New Muslimah Life Coaching

Presented by: Rebecca Friedman (Sister Safiyyah)

A life coach is someone who helps you reach a goal or make a change in your life.

They support you and hold you accountable to achieving your vision for yourself. Whatever it is that you want in your life, they help you get there.

They can help you to pinpoint the blocks or obstacles that are making you feel “stuck” and help you to move through them. They may also guide you through a life transition, such as finding a new career.

You might call them a “change facilitator” or a “courage catalyst”.

A life coach is not a therapist. They will focus mostly on looking toward your future, rather than dealing primarily with your past.

While they may offer you suggestions, new ideas or action steps, they are not advice-givers.

Instead, they listen to you and ask you the right questions to help you find your path, your truth, and your answers. Then they help you to align your life with who you are and what you want.

New Muslimah Life Coaching aims at helping new Muslimahs deal with everyday challenges, empowering them to make good decisions and lay a firm foundation for islam in their lives.

This project provides reverts a unique chance to work with a coach and talk about their experiences and challenges to help them transition into their new life and move forward to becoming confident muslimahs.

Said your Shahadah or started to practice Islam, but feel isolated or alone?

Need help adjusting to new Muslim life?

Want to talk to someone who understands the reality of your new life?

We can help you:

Create a new Muslim identity while keeping your old identity.

Overcome obstacles in dealing with non-Muslim family members of friends.

Implement the teachings of Allah SWT in your life Make new changes

Offer answers to common questions in a confidential judgement free environment.

“As a New Muslimah I struggled with taking on a new Identity. I often felt unsure about where my life was going and embarrassed to ask for help. I had problems  dealing with non-Muslim family and friends and I often felt overwhelmed with all that I had to learn. These challenges made me look deeper into my own self and find ways to push me to grow as a person. I look forward to sharing my experiences with you. That is the core of New Muslimah life Coaching. Together we can overcome any obstacles in sha’ Allah.”

Halaqa # 40

Safar  5, 1437

Advice ~ Sincerity

Naseeha

Year 2

Attendance:

• 4  Sisters
• 1  Junior Sisters
• 3  Junior Guests

Location: Headquarters (upstairs)

Agenda: (please note, we have included many links where you can read in detail more on each subject)

• OPENING DUA

O Allah, bless this Halaqa, allow us to gain, act upon  and share beneficial knowledge. Guide us, forgive our sins and grant us Jannah with our families and loved ones. Ameen

• QURAN RECITATION

We read Surah Fatihah aloud altogether, then sisters individually read aloud a few letters/words, ayahs (according to her ability and with the help and encouragement of her fellow sisters). We read   Surah Al-Maaida from Ayat 3 till Ayat 13. In sha Allah, this will be an ongoing part of our Halaqa and one day in sha Allah, we will have Khatam Quran and begin again.

• SISTERS TALK

Sister Safiyyah, is our special guest today. She is on our Shura Council and has just recently 

gained her certification as a life coach.  She, shared with us what Life Coaching is and how she

plans to help our New Amanah members with her expertise. To read a summary of her talk, 

click here.   In sha Allah, our website www.amanahsisters.com will be updated shortly to 

include details on how to gain access to this new service available to our Amanah Sisters.

• SISTERS TALK

Sister Winnie recited Surah Al-Asr in Arabic then read the approximation in English.  She then shared the following:

At-Tabarani recorded from `Abdullah bin Hisn Abi Madinah that he said, "Whenever two men from the Companions of the Messenger of Allah used to meet, they would not part until one of them had recited Surat Al-`Asr in its entirety to the other, and one of them had given the greetings of peace to the other.'' Ash-Shafi`i said, "If the people were to ponder on this Surah, it would be sufficient for them.''

            To read some English Tafsirs of Surat Al-’Asr, click on the following links:

Tafsir Ibn Kathir, English

Word by Word translation

Tafheem Maududi

• NEXT HALAQA and Upcoming Events

In sha Allah, our next Halaqa will be held on Thursday December  3rd, 2015 indoors  at our Headquarters upstairs from 10am-12 noon.   

