Sharieff, founder and creator of Quran Revolution, an innovative system for connecting with the Quran. He is also founder of Advocating Quranic Lifestyle and Memorize Mentor. He has taught 25,000 plus students through a variety of in-person and on-line platforms.
In December 2021, Imam Wisam Sharieff and Gina DeBarthe went on Umrah. This was Sister Gina's first Umrah. We discuss this amazing and life-changing experience together.

Websites referred to in this episode include:

Quran Revolution: https://quranrevolution.com/
Advocating Quranic Lifestyle: AQL Website - New AQL Website (https://aqlu.org/)
Online Quran apps: https://quranwbw.com/, https://www.recitequran.com/
You can follow Imam Wisam Sharieff on Facebook, Instagram @wisamsharieff, and Youtube via the Quran Revolution channel.
The Wisam Sharieff Podcast on Apple Podcasts


We discuss the following:

The overwhelming emotional experience of Umrah.
The disparities encountered during Umrah and the inequalities in the United States.
The shock of Umrah, the test of Umrah and redefining reality.
How Umrah equalizes us as Muslims. The King and the Beggar.
The day of judgement and the hadith about competing to build tall buildings.
Making circumambulations, pow-wows, stupas, burning man, and other forms of collective ecstasy.
The experience of making Tawfah around the Kabbah.
The encroachment of technology on the experience of Umrah.
The electromagnetism of our mobile technology.
Headspace: Mobile meditation.


Other topics:

Thoughts and anxiety on the side of the mountain.
Sitting in front of the Kabbah and one existential moment.
Energy centers and ganglia points in the body.
Umrah as a method for cleansing the body.
Surah Tin and finding lost objects
Hands of Light and Wheels of Life.
Memorize Mentor book list.
Heaven and Hell.
Growth after Umrah.
The healing of Umrah.
Wudu in Madinah
Surah Fatihah.
Virtual Memorization videos


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