https://muftiabulayth.org/themes/relationships-parents-and-children-difficult-parents/ Answers on relationships/parents-and-children/difficult-parents, newest recording first. en Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 pipeline/feeds.py https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lexzvtf9yga/s/14/ https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lexzvtf9yga/s/14/ Sun, 15 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 belief/unseen-beings/jinn-possession wellbeing/trauma-and-healing relationships/parents-and-children/difficult-parents <p><b>Why do cases of 'possession' in Muslim communities so often involve women with trauma?</b></p> <p>Because, Mufti Abu Layth says, such cases are usually breakdowns of a psyche tormented by control, suspicion, forced or cousin marriages and abuse, which the stigma around mental health stops families from acknowledging, so they call it jinn or magic. The hadith that every disease has a cure means go and find it. Mufti Abu Layth holds that the hadith that every disease has a cure known to those who know it is a call to seek explanations, and that many cases called possession in Muslim communities, especially among women, are breakdowns under control, forced marriage and abuse that the stigma around mental health prevents families from naming.</p> <p>Answer from 15 April 2018 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p> <p>Kind: general teaching</p> <p>Recording: Jinn: Myth and Reality in Islam by Mufti Abu Layth (at 55:02)</p> <p><b>A more recent answer on belief/unseen-beings/jinn-possession exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/17/">Do obscene or blasphemous thoughts during prayer ruin my salah?</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeXzvtf9YGA&amp;t=3302s">Watch on YouTube at 55:02</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/lexzvtf9yga/s/14/">Open the segment</a></p>