Upcoming Activities in the Community:

There is registration for AquaFit Classes in Mississauga and limited availability for Childrens swimming lessons. Classes start December 19th, 2015 in sha Allah.

If you would like to learn more we can send you contact details.

There is a Halaqa on Sundays at Isna Masjid Mississauga for sisters and girls.

Correction of some misunderstandings in Islamic belief

English halaqah: 2-3pm

Arabic halaqah: 3-4:30pm

Presented by: Sr. Hanan Kandil

There is a Girls/Sisters Gala presented by Olive Grove happening, insha Allah, on Nov 26th, 2015.  For more information, click here

• SISTERS TALK

Etiquettes of Sincerely Giving Advice  

Advice has a sublime position in Islam. A beneficial sincere advice is the one in which the advisor abides by the etiquettes of the Sharee‘ah that the scholars have mentioned. Among those etiquettes are:

1- The advisor should give his advice sincerely for the sake of Allaah The Almighty, without seeking ostentation, fame, worldly gain or showing superiority.

2- The advisor should have enough knowledge about the advice which he is giving. This is because advising is a form of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil. If a person does not have enough knowledge about what he is advising about, he may forbid the good, thinking that he is forbidding an evil, and vice versa.

3- He should give it privately. Giving advice publicly is a reproach and rebuke that is disliked. Mis‘ar ibn Kidaam, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said, “May Allaah have mercy upon a person who presented my faults to me in secret, for giving advice in public is a rebuke.”

4- Gentleness in giving advice and avoiding excess and rebuke. The Prophet, sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam, said: “Gentleness does not enter anything except that it adorns it.”

On his part, the one being advised should listen to the advice, apply the good that it contains and rid himself of the evil desires of the self. The righteous predecessors would consider advice a gift that the advisor had presented them. ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with him, said, “May Allaah have mercy upon a person who gifted me my faults!” Also the advisee should not let harshness of the advisor deprive him of benefiting from the advice.

We ask Allaah The Almighty to make us all from those who listen to speech and follow the best of it.

The above was an excerpt from the following article: Giving Sincere Advice

• SISTERS TALK

Luqman’s Advice to His Son

(part 1 of 2): Solutions for 21st Century Parents read by Sister Sara

(part 2 of 2): Begin with a Strong Foundation read by Sister Mona

• SISTERS TALK

On December 4th, 2014, Sister Rim shared with us an article during

Halaqa #17  Intentions / Giving Advice .  It was entitled:

Giving Advice in Islam and our Duties as Muslims to do this.

Click on the above title to read the full article.

• TECH TALK

There is a youth hotline/ website called Naseeha

Click here to read more about them. 

• VIDEO  

Hadith 7: The Religion is Naseehah (Sincere Advice)

Dr. Mohamed Allali 6:56

• CLOSING DUA

For the expiation of sins, said at the conclusion of a sitting or gathering. To listen to this dua click here

196 - "How perfect You are O Allah, and I praise You. I bear witness

that None has the right to be worshipped except You. I seek Your

forgiveness and turn to You in repentance."

سُبْحـانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمدِك، أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَـيْك

Subhânaka l-lâhumma wa bi-hamdika. Ash-hadu an lâ ilâha illâ

anta, astaghfiruka wa atûbu ilayka.

If any of this information was good and true, know that it comes from Allah subhanahu

wa ta’ala.  If there are mistakes we ask for Allah’s Forgiveness and Mercy.

Halaqa # 39

Muharram  22, 1437

Mothers

Year 2

Attendance:

• 4 Sisters
• 2  Junior Sisters
• 1  Junior Guests

Location: Headquarters (upstairs)

Agenda: (please note, we have included many links where you can read in detail more on each subject)

• OPENING DUA

O Allah, bless this Halaqa, allow us to gain, act upon  and share beneficial knowledge. Guide us, forgive our sins and grant us Jannah with our families and loved ones. Ameen

• QURAN RECITATION

We read Surah Fatihah aloud altogether, then sisters individually read aloud a

few letters/words, ayahs (according to her ability and with the help and encouragement

of her fellow sisters). We read  Surah An-Nissa  from Ayat 163 till  Surah Al-Maaida
Ayat 2. In sha Allah, this will be an ongoing part of our Halaqa and one day in sha Allah, 
we will have Khatam Quran and begin again.

