The Prophet's Approach to Mental Health | Dr. Rania Awaad

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Ustadha Dr. Rania Awaad provides spiritual and practical mental health insights and coping tools from the Sunnah.
This lecture was delivered via Maristan on June 23, 2023. It was delivered at The Muslim Unity Center. Please subscribe to The Muslim Unity Center's channel on KZbin: / @mucmichigan48302
Grounded in Islamic traditions, Maristan aims to lead professional clinical care, education, and research in advancing holistic, mental, and spiritual wellness.
Ustadha Rania Awaad
Raised in the U.S., Ustadha Rania Awaad began her formal study of the traditional Islamic sciences when her parents permitted her to travel to Damascus, Syria, at 14. Her desire to continue studying the Deen resulted in multiple trips back to Damascus, interspersed between her high school, college, and medical studies. She was honored to receive Ijaazah (authorization to teach) several branches of the Shari’ah sciences at the hands of many renowned scholars, including many female scholars. She has received Ijaazah to teach Tajwid in the Hafs and Warsh recitations from the late eminent Syrian scholar Shaykh Abu Hassan al-Kurdi. In addition to completing several advanced texts of the Shafi’i madhhab, she is licensed to teach texts of Maliki fiqh, Adab and Ihsan. Currently, Ustadha Rania teaches online and local classes for The Rahmah Foundation, Rabata, and is on the faculty of Zaytuna College, where she teaches courses in Shafi’i fiqh, women’s issues in fiqh, and has helped develop and co-direct the Tajweed and Hifz program.
Ustadha Rania is also a medical doctor with a specialty in Psychiatry. She completed her Psychiatric residency and fellowship training at Stanford University, where she is currently on the faculty as a Clinical Instructor in the Stanford Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences department. Her medical interests include addressing mental health care concerns in the Muslim community- particularly that of Muslim women and girls. She has been awarded grants from the NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) to conduct research on this topic and has presented her findings at several medical conferences. Other ongoing endeavors include compiling manuscripts addressing female-related mental health and medical issues from a fiqh-oriented perspective. She currently serves as the Director of the Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization that teaches Muslim women and girls traditional Islamic knowledge. In this capacity, she also heads the Murbbiyah Mentoring Program, which trains young women to teach and mentor Muslim girls and teens. Ustadha Rania is both a wife and a mother; she has been counseling and teaching women classes on Tajwid, Shafi’i Fiqh, Ihsan, marriage, and raising children since 1999.
Learn more about Dr. Rania and her work at med.stanford.edu/psychiatry/re...
Dr. Rania Awaad M.D., is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Stanford University School of Medicine where she is the Director of the Stanford Muslim Mental Health & Islamic Psychology Lab as well as Stanford University's Affiliate Chaplain. In the community, she serves as the Executive Director of Maristan.org, a holistic mental health nonprofit serving Muslim communities, and the Director of The Rahmah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating Muslim women and girls.
In addition, she is faculty of Islamic Psychology at Cambridge Muslim College and The Islamic Seminary of America. She is also a Senior Fellow for Yaqeen Institute and the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding. Prior to studying medicine, she pursued classical Islamic studies in Damascus, Syria, and holds certifications (ijaza) in Qur’an, Islamic Law, and other branches of the Islamic Sciences. Follow her @Dr.RaniaAwaad
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Thank you Dr. Rania Awaad for presenting and explaining such a beautiful topic . It is so meaningful and helpful. God bless you. Alhamdulillah.

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Jazak Allahu khairan dear sister for this extremely important topic!! Great explanation ma shaa Allah ❤ Allah bless you in the dunnya and in the Akhira! Amiin

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Allah is my guide and doctor, in the Quran people call Muhammed sallalahoaleiwasalam a mad man. So has western doctor's said about me, peace is upon me. I'm just saying it's not for everyone. keep that in mind. May Allah give good health and gratitude to all children of Adam , ameen

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Allah is my guide and then doctor. This is to avoid equating Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala with creatures. Allah knows best

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Elhamdulilah

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Assalaam waleyikum woraammatullaah wobarakaatuhu

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Information about her is in the description brother but don’t know if there is information about how to contact her

