In this episode of The Seeking Covering Podcast, I sit down with my best friend, Rukia ali Muhammad, for an honest conversation about real friendship how it forms, how it deepens, and why it feels so rare today.

We talk about how we met, how our bond grew naturally over time, and what separates surface-level connections from friendships that actually last. From loyalty and vulnerability to growth, change, and showing up for one another, this episode explores what it really means to have someone who feels like “your person.”

We also reflect on friendship through an Islamic lens how the people we keep close shape who we become, the idea that souls recognize one another, and why companionship in this life carries weight beyond it.

If you’ve ever wondered whether a friend can feel like a soulmate, or if you’ve been craving deeper, more meaningful connections, this episode is for you.

In this episode of the Seeking Covering Podcast, we have an honest and much-needed conversation about the Muslim woman’s voice and how culture, fear, and personal insecurities have often been projected onto Islam in ways that silenced women for generations.

Together, we explore why so many Muslim women grew up believing that their voice was something to hide, why questioning was discouraged, and how this led many sisters to disconnect from learning, teaching, and fully inhabiting their faith.

Through personal reflection, mental health insights, and powerful reminders from the Qur’an and Sunnah especially the story of Khawlah bint Tha‘labah (رضي الله عنها) whose voice was honoured by Allah we unpack the difference between Islam and culture, and why learning our deen for ourselves is essential.

This episode is for every woman who has ever loved truth but felt unheard within it. A reminder that Islam never erased women it honoured them. And that reclaiming your voice is not rebellion, but a return to truth.

In this deeply personal episode, I share my journey with infertility and the loss of a child we waited over four years for. I speak about the before, the during, and the after the hope, the heartbreak, and the moments that changed me forever.

I reflect on the impact of the people around me, the words that stayed, and the silence that followed. Through an Islamic lens, I explore the hadith that speaks of children who pass away and are granted Jannah children who refuse to enter until their parents are allowed to enter with them.

This episode is a reflection on grief, faith, unanswered duʿāʾ, and trusting Allah through profound loss.