We've all heard it “don't show off, you'll get the evil-eye.” But is it just an old saying, or is it something real? In this episode, we sit together and explore what the Qur'an and Rasulullah actually tell us about the evil-eye where it comes from, why it's real, and how we protect ourselves and the people we love. We also share two true stories, and a moving account of healing through ruqyah. This is Episode 2 of Season 5: What Lies Beyond the Visible — our journey into the unseen world in Islam.

That feeling at night when the house is quiet and something feels — off. Most of us have felt it. Most of us never talk about it. In Islam, the unseen world is not a myth, not a superstition, and not something to be afraid of if we understand it correctly. This episode goes back to the Quran and authentic Sunnah — who are the Jinn, where did they come from, where do they live, and what does Allah ﷻ actually want us to know about them. Season 5 begins here.

We have normalised riba. We call it a loan. We call it a mortgage. We call it just the way things work. But what does Allah actually say about the money we are building our lives on? This episode goes back to the foundation — what is halal rizq, what is riba, and why the difference matters more than we think. And we remember Siraj Ud-Daulah — the last independent Nawab of Bengal — a young man who refused to let a foreign company buy what was never for sale.

We cook to impress. We overspend, we stress, we exhaust ourselves — trying to meet a standard Allah never set for us. This episode is about finding the barakah in simplicity. In the one pot meal. In the humble table. In the home where enough is truly enough. And we remember one of the most forgotten names in our history — the last Mughal emperor.

Have you ever felt something you could not explain? A presence. A cry with no source. A figure that vanished. Islam already has the answer. Season 5 of Bareerah’s Faith Journal is coming — nine episodes on the unseen world. Not with fear. With clarity. What Lies Beyond the Visible. Coming soon.

We have mastered the public version of our deen. The prayer rows are full. But what happens when we close the door? This episode asks why it is easier to be kind to strangers than to the people we live with — and what the Prophet ﷺ showed us about who we really are when no one is watching.

Some people have appointed themselves as judges of who is a good Muslim and who is not. But those gates were never given to us. This episode is about what happens when we mistake judgement for faith — and what Islam actually asks of us instead.

We start everything with Bismillah. But do we mean it? Or has worship quietly become something we perform for people? This episode talks about the difference between doing things for Allah and doing things to be seen — and what it really looks like to give with a sincere heart.