Muslim Marriage Advice from Sarah Sultan
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Asalamualaikum and welcome back to Smart Muslima. If you're new here my name is Farhat Amin I'm your host and today's episode is about - how single Muslims should cope with feelings of hopelessness and what's the best way to resolve marital problems?
Disagreements and conflict are common in all marriages. You and your spouse come from different backgrounds and have different personalities. Now add some bad habits and interesting idiosyncrasies. Throw in a bunch of expectations, and then turn up the heat a little with the daily trials of life. Work, bills, kids, housework, extended family, etc Guess what? You are bound to have conflict.
So since every marriage has its tensions, it isn’t a question of avoiding them completely but how you deal with them. You must choose how you will act when conflict occurs.
To help us explore this issue I have Sarah Sultan from the US. She is a licensed professional counselor who strives to empower her clients through achieving healthier, more fulfilling lives and relationships while reconnecting with Allah during the healing process. Sarah has a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling and has practiced therapy for nearly 10 years. Sarah is also an instructor with Mishkah University, where she teaches a course about the intersection between Islam, psychology, and counseling and a research fellow at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research.
Podcast Questions
1. Is all your counseling work online at the moment?
2. Do you mainly work with Muslims?
3. What advice would you give to single Muslimas who are finding it difficult to find a spouse?
4. Do you do a lot of counseling for marriage problems?
5.In your experience what are one/two of the most common reasons for conflict in marriages?
6.So when we are faced with a problem how should we go about resolving it?
7.What should we avoid doing?
8.Where can listeners find out more about your counseling work?
Whenever I have held a Muslim marriage masterclass, my inbox has been flooded with questions from single Muslimahs. Some women feel scared at the thought of getting married. Others have heard too many Muslim marriage horror stories and are seriously considering staying single.
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