The Islamic Psychology Behind Trauma
Sep 20, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
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Hisham Jafar AliHost
Sep 20, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
Hisham Jafar AliHost
In the battle of the trench, Ghazwatul Ahzab, Allah is describing in Surah Al-Ahzab, the same situation experienced completely differently by two groups of people.
The mu'minoon, the people who have iman, they experience this situation completely differently.
physically, mentally, spiritually, their emotions, their thoughts, their skin, everything is different.
only because they have iman and those who don't have iman or who are faking it they experience the situation completely differently and this is important for those people who try and divorce iman remove it and say it's unrelated to your mental or your physical health or your emotions or your intelligence it has all of this is one interconnected piece let's set the context first The Prophet ﷺ hears that there are 10,000 people from Makkah marching towards Madinah.
But there's something different in this battle to all the previous battles that took place.
What's different? Does anybody know? What's different in the enemy that's facing the believers? It's not only Quraysh.
With more wealth, with more backing, more resource, more strategy, more military power than you've ever seen before.
The second thing, how did the Muslims decide to deal with the situation? The leader Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam decided upon the advice of his companions.
He picked and he selected the advice of Salman Al-Farisi, which is dig a trench, okay, around.
Is it the whole of Medina, guys? Which part of Medina? Three parts of Medina is covered by mountain range.
Who can tell me what are the mountains? Which side? Does anybody know anything of this geography of Medina? Jabal Uhud is not one mountain by the way.
In the battle of the trench, Ghazwatul Ahzab, Allah is describing in Surah Al-Ahzab, the same situation experienced completely differently by two groups of people.
The mu'minoon, the people who have iman, they experience this situation completely differently.
physically, mentally, spiritually, their emotions, their thoughts, their skin, everything is different.
only because they have iman and those who don't have iman or who are faking it they experience the situation completely differently and this is important for those people who try and divorce iman remove it and say it's unrelated to your mental or your physical health or your emotions or your intelligence it has all of this is one interconnected piece let's set the context first The Prophet ﷺ hears that there are 10,000 people from Makkah marching towards Madinah.
But there's something different in this battle to all the previous battles that took place.
What's different? Does anybody know? What's different in the enemy that's facing the believers? It's not only Quraysh.
With more wealth, with more backing, more resource, more strategy, more military power than you've ever seen before.
The second thing, how did the Muslims decide to deal with the situation? The leader Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam decided upon the advice of his companions.
He picked and he selected the advice of Salman Al-Farisi, which is dig a trench, okay, around.
Is it the whole of Medina, guys? Which part of Medina? Three parts of Medina is covered by mountain range.
Who can tell me what are the mountains? Which side? Does anybody know anything of this geography of Medina? Jabal Uhud is not one mountain by the way.
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