Yasmin Mogahed – Domestic Abuse

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			I felt very passionate about this cause and I, I wanted to support this cause because this is a very
personal cause for me, and I'll explain why I deal with women from all over the world I have women
that I speak to in person when I visit, and I have women who contact me, every single day countless
messages of women who are not in good situations, women who need help women who are in abusive
homes, abusive relationships, and the thing that hurts me the thing that breaks my heart, every time
I read one of these messages, is when I feel like
		

			I I'm not in that place to be able to reach out and save that woman, I can I can give her words of
encouragement, I can give her advice. But sometimes it actually is heartbreaking, when I don't know
will will what facility is there for this woman who's contacting me and telling me that her husband
is abusing her or that her husband is beating her or that they're not safe or her children are not
safe. And so that's why I personally feel very, very passionate about missile homes. And these types
of projects, which create a safe haven for these women and, and an option for them because too many
women feel like they're stuck too many women feel like there is no way out for them. If I were to go
		

			and I were to look at the the most common reason why women stay in bad situations, one of the most
common reasons that women stay in bad situations is they don't see an alternative they don't, they
don't see a way out, they don't they don't know that there is another option for them, and that they
deserve better. And so I personally will support this with, you know, my time and with my money
inshallah, and I asked you to please do the same. I asked you to support an effort that is there to
support our sisters, and they are our sisters. And just as Brother Mohammed had mentioned that this
is something that can happen to anyone that it could be a relative, it could be a friend, it could
		

			be your sister in Islam, and it is there are many, many women who are suffering. And they don't have
these facilities, they don't have these resources in their community. And I'm sitting here thinking,
you know, we need more of these, I heard a lot of cities mentioned, they were all seem to be in
Canada. So yeah, we need more, we need more here. In the United States, we need more all over the
world. Because I can tell you from the from somewhat of a forefront, that this is a very, very
prevalent, unfortunately, and a very serious issue. And it's something that is happening in our
community. Now, I want to talk a little bit about the concept of resilience. I want to talk about
		

			resilience from a spiritual perspective. And from the perspective of finding inspiration in the
people who came before us. Allah subhanaw taala tells us stories in the end. And anytime our Creator
tells a story. He's not entertaining us. He's not giving us a cool bedtime story. But he's actually
giving us a timeless lesson. And so there are countless stories in the horror end of this exact
thing. resilience. When we look at the stories of the prophets peace be upon them all, we find that
there's an underlying commonality between all of their stories. Number one, all of them were tested,
all of them went to went through difficult times. All of them went through tribulation. In fact
		

			Allah subhanaw taala tells us and sort of the mokara and has said to him and said hello jenica while
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			for the word in Arabic That means earthquake, which is xinzheng. So Allah subhanaw taala is telling
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			times of severe trial. And I know there are a lot of women who may be listening or may know of other
women, or may not be listening, and may not even know that there are resources out there who are
being shaken right now. And they are being shaken within the very, the very place and from the very
place that was supposed to be a place of sanctuary, and that's from their own home. Can you imagine
that the place that was supposed to be the that that shelter that you go to, for security, and for
for Sakina, for tranquility, that it actually becomes the source of your trial, the source of your
affliction, and the source of your pain. I mean, that is a next that's it's it's a different level
		

			of trial, because it isn't just the pain, but it's also the betrayal that this was a person who, who
you married and who you trusted, this is your home, your home is supposed to be a place of peace,
it's supposed to be a place of, of safety. Allah subhanaw taala tells us this when he talks about
the couples when he talks about spouses in the quarter and he says the tests kulu la have that Allah
subhanaw taala created spouses so that you can find tranquility with them and test scudo La Jolla is
not just tranquility but it's like to settle, you know, you're just settled internally and
externally. And that's what your spouse is supposed to be for you. Your home is supposed to be a
		

			place of Sakina a place of being settled and at peace and, and tranquil. Now imagine when that very
place turns against you and it becomes the source of your greatest trial and your greatest stress.
And there are countless women right now. I mean, this statistic, one in three women are have been
through abuse. That's, that's crazy. That's, that's crazy. And, and there's something we have to do
about that, you know, at different levels. We have to empower women, and we have to create
resources. And so when Allah subhanaw taala is saying that, that they're the people who came before
us they were shaken. Right so Allah subhanaw taala is acknowledging that this is a trial that we go
		

			through and those who came before us also went through so M has said to them and said hello, Jen
netta Well, I'm Maria tickle method. livina Holloman publico. The other thing I want to point out
here in this area is that a lot is linking this to Jen net, and I'll explain what I mean by that.
And boy, do I need to talk about that, um, that Allah subhanaw taala tells us that trials are part
of the path of this life, right? And so Allah Subhana Allah, Allah is saying that this life is full
of tests and trials. And when Allah says that the end when Allah says, Do you think that you will
enter paradise? So what is the last product God is saying? He's saying that these people that he's
		

