Revert Podcast

About Revert Podcast

My name’s Matthew Drake. I’m from Wokingham, Berkshire, in England and I embraced Islam in 2005 when I was 19 years old. When I look back to when I first became muslim two decades ago, I realize that I made a lot of mistakes along the way. And more often than not, these incidents were a direct result of a lack of Islamic knowledge or a lack of knowing how to apply Islam correctly in my life, either because of my own ignorance of the religion or because of the bad advice I received from other muslims who, despite the good intentions they may have had, were ill-informed themselves or had a lack of understanding. This, in addition to the excessive zeal I had as a new muslim, as well as immaturity and a lack of life experience, all contributed to me going to extremes in aspects of the religion, obligating or prohibiting things in my life that I didn’t have to, getting into arguments and debates with other people, ruining friendships and upsetting family members. Mistakes were made, damage was caused and people were hurt unnecessarily. But as time went on and the more I learned about Islam and lived my life as a muslim and the general life experience I gained, I began to understand the mistakes I made and where and how I went wrong. After graduating from the Islamic University of Madinah back in 2014, I felt a need to give back to muslim communities and contribute to the Islamic call but wasn’t sure what to do. I would often think back to the early days of my Islam, the mistakes I made and how I would have done things differently had I known then what I know now. So the idea came about for ‘Revert Podcast’ a project aimed at helping new muslims and muslim reverts in general, by educating them more about Islam and how to practice it. By returning back to the Quran, authentic Hadith and works of the great scholars of Islam, I hope to shed some light on key issues that affect reverts, clarify any misunderstandings they may have and teach some of the basics of Islam. I don’t claim to be a scholar or ‘sheikh’ and I don’t give religious verdicts. My goal is simply to convey Islamic knowledge that is most relevant to muslim reverts – within my capacity – and to help them on their journey. I hope this initiative can help serve as a guide to reverts and new muslims, and that by way of it, I can rectify some of the wrongs and help to prevent others from making the mistakes I made. Matthew Drake MA (Translation Studies) BA (Dawah and Theology)

Publisher

Matt Drake

Category

religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Jul 2021

Latest episode

2 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

25 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   2 Jul 2026

   Overdoing It

   In this episode, we explore different types of worship in Islam, how we should approach them, and what to do if we experience spiritual burnout.

2. 

   22 Jan 2026

   Five Things

   One of the best ways to build faith is to develop your connection with Allah, and one of the best ways to do this is to learn how to pray to Allah and ask of him (dua). When someone would convert to Islam, the Prophet (ﷺ) would teach them the prayer, and then he would tell them to ask for five things.

3. 

   23 Oct 2025

   Work

   What is a ‘haram’ job in Islam and what is a 'halal' job? When does a job become halal or haram? What jobs can muslims do or not do? What happens when someone converts to Islam and they have a haram job? Should they walk out the door and quit straight away, or should they carry on working until they find something else? What about the money they’ve made from this job they had before Islam? Are they allowed to keep it, or should they give it away? In this episode I speak about jobs and work in Islam. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/revert-podcast--4998688/support (https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/revert-podcast--4998688/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss).

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

218,821

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 31 / 100

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Quality

14

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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