• SISTERS TALK

All our members “Alumni and Amanah” are daughters.  Some have moms living nearby, some 
far away; some have Muslim moms others don’t; some have moms who are still with them, 
others have moms who have departed this earthly world.  Whatever the situation, in sha Allah, 
this article will give you some ideas on how to honor and show your mom in new ways how 
much you love her. Sisters present read and discussed the following article.

Keeping In Touch: A Daughter’s Perspective

• LEARN A PHRASE

JAZAKALLAHU KHAYRAN

This is a statement of thanks and appreciation to be said to the person who does a favor. Instead of saying “thanks” (Shukran), the Islamic statement of thanks is to say this phrase. It’s meaning is: ” May Allah reward you for the good.”

It is understood that human beings can’t repay one another enough. Hence, it is better to request Almighty Allah to reward the person who did a favor and to give him the best.

Note:

Jazaak comes from the root word jazaa' (جزاء) which according to the popular Arabic-English dictionary, Al-Mawrid, has two meanings that are completely opposite to each other!

Thus jazaa' (جزاء) can either mean reward OR punishment.

So :"JazakAllah" can may either mean "may Allah reward you" or "may Allah punish you", while

"JazakAllah Khair" means ... "may Allah reward you with the Best / Good",

So the correct way is to say Jazakallah khair & not just JazakAllah. Though someone might say that the intention by saying JazakAllah is the same like JazakAllahu khayran, if it's so, then why not use the complete wordings as used by Prophet(salallahu alaihi wa sallam) and the Sahabas (radiAllahu Anhum), which is "JazakAllahu khayran" !

For more details on replies said to this phrase click here.

sources:

https://islamicink.wordpress.com/basic-islamic-phrases-terms/

https://www.facebook.com/idealmuslimyouth/posts/636066816427788

• NEXT HALAQA

In sha Allah, our next Halaqa will be held on Thursday November 19th, 2015 indoors  at our Headquarters upstairs from 10am-12 noon.  

Update:  Post-Halaqa this date needed to be changed to Nov. 17th, 2015.

• SISTERS TALK

Sister Sara and Sister Winnie jointly read the following article:

What does Islam say about "mothers"?

http://www.islamswomen.com/articles/mothers_in_islam.php

• TECH TALK

Sister Sara  discussed a website her friend Asmaa recently shared with her.

It is called    Sujood.co  (note .co not .com).  

Sujood.co offers a unique and excellent resource for finding appropriate Duas to match your current emotional state. You enter the emotion you're experiencing and it matches you with the appropriate du'a! Below is a video available on Facebook that shows you how to use the website. We hope and pray you find it or benefit, ameen!

Our true Identity video explaining Sujood.co

• VIDEO

UPBRINGING CHILDREN IN ISLAM - Yasir Qadhi 12:58

• CLOSING DUA

For the expiation of sins, said at the conclusion of a sitting or gathering. To listen to this dua click here

196 - "How perfect You are O Allah, and I praise You. I bear witness

that None has the right to be worshipped except You. I seek Your

forgiveness and turn to You in repentance."

سُبْحـانَكَ اللّهُـمَّ وَبِحَمدِك، أَشْهَـدُ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ أَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَأَتوبُ إِلَـيْك

Subhânaka l-lâhumma wa bi-hamdika. Ash-hadu an lâ ilâha illâ

anta, astaghfiruka wa atûbu ilayka.

If any of this information was good and true, know that it comes from Allah subhanahu

wa ta’ala.  If there are mistakes we ask for Allah’s Forgiveness and Mercy.