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			their end is paradise inshallah, but but that dunya itself is full of trials. Now, the reason why I
want to clarify this, is I never want anyone to think that it is righteousness to keep on suffering.
I don't ever want anyone to think that it is subject to be passive, that it is subject to allow
yourself to be a victim to allow yourself to be abused. Because this is one of the things that that
I believe is one of the it's one of the biggest crimes that we are seeing right now within the
religious community. And that is people abusing the deen and abusing the concept, the beautiful
concept of subs in order to keep people oppressed in order to keep specifically women oppressed,
		

			telling women that if they're being abused by their husbands, that they should have sub and they
should remain in their place that is criminal, and it goes against what Alon is messenger have
taught us in our Deen because the prophets I send him said that if you see something wrong, you
should try to change it. He did not teach us to be passive. He did not tell us that a believer is
weak. In fact, in the Quran, it says that the strong believer is better than the weak one. Allah
does not want us to be weak. Allah wants us to take action. Allah wants us to be proactive. He does
not want us to be passive. Islam is not a passive religion that tells us if you hit me on this
		

			cheek, I'm going to turn so that you can more easily hit me on this cheap. That is not our dean. Our
Dean is a dean of action. And so if you see something wrong the prophets I send them said try to
change it with your hand. Okay, taking action this
		

			is exactly what we're doing today by supporting this a Holmes is that we're trying to change this
thing that we've, we you know what we have all heard the statistic and I will repeat it again, one
in three women are have have undergone this abuse. So we've heard it, we now know that this is
happening. So what are we going to do about it? The prophets I send them said try to change it. You
said take action and try to change it. You don't just sit there if it's happening to you, it's
happening to your children, if it's happening to a relative, or if it's happening to someone you
don't know, you still have to take some action. This is part of our Deen. And then the prophet SAW
		

			Selim said that if you cannot change it with his head, then change it with it with your tongue,
speaking out against it, doing something about it. And then he said that if you cannot, so you
cannot change it by your hand or by your tongue, then at least hate it in your heart. And watch
this. He said this is the weakest of men. So the prophets I send them has linked Amen. With taking
action against oppression. Our deed is a deed that does not tolerate oppression, I repeat, we need
to stop this abuse of our Deen telling women that it's more righteous to just do nothing. It's more
righteous to swallow the poison and just stay quiet. That is not Islam. I will tell you right now
		

			that is backwards culture backwards. And I repeat backwards culture that is not Islam. Islam tells
us to take action against oppression, it's them tells us help your brother, the prophets, I send
them said help your brother if he is an oppressor or he's oppressed. And so the companion said, we
know how to help him if he's old press but how do we help him when he is the oppressor? And the
prophets? I send them said by stopping him from oppressing Bye, stopping him from pressing, I
repeat, I repeat, we have to stop this. This narrative that Islam came to make us weak that Islam
came to make us passive that Islam came to me because of victims. And then we tell them have sober
		

			sister have suburb and be a victim have suburbs and take the abuse and then for you is gender. No,
no, you take action because that's part of your Amen. And then for you is Jenna. Right? And so the
prophets I sell them listen, he linked taking action against oppression, stopping oppression as
being part linked with Amen. Because he said that is the weak, that's the weakest of men, if you
can't do anything, and at least hating it. So what does that tell us? It tells us we have to be a
people of action, and we cannot allow ourselves to be abused and not and don't allow anyone to tell
you that that is righteousness, or that is Islam because Islam came to liberate us and empower us,
		

			it did not come to oppress us or suppress us. A lot is messenger came to make us free. And that and
this is part of our freedom is that we do not allow the man of Allah subhanaw taala your body is an
Amana, your body is an Amana Your heart is an Amana meaning it is a trust given to you by Allah
subhanaw taala you need to take care of it. This is imagine if I allow you to borrow my car, right?
And I've given that to you as a trust. I said take care of it. Right? Take care of it. I'm coming
back to get it later on right? Now imagine while it's in your care, you allow your husband or anyone
else to come and beat it with it with a bat and and put dents in it and then take some keys and then
		

