We sat down with sister Yasmin Mogahed to discuss the journey towards finding true healing in your life.
Timestamps:
0:00 | Intro
2:20 | This or That?
3:45 | What is despair?
5:25 | Dua of Ayub A.S
6:44 | What damage can despair have to a believing person?
8:22 | Shifting your focus from difficulty to ease
11:00 | Stories in the Quran
11:50 | What is trauma?
14:00 | Are we products of our trauma?
15:23 | Misconceptions of Sabr (Patience)
20:02 | How Prophets practiced patience
22:28 | Strength only comes from Allah
25:22 | Problems in the self-help industry
27:45 | Important Dua to internalise
30:18 | Wrongfully imprisoned prisoners
33:14 | Time heals all?
36:20 | What does healing look like in light of the Quran and Sunnah?
39:58 | Success is born from struggle
41:32 | Allah does not want us to suffer
44:05 | Is the absence of sadness what happiness is?
46:08 | What is true happiness from a Islamic perspective?
53:20 | Cultural emphasis on suppressing emotions