How to Quickly Get Out of a Rut | What to do When You Feel Stuck?

Name: How to Quickly Get Out of a Rut | What to do When You Feel Stuck?
Duration: 19 min 38 s
Channel: Yasir Qadhi

Yasir QadhiMarch 31, 202620 min0 comments

About this lecture

In this powerful post-Ramadan khutbah, the speaker unpacks five transformative phrases from Surat al-Talaq (verses 2–3), explaining how taqwa, tawakkul, and trust in Allah's divine plan can liberate us from the psychological prisons of our worries and hardships. Drawing on the story of the companion 'Awf ibn Malik, Quranic narratives of Musa and Maryam, and the wisdom of Ibn Taymiyyah, the lecture offers a practical and spiritual roadmap for anyone feeling stuck in life's difficulties.

Yasir Qadhi

Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi is one of the most influential Islamic scholars and intellectuals in the Western world. Born in Houston to Pakistani parents, he earned a degree in chemical engineering before studying for ten years at the Islamic University of Madinah, where he completed degrees in hadith and Islamic theology, and later earned a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He served for years as Dean of Academic Affairs at AlMaghrib Institute, taught at Rhodes College in Memphis, and now serves as Dean of the Islamic Seminary of America and resident scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) in Texas. His lecture series on the seerah, "Lives of the Sahaba," and Islamic theology are among the most comprehensive in the English language.

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