			scratch it up. Is that taking care of my Amana? When I come back to get that? Have you taken care of
the Amanda that I gave you? The answer is no you haven't right? Our body isn't a manna from God from
Allah, Tada. We don't own our body, right? We don't own our body. Allah subhanaw taala owns
everything that we have, including our body. And it is a trust, it is under your care. And if you're
allowing someone to abuse that Amanda, then then that is an injustice. And so we have to realize
that our bodies are in America, our hearts are the men our mind, we cannot also allow someone to
abuse our minds or abuse our hearts, emotional and verbal abuse is is a real thing and it causes
		

			lasting damage. So whether that is physical, sexual, emotional, mental, any kind of abuse realize
that that is an abusive in a manner of a loss of value that Allah has given us. Rather and Allah
will ask us and and first and especially our children, our children are an Amanda and I want to take
time, really to emphasize this point. hours
		

			Children are an Amana. What does that mean? They are a trust given to us by Allah subhana wa Tada.
And it is our responsibility to protect them. Many women I've heard this countless times, one of the
reasons that they stay in abusive homes, abusive relationships, toxic environments, is for the sake
of the children now want to speak on that?
		

			Research shows that those children who stay in toxic abusive homes undergo more damage, much more
damage, then the children from a divorced home or a divorced situation where the woman has left the
abusive home, those children, they end up better off than the ones who stay in a home where there is
abuse, because what happens to those children, many of them grow up, number one to have many mental
health issues, including depression, anxiety, and, and and a high level of suicidality. And then
lastly, many of them grow up to either emulate, repeat, continue the abuse with their own families,
or they end up being attracted to people who will continue to abuse them as they were abused by
		

			their parents, or as they saw their parents abused one another. This is extremely important, because
we think that we're protecting our children, but we are actually allowing our children to grow up in
a poisonous toxic home. And that's not protecting them. So we have to be a people of action. And as
a community, we need to support these women. That's why I am passionate about this cause, because
this is how we You and I are trying to change it with our hand by putting our hand out and and
giving money for this type of cause. And we're trying to change it with our tongue by speaking out
against it and supporting this cause in this area that I mentioned, where Allah subhanaw taala says,
		

			Do you think that you will enter Paradise without going through that which is those who came before
you went through, they went through adversity and trial and tribulation, my settlement that set was
the rod was zero, and they were shaken. Now, the reason I'm mentioning this, is I don't want these
women ever to feel that they're alone. I don't want these women to think that Allah subhanaw taala
doesn't know what they're going through, that they're alone, that they're you go because it's very
easy to become isolated, especially when that's the number one tactic of an abuser By the way,
number one tactic of an abuser is to isolate the victim. So he will try to keep that person keep
		

			that woman from her family, from her friends from having connections with others. So the first
tactic is to isolate her so that he can now dominate and abuse her more easily. And, and so so it's
very becomes very easy to feel isolated to feel that you're alone to feel that nobody else is going
through what you're going through or to feel like no one else maybe understand. But I want to
reassure you that you're not alone, that there are others who are going through what you went
through, and there are those who came before us who were shaken. And Allah mentions them in the
Quran was Zulu, hackday akula Rasulullah Latina M and Omar who met on Ostrava. They were so shaken
		

			until even the messengers, listen to this, even the messengers and those with the messengers calling
out saying, Matt Daniels Roma, when will the help of a loss of panel data come? Think about that?
		

			Do we get two points where we feel that way? This is this is a comfort and a reassurance that we're
not alone. Even messengers felt this way. They were so shaken, that even they called out and asked
when will the help have a look? But look at the comfort and help of Allah subhanaw taala already has
come. Allah inositol La Jolla Karim Indeed, the help of Allah, the victory of Allah is near. And I
need every single woman to internalize that I need every single person who is struggling to
internalize that because we often believe when we're going through a hard time, it'll never end.
That's one of the biggest myths. That's one of the biggest distortions of reality that happens when
		

			we go through trial. Is that is that illusion, that it will never end? That that illusion that that
this this state will be perpetual, that I will be in this state forever, that things will never get
better that this can never change.
		

