Barakah Masjid presents
Grief, Sabr, and the Things We Don't Say
An evening on loss, held gently
A sisters' evening on grief — what sabr is and is not, why faith and heartbreak sit together more often than we admit, and what actually helps.
38 attending
Doors open in
About
About this evening
Sabr is the word we reach for first when a sister loses a mother, a pregnancy, or a marriage. It is also the word most often used to close a conversation that should have stayed open. This evening is about the difference.
Dr. Sumayya Rahim brings the clinical and the pastoral view of grief together, and Ustadha Amina Haddad holds the evening inside the tradition — what the Prophet did when he grieved, and what the fuqaha say a grieving person is and is not obliged to carry. There is time for questions, and no obligation to ask one.
Programme
How the evening runs
- 016:10pm
Doors and tea
Child-minding opens in the side room at the same time.
- 026:30pm
Welcome
with Ustadha Amina Haddad
- 036:40pm
Grief, and what sabr actually asks
with Dr. Sumayya Rahim
- 047:30pm
Break for salah
- 057:50pm
Conversation
Questions can be written on a card and handed in rather than asked aloud.
Reflections
What people say
reflections
“sdfsdfsdfsdfsfsdfsdfsdfsdf”
“Somebody finally said out loud: this report is weak, and here is why people keep repeating it anyway. I have waited years to hear that in a community setting.”
“Dr. Bakri treats it as history with stakes rather than a set of moral lessons for children. The Hudaybiyyah section reframed the entire period for me.”
“I had been unsure about my wudu since I was a teenager and never had a room safe enough to ask in. Week two dealt with it in about four minutes.”
“Twenty years of Friday recitation and I had no idea the four stories map onto four distinct trials. Sheikh Bilal laid it out so plainly I was embarrassed not to have seen it myself.”
“I have recited every day of my adult life with letters coming from the wrong place and nobody had ever told me. Ustadha Khadija told me in week two, kindly, and then fixed it.”
Speakers
Who is speaking
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Dr. Sumayya Rahim
Clinical psychologist and educator
Dr. Sumayya is a clinical psychologist working with Muslim families in western Sydney. She speaks and writes on grief, faith, and the place where pastoral care and clinical practice meet.
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Ustadha Amina Haddad
Fiqh instructor · Sydney
Ustadha Amina teaches fiqh to women's study circles across Sydney and fields the everyday questions — purification, prayer, family matters — that rarely make it into a lecture. She studied in Tripoli and has taught adult classes here since 2014.
Getting there
Where to find us
Barakah Masjid
181 Haldon Street Lakemba, Sydney
Good to know
What to expect
- Light refreshments
- Child-minding available
- Parents room
- Free on-site parking
- Sisters only
- Prayer space available
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Questions
Questions
Do I need to register in advance?
Yes. Registration closes once the cohort fills, and the reminder, plus any change of time, goes to the email you register with.
Is there prayer space on site?
Yes. There is a prayer area with wudu facilities for both brothers and sisters, and we break for salah at its time.
Can I bring my children?
Children are welcome and there is a parents' room at the back with the audio piped through. The evening lectures are text-heavy, so older children tend to get more out of them.
Will it be recorded?
Most lectures are recorded and the link goes out to everyone who registered, usually within a week. Course sessions are recorded week by week so you can catch up if you miss one.
Is there parking?
There is free street parking around the venue and a small on-site car park that fills early. The nearest station is a short walk, and on busy nights we'd recommend it.
Is anything served?
Tea, coffee and something light are out in the foyer before we begin. Everything served is halal.
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