Altaf Husain - Believing in Qadar, Respecting Free Will & Standing for Accountability

Altaf HusainJanuary 17, 20190 comments

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Accountability Death & Afterlife Mental Health Aqeedah Free Will Qadr Muslim Life in the West Purification of the Soul

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In this lecture, Altaf Husain addresses one of the most misunderstood beliefs in Islam — Qadr (divine decree) — and challenges the notion that belief in Qadr justifies passivity or fatalism. Drawing on Quranic verses, hadith, and insights from scholars like Ibn Al-Qayyim and Imam Al-Ghazali, he outlines how true submission to Allah's will is fully compatible with personal effort, emotional health, and accountability. Key themes include balancing free will with trust in Allah, managing the ego, seeking professional help when needed, and keeping the Akhirah in sight as the ultimate motivator for change.

Dr. Altaf Husain serves as an Assistant Professor in the Howard University School of Social Work, in Washington DC. He received his Ph.D in Social Work from Howard University and his Master of Science in Social Administration from the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Husain’s research interests include displaced populations (homelessness, victims of disaster,immigrants and refugees), mental health and psycho social well-being of adolescent immigrants and refugees of color in the U.S.; immigration policy and its impact on the family; cultural competence; and the development of social service agencies in the Muslim community. Dr. Husain has written and researched on the topic of Islam and Muslims, most recently completing a quantitative study of Somali youth in the United States. He has been invited by the Department of Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to provide insights on Islam in general and specifically on the Somali Diaspora, in light of the disappearance of a few dozen Somali American youth from the United States in 2008-2009. Dr. Husain servedas a two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association of the U.S.and Canada (MSA National). Dr. Husain presently serves as a board member andchair of the Leadership Development Committee of the Islamic Society of NorthAmerica (ISNA). He was a founding board member of the Islamic Social ServicesAssociation

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