Welcome to College - Preparing for Tomorrow

A talk by sister Yasmin which she gave students in October 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vra_fB8yLP8

(25 minutes)

The Love of Allah All-Mighty

A talk sister Yasmin gave last November on the love of Allah

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjHMdX2UENI

(Audio - 32 minutes)

Ramadan Countdown: Preparing for the Best Month of the Year

Yasmin Mogahed on Controlling Our Inner Self (P.1)

To begin the topic of training the nafs and the topic of how we should enter Ramadan, we have to really start from the beginning, and the beginning goes back to the essential question of what is our purpose?

What is our purpose of existence?

This is a question that has been asked by people, philosophers basically, from the beginning of time; Why are we here? What is our purpose? Why were we put in this world? And what we are intended to accomplish?

Essence of Worship

While this is an issue that has been discussed by many philosophers., Allah, exalted is He, has actually given us the answer to this question, a very clear answer. He tells us in the Quran:

{I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.} (Adh-Dhariyat 51; 5)

So Allah explains in this ayah that He has not created jinn and human beings except for one single purpose: to fulfill worship to Allah. So the reason why we exist, the reason why we were created is for this one singular purpose.

The construction of this ayah is important as you notice the ayah begins with a negation, it says that Allah doesn’t just say that He created mankind for this purpose. But rather Allah says that He has NOT created mankind for any other purpose. So you begin by negating any other purpose for which we were created. And then Allah, exalted is He, says this one single purpose...

http://www.onislam.net/english/reading-islam/living-islam/growing-in-faith/457518-what-we-need-to-get-ready-for-ramadan-part-1.html

(Video - Part 1 - 11 minutes)

Life, Death and Our Path Between

A talk sister Yasmin gave last November on the meaning of life and death and our path in-between

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73OlNZnu8cg&feature=plcp

(Audio - 50 minutes)

Assalamualeikum,

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Peace,
Narjis

Ramadan Countdown: Preparing for the Best Month of the Year

Yasmin Mogahed on Controlling Our Inner Self (P.4)

There’s only one thing that feeds the heart and that is God.

There’s nothing else that is going to feed your heart. So where I am able to empty out all the other focus, now I can focus on what really is going to feed me. This is what fasting and Ramadan is all about.

So we have to make sure that we do not let Ramadan and fasting just be about leaving food and drink, about just being hungry and thirsty, and that we see the inner purpose of Ramadan, and go through Ramadan and come out different...

http://www.onislam.net/english/reading-islam/living-islam/growing-in-faith/457734-yasmin-mogahed-on-controlling-our-inner-self-p4.html

Fear of Allah

A nice talk by sister Yasmin on the concept of taqwa, i.e. fear of Allah

If you have fear of Allah, He will make a way out for you from every hardship, and will provide for you from places they would not imagine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuA4egP158c&feature=relmfu

(Audio - 25 minutes)