"Women Are Better Than Men": Womanhood Reimagined | Ustadha Dr. Amina Darwish

Dr. Amina Darwish gives spiritual insights about re-imagining womanhood when the prevailing thought might be women are better than men in every way and don’t need men at all. Men are misogynistic and just aim to suppress women in every way. Women must live to fight men. Women are only held back by systems of oppression like patriarchy and must live to dismantle them all.
Sheikha Amina speaks at a women's retreat about re-imagining womanhood as a Muslim woman. Watch the complete seminar at mcceastbay.org/reimagine
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- More sessions for Muslimahs: mcceastbay.org/women
This program was sponsored by the Jannah Institute, The Rahmah Foundation & MCC. It was proudly hosted at Muslim Community Center - East Bay (MCC East Bay) in Pleasanton, California on March 6, 2022.
Dr. Amina Darwish “Imamina” started as the Associate Dean for Religious and Spiritual Life and Advisor for Muslim Life in February 2021. She previously served as the first full time Muslim Life Coordinator at Columbia University. Dr. Darwish has a decade of professional experience working with Muslim community. She also brings years of experience building and serving in nonprofit organizations. Dr. Darwish brings a unique blend of understanding the different cultures within the Muslim community while staying grounded in traditional Islamic scholarship.
Imamina Aminah earned a Ph.D. in Chemical engineering before switching careers to follow her true passion for community building. She remains passionate about including ethics, meaning, and service into STEM disciplines. Dr. Darwish strives to always create a culture or openness and consistent kindness into the communities she serves. She earned ijazas, traditional Islamic studies certifications, from the Qalam and Critical Loyalty seminaries including an ijaza in the ten Qira’at. Dr. Darwish has studied individually under different scholars from different parts of the world and has taught college level coursework on Islam and Muslims.
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[@alinahjaffery]

My goodness subhanAllah. What a brilliant mind subhanAllah BarakAllah!! I love you sister, may Allah bless you manifold

[@shabithakaroor9992]

That was so thoughtful😍Mashallah

[@anamericanmuslim6399]

Mashallah your passion and frustration are so palpable. May God reward you for your efforts ❤️

[@bizcarecorporation60]

Thanks from the heart of Bangladesh

[@pradelelien3267]

May Allah bless my sister 🙏 ❤ 💖

[@maryshasorayaabdulmanap8904]

She's brilliant

[@Ybtissama]

SubhanaAllah AMAZING

[@zakiyyaabubakar1613]

Subhanallah Mashaa Allah!! This shook me to my core, I relate to this on the most basic level. Jazakillah khairan Ustadha

[@treectrice9180]

This was so powerful and common sense 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💗💗💗🌟🌟🌟

[@SS-ix3yg]

May Allah reward u. I’ve learned more in zis 30 mins zan I’ve in years of listening to lectures.

[@WalaaHamdan126]

Mashallah.. I love your passion and strength. Thank you for this talk 🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@rancherkoikai5726]

Maashallah!

[@nadeenm8]

Ma sha allahh… I never thought that way, that we are supporting the oppressers by saying the lollipop thing… subhanallahh.. we have many saying like that.

[@manalbahaji3632]

Legit thank you so much, really Jazaki Allah Kher Basically, I'll be listning to this every day when feeling discouraged Let's meet in Jannah insha'Allah :)

[@Ybtissama]

Assalam Alikoume I am Sister in Islam IAM sister ybtissam

[@sanahoque9321]

❤️❤️❤️masha Allah

[@pradelelien3267]

I love my sisters 💗 💓 💛

[@mohamedsalemmohamedelmocta8753]

Splendid

[@soharabhossain2307]

মাশাআল্লাহ

[@user-xq6ws7ph7p]

Love Uuu all my sisters kisses from Korea

[@osmanali6350]

Good that you are muslim very nice

[@sahebullahraofi4538]

Allhamdulillah

[@omaimahassan3932]

السلام عليكم ورحمه الله وبركاته ارجو منكم الترجمه باللغه العربيه نحتاجها بشده وجزاكم الله خيرا

[@Itprofessional1992]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nadeenm8]

Could you please answer!! Is there any Hadith that women cannot travel alone. Like somebody should be there, either husband or father or brother like mahram? If a women wants to visit a place like a tour, is it ok to go and explore alone. Me and my mom argue about this always when this topic comes. I always try to convince her like telling her if I can study outside the city it is permissible and just to visit someplace alone it’s haram!!!!

[@seher7280]

Yes there is I've read it many times but I don't know the references

[@alphauno6614]

You will get conflicting answers on this depending on certain conditions and evidences. This topic you should speak to your local scholar/imam about.

[@1994mrmysteryman]

Muslim (1339) narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “It is not permissible for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to travel the distance of one day, except with a mahram.”

[@NurulIslam-vl2ys]

Hamdullila.allaha.bless.her.in.life.peace.prosperity.islamic.congratulation.

[@sadikbroboniqi6744]

🤦‍♂️😄

[@AnaN-ps1el]

"A moment with Umar ibn el khattab where he said: remember when we were in Makkah and we would talk and the women would listen and now we can't get a word in edge wise!" Hahaha she is such a Crack up 🤣. Love her!

[@NurulIslam-vl2ys]

How.seeetness.speach.from.quaran.and.hadit.explain.go.ahead.sister.allah.give.her..to.janna.next.life.

[@doksh5740]

Never, maybe you mean that good women are much better than bad men.

[@iamhijabsterz9556]

For me, i really hate when Muslim men try to remind women about hijab. Muslim men should just take care of their hijab which is sunnah. Sunnah doenst mean haram right? You can talk about men hijab with other guy instead of tell women "well, we men also ha hijab" while never wear it. Again, its sunnah. Ite not haram. Wear it. It will gain you more reward. Dont escape it with saying "well its sunnah". Wear it just like Mufti Menk. Muslim men ha no differen than Non Muslim who open up topic about hijab and try to act like a hero while women hijab has nothing to do with them.

[@alliyahsgalaxy]

Why? Allah didn't say that men can't remind women and women can't remind men. This is a Western idea. It is their duty to remind and we should be thankful to those who do it not demonise them.

[@seher7280]

@@alliyahsgalaxy yes except there is a time and place for everything which many Muslim men can't seem to understand or don't want to.

[@1994mrmysteryman]

​​@@seher7280 And you can't seem to understand that the original comment is rude, completely out of place and blatantly unislamic. Maybe learn some Islam before preaching to others your own daft opinions.

[@abagthiari9666]

Masha Allah🌙 Me neither,..don't want to be a Man,..carrying/birthing/raising Children,..the most beautiful part of Womanhood,..agree,..Lady's,..that's my right upon you,..not to objectify me,..Sassy,..Dr. Amina,..👍😆👍,..

[@Ybtissama]

Sobhana Allah I was thinking if only you can be the next United States President.. I mean … your VISION IS WHAT this society needs. Specially with this LGBT BS. Sorry for the slang But my brain is melting…