You cannot heal someone who has been operating their entire lives through the lens of their trauma. There is no such thing as loving someone to healthiness!!! It is delusional to believe that is you love someone harder and with more vigor they will somehow snap out of it and “act right”. They have to want to heal and change. In the words of the young man, “You can’t wake someone up who pretends to be sleep.” Masha Allah, Sister @every1_favorite_therapist has her sons on a great trajectory of sel

If your knowledge of the religion doesn’t evoke a change in your character then what you have is not knowledge, it’s information. Information can be useful or useless depending on how you respond to it. The Prophet asked Allah for knowledge that benefits (علم نافع) and sought refuge from knowledge that did not (علم لا ينفع). | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin

Allah says, “And obey not the one whose heart We have made heedless of Our Remembrance, who follows his own lusts and desires, and whose affair (deeds) has been lost.” (Al Qur’an 18:28) | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin

Until we totally dirvorce our pre-Islamic culture, which is saturated with all forms of injustice, we will never truly embrace the teachings of Islam, in its entirety. Allah commands us to enter into Islam wholeheartedly, which is a process of total separation from anything that contradicts it, whether in statement or action. Allah says, “We have come to you with the truth, but most of you have a hatred for the truth.” (Al Qur’an 43:78) | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin

Grief extends beyond the physical and mental. During the process of separation/divorce one may exhibit signs of grief and it’s important to understand them so you don’t go too far. Feelings are normal and we may be excused for them but our reactions are in our control and we may not be excused for them whether in this life or the next. | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin

This is a snippet from our Wednesday sisters class reviewing Sahih Al Bukhari the Book of Marriage. Take a listen. Alhamdulilah the sisters are extremely diligent in learning the intricate matters of their deen. May Allah bless them in their pursuit of knowledge. | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin

Just listen. | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin

Is a relationship built only on love? | Shadeed Muhammad/Rawdah Admin