			There is no way out. I'm telling you right now, if I know you're thinking that, and it's wrong,
there is a way out. And bad situations do change and the help of Allah subhanaw taala is near. And
so I want people to have hope. And I want people to take action to support this, and also to take
action to to help themselves and to help their children. Because if you take action, and put your
trust in Allah subhanaw taala, Allah promises is something Allah says, when they get to what can
Allah live in a hospital, that whoever puts their trust in Allah subhanaw taala alone will take care
of them and alone will be enough for them alone will suffice them. And so we see here that Allah
		

			subhanaw taala has given us this promise that if we put our trust in Him, He will take care of us.
And he says,
		

			Well, maybe you're talking less So first, the first day I mentioned when they get to webcal Allah
Haven Hospital, whoever puts your their trust in Allah subhanaw taala he will suffice them and then
in another area, Allah subhanaw taala says in sort of the talaq these are, these are parts of verse
two and three. Were May your tequila yeah gyla who Maharajah whoever has taqwa of Allah. Now taqwa
is to put a loss of Hannah Medina as is to be conscious of Allah and essentially, always having that
healthy consciousness and fear of Allah subhanaw taala lest we we disobey Allah that we we
displeased a lot that we become distanced from Allah subhanaw taala toccoa literally means to cover
		

			oneself. And so you are you are you are or to shield to shield oneself. And so we are shielding
ourselves through taqwa from displeasing Allah Subhana Allah. So Allah says that whoever has taqwa
Allah will make a way out for them when they use tequila. Yeah, I love Maharaja we have to have hope
and trust in Allah subhanaw taala. Because these are his promises. These are not my words. Like I
can say something and yeah, maybe I I break break my word. I hope that I wouldn't do that. But I'm a
human being right? You can say something you might not do it. But Allah says something he does it
unless promise is true. And Allah says that if you have adequate, then a low will make a way out for
		

			you. And then he says, well, you're a zoo, human high schooler. Yeah, that's him. And he will
provide for that person from places they never imagined. These are two of the blocks. Two of the
obstacles that many women find that keeps them from getting out of these abusive homes and these
abusive relationships. One is they don't see a way out. And two they fear for their risk they fear
for their provision, how am I going to support myself How am I going to support my children look at
these are the two promises Allah makes Allah says that if you make him the focal point in your heart
the focal point in your in your healthy fear and God consciousness then Allah will number one he'll
		

			make a way out for you. And number two, he will provide for you from places you never imagined a
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			add one thing inshallah if if if you will allow me. And that is just briefly, I want to share with
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			Some doors from the prophets peace be upon them. Because this is where we learn resilience from the
examples of the best among us. And one of the draws I want to I want to mention today and reflect on
and I asked you to memorize these slides if you can, and repeat them. One of them is the dawn of a
new ballet, his sudden, a you bought a selam. As we know he was tested for a year upon year upon
year, he lost he he lost his health. He lost his wealth. He lost family members. And this was what
it was it was going on for years. It wasn't just like a short test. And when he called out to Allah
subhanaw taala he says this and Nima Santiago to ruin our hammer. I mean, this is the reason I want
		

			to mention this. This is it gives us a beautiful outlook into where a believer should be during
hardship. Look at what he's saying. He says, indeed, difficulty has befallen me. He first begins by
acknowledging his difficulty and acknowledging his test. But in the same breath, he says what ends
our hammer rahimian at and you are the Most Merciful of the Merciful. He doesn't lose hope. He
doesn't lose hope and he's lost about everything at this point. And his wife was about to have
		

			Head up. And that's when he called out to Allah subhanaw taala. She stood by him the entire time.
And that's when he hit that point where he called out to law. But even in his most difficult time,
even in his lowest, most most trying time when he's being so shaken,
		

			he still has hope. And that's the lesson that I want us to take back with us not to lose hope,
whether we ourselves are in that trial, are we seeing other people and we and we feel like there's
nothing we can do, there is and and and when you when you encounter a lion circle, right? When you
take action, to to, to help the cause of Allah to give victory to the cause of Allah. Allah helps us
a lot helps you and gives you victory. So don't lose hope, and take action. And finally, the Do I
have Eunice alayhis salam, this is a DA that the Prophet Mohammed so I send them advise anyone who
was going through difficulty to repeat La ilaha illa Allah Subhana Allah in the Quran terminal
		

			volley mean, there is no he left but you there is nothing worthy of worship. What you let Illa illa
Anta subhanak and you could summon avanti mean, there is nothing worthy of worship, but you you are
high above any partner. So the hanoch intercontinental volume in indeed I was among the wrongdoers.
This is a door that the prophets I sent him advise us to say if we are going through difficulty and
Allah subhanaw taala will make a way out for us politically. Heather was the hermit he will come in
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