Najwa Awad Najwa Awad is a psychotherapist and fellow at the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research who is passionate about helping Muslims heal, grow, and thrive after adversity. She has a private practice, Amanah Family Counseling, in which she provides online and in-person counseling to children, adults, and [...]
Have you ever stopped to look at a tall tree? How it began from only a small seed and then became a tall tree that gives fruits? Have you looked at the sun sits in the sky? How it reflects light on the moon in such a perfected measure? [...]
Habeeba Husain A couple of years ago, I took on a personal blogging endeavor based on one of my favorite verses of the Quran. The verse states, “And He gave you from all you asked of Him. And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could [...]
When I ride in an airplane, I enjoy looking at how small the world seems from a distance. Yet when you zoom in, what seemed so small and insignificant turns out to be very important and major for most of us. The size of the house, the kind of [...]
Habeeba Husain I never considered myself a germaphobe. Learning about the tiny little bugs that were on my hands, pencils, and desk never freaked me out. But in many television shows I watched as a kid, there was always an episode focused around one character’s obsession with [...]
Everyday when we wake up we cannot control what happens to us or what comes our way, but we can control how we react to it. We can be grateful for the good and patient with the bad, or the opposite. Gratitude is essentially a state of mind where one [...]
We live in a culture in which mass advertising glorifies excessive consumption and the near instant gratification of desires. “Having it now” unfortunately, proves to be a slippery slope for millions, and uninhibited desires prove to be like an uncontrollable fire, growing stronger each time they are fed. Some desires [...]
877-Why-Islam presents Sh. Omar Suleiman who asks important questions about our goal in life. Is the enjoyment of life the ultimate goal worth living for? Can a blind and homeless individual be more content than a famous actor? Explore why individuals display such varying levels of [...]
