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Seekers Book Club: When Hearing Becomes Listening
We've got another Seekers Book Club session coming up!
📖: When Hearing Becomes Listening by Shaykh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith
📅: 12 July 2026, Sunday
🕛: 11am - 1230pm
📍: Wardah Books
Registration required: Click here.
About the book
This book is about the role of listening in the life of a Muslim and how learning to listen can transform the cacophony of inner noise into a wonderful symphony. When Hearing Becomes Listening explains why listening is a capacity unique to human beings, and describes obstacles and struggles that prevent us from being good listeners, especially in today’s era. The book presents a unique, interconnected, three-level approach to listening: Listening to oneself, listening to others, and listening to God.
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About the author
Shaykh Mikaeel Ahmed Smith embraced Islam at the age of 18, after reading the Quran and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Soon after, he enrolled in Dar al-Ulam al-Madaniyya, where he completed his memorisation of the Quran. In 2012, he earned his Alimiyya Degree from Dar al-Ulum Canada in Chatham, Ontario. He currently teaches Islamic law, theology, and hadith at Qalam Seminary in Dallas, Texas. His other book is With the Heart in Mind, which explores the moral and emotional intelligence of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
Themes and topics for discussion
- What it truly means to actively and attentively listen to the people around us
- The importance and underrated benefits that come from being able to truly listen
- The struggles we experience when it comes to listening and being heard, especially in a time when attention is so fragmented
- Listening, how it differs from agreeing, and the lost art of disagreeing with grace
- and more!
About Seekers Book Club
The Seekers Book Club by Maktaba Books aims to bring people together to read various books through an Islamic, Singaporean, and/or Southeast Asian lens. Whether the text is secular or set in an unfamiliar culture, there is always something within a book that can resonate with our faith and identities.
We are happy to run the book club in collaboration with Wardah Books, and we look forward to seeing you there!
About Maktaba Books
Maktaba Books is a peer-to-peer community library.
Our mission is to illuminate the path of knowledge within our community and to ensure that everyone has access to books and discussions on them.
Give life to the books that are collecting dust on your shelves when you lend them to our readers!
Visit maktababooks.com to learn more.
