Your Journey Towards Healing and Happiness - Yasmin Mogahed

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