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" عام الحزن " : اشتهر عند الناس إطلاقه على العام الذي توفيت فيه خديجة رضي الله عنها ، وأبو طالب ، وذلك لما أصاب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم من الحزن والهمّ بموتهما ، ولما تعرض له من أذى السفهاء ، فقد كانت زوجته وعمه يدفعان عنه الكثير من الأذى والضر . قال ابن إسحاق رحمه الله : " فَلَمَّا هَلَكَ أَبُو طَالِبٍ ، نَالَتْ قُرَيْشٌ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- مِنْ الْأَذَى مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ تَطْمَعُ بِهِ فِي حَيَاةِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ " انتهى من "سيرة ابن هشام" (2/ 46) . وكان ذلك قبل الهجرة بثلاث سنين .لم يثبت أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أو أحدا من أصحابه ، بل ولا من التابعين ، ومتقدمي الأئمة : أنه سمى هذا العام بعام الحزن ؛ ولم يُرو ذلك مسندا من وجه ، وغاية ما في الأمر أنها تسمية من العلماء . منقول من اسلام وب

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AW. What is the dua of Prophet at Taiif ?

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التسمية بعام الحزن لا تعني اطلاقا أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قضى عاما من الحزن، والتسمية إنما جعلت لتعيين عام الوفاة للسيدة خديجة رضي الله عنه ولوفاة عمه أبو طالب، وليس لوصف طول مدة حزنه صلى الله عليه وسلم، وتلك التسمية كما سمي عام ولادة الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم: "عام الفيل" فلا يصح الاستدلال من التسمية أن الفيل بقي عاما في مكة، أو أن الرسول صلى الله عليه وسلم قضى عاما من الحزن على وفاة زوجته رضي الله عنها ووفاة عمه أبو طالب. وإلا فإذا قلنا بذلك فإننا بالضرورة نقول للناس احزنوا ما شئتم فإن نبيكم صلى الله عليه وسلم حزن عاما "كاملا" ارجو الإنتباه من تأصيل أمر أمرنا القرآن الكريم والسنة بعدم فعله: "ولا تهنوا ولا تحزنوا وأنتم الأعلون إن كنتم مؤمنين" وفي السنة أنه كان يستعيذ بالله من الهم والحزن، وقال لأبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه:"لا تحزن إن الله معنا"

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لم تَردْ هذه التسمية في شيء من الأحاديث الصحيحة ، بل ولا الضعيفة ، ولا في شيء من كتب السيرة وشروحها، كسيرة ابن إسحاق وشرحها للسهيلي ، ولم يذكر هذا اللفظ -فيما أعلم- أحد ممّن كتب في السيرة كابن القيم والذهبي وابن كثير، ولا غيرهم من شرّاح الأحاديث كالنووي وابن حجر -رحمهم الله- .." ثم قال : ومن ناحية المتن فيبعد أن يسميه الرسول - صلى الله عليه وسلم - أو أحد من أصحابه بذلك، وقد مّر عليه - صلى الله عليه وسلم - والمسلمون من المحن والشدائد الكثير، قبل الهجرة وبعدها ... ثم ذكر طرفا من تلك الحوادث التي تتابعت على رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ، ثم قال : " كل تلك الحوادث وقعت في أقل من ستة أشهر، واستُشهد خلالها ما يقارب من مائة وخمسين صحابيًا - رضي الله عنهم - ولم يُنقل أنه (صلى الله عليه وسلم) -على شدة حزنه- سمّاه بأي اسم يدل على الحزن أو نحوه " . ينظر : "ما شاع ولم يثبت في السيرة النبوية" (67-69) . والله أعلم . نفس المصدر

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Why you keep laughing it’s a serious typing and you keep asking a question just say it it’s more interesting subject very interesting Thank you so much you need to be more serious, talking about it respectfully series

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Thank you for replying in this way. Sister Rania is a humble person I love the way she explains and how she is just herself soubhana Allah.

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Subhanallah, you must have misunderstood or misread into it because if she was not serious about the topic she would not have had the talk about it. It’s just that some people are naturally like that Mashallah. I have a brother who smiles and seems to be laughing while discussing any subject in life. Therefore, every individual is different and unique. We as Muslims must be careful in our assessments specifically concerning our bothers and sisters Inshallah.