Mifrah interviews Umm Zakiyyah about finding ones ‘Authentic Self’!
Highlights from the show:
- “Is it possible to be living your life not in touch with who you really are?” (Mifrah 6:10)
- “We as muslims need to be really clear that we are not mixing up our personalities with what we want to do, that may or may not be pleasing to Allah” (Umm Zakiyyah 8:42)
- “The authentic self deals with the heart, because knowledge is not helpful to a heart that is not inclined towards Allah” (Umm Zakiyyah 13:05)
- “It is not that there is a lack of reflection, but self reflection now is being done in a very selfish way that is away from spirituality” (Umm Zakiyyah 16:35)
- ”If we want to get into the right frame of thinking, what would be the action steps?” (Mifrah 24:31)
References:
- Umm Zakiyyah’s website: www.ummzakiyyah.com
- Umm Zakiyyah’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ummzakiyyahpage
Assalamu alaykum warahmatullahi wabarkatu Dear Sisters,
that was an awesome interview TabarakAllah. Umm Zakkiyah speaks with such clarity about the topic. I learned so much subhanAllah. Jazak Allahu Khayran.
wassalam alaykum
Umm Halil
Masha Allah… Great Interview.
It’s interesting how the speaker linked the entire concept of ‘Finding the Authentic Self’ to Tazkiyah; purification of the soul. In our world today, it is really easy to focus on the power of intellectual and physical self to the exclusion of the spiritual self (our soul) – which drives all that we do.
It is true that we must all dig in deep within to find the truth of who we really are. And not get distracted negatively with all the noise around especially from social media and internet as a whole. That self authenticity is the true basis of our Islamic identity – NOT the pop culture, follows, copy paste and like syndrome we are dominated with.
In Sha Allah these reminders will benefit all. As we need to feed our soul with what will nurture it and keep it conscious of Allah (swt) all the time.
May Allah bless your project. Jazaakum Allah. Wasssalm ‘alaykum