Laila Khan - AMFT
How to Practice Active Listening: Tips to Improve Communication
How Do I Engage in Active Listening? In the first blog, I discussed the importance of active listening and how our marriages often suffer when we feel unheard. Active listening is a skill many of us were never taught, but one that can transform a marriage when...
Building a Balanced Islamic Community (Part 2)
(Content based on the lecture of Maulana Raza Abidi: https://www.youtube.com/live/-rZCMDvWIew?si=Dbtn-eBhL122Grvv) A balanced Islamic community is not formed by accident. It is built through faith, discipline, concern for others, and a shared commitment to truth. It...
ʿĀshūrāʾ As A Driving Force For Change
“Do know that contemplation and patience are from Allah, while hastiness and impetuosity are from Shayṭān… Contemplate and reflect before every action.” -Prophet Muḥammad (ṣ)1 Every year, as the month of Muḥarram arrives, I see well-meaning friends and relatives...
Tiny Feet, Long Roads: Walking With My Children to Arbaʿīn
Dear Kisa, God-willing, I will be taking my family for the Arbaʿīn pilgrimage this year, but I don't know how to maximize this trip for my young children in a new environment, far away from home, surrounded by a culture and language that is foreign to them. How...
Raising Ḥusaynī Children
Dear Kisa, My children are in elementary and middle school, and this Muḥarram season, I am exploring how to raise Ḥusaynī children while they are surrounded by influences and challenges that continuously pull them in the opposite direction. What can I do? Sincerely,...
Bāyad Barkhāst — Family, Faith, and Rising in Everyday Life
In the name of Allah (swt), the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate (Wait! Have you read Part 1 of Bāyad Barkhāst? Read it here) The family is Islam’s first classroom; it is where tawḥīd moves from doctrine into habit and where grief either becomes paralysis or...
Bāyad Barkhāst : We Must Rise to Our Full Potential
In the name of Allah (swt), the All-Merciful, the All-Compassionate The funeral of the Grand Āyatullah who was recently killed is being presented not only as a moment of mourning, but as a moment of moral awakening. The slogan “Bāyad Barkhāst — We Must Rise” captures...
Tender Hearts, Powerful Faith: The Role of Youth in Islam – Part 1
Tender Hearts, Powerful Faith: The Role of Youth in Islam (Content based on the lecture of Maulana Raza Abidi: https://www.youtube.com/live/-rZCMDvWIew?si=Dbtn-eBhL122Grvv) “I advise you to do good to young people as they have a tender heart that is keen to learn. God...
A Home of Patience, Mourning, and Self-Building
The family is one of the most important places where self-refinement becomes real. In the home, a person cannot hide his temper, pride, impatience, or negligence for long; these traits emerge in daily interaction, making the family a living arena for moral and...
Active Listening for Couples: Improve Communication and Strengthen Your Relationship
“And among His signs is that He created for you spouses from among yourselves, that you may find tranquility (sakīnah) in them; and He placed between you affection (mawaddah) and mercy (raḥmah). Indeed, in that are signs for a people who reflect.”— Noble Qurʾān, Sūrah...









