Reviving the Sunnah of Emotional Intelligence with Sh. Mikaeel Smith
This episode covers:
- What led him to write an Islamic book on emotional Intelligence (EQ)
- The different lenses by which we can study the seerah
- The purpose of prophethood and how it relates to EQ
- Emotional intelligence as a miracle of prophethood
- Children and EQ
- Why moral intelligence must be combined with emotional intelligence
- Accepting revelation as the ultimate authority and subjective morality
- What is your personal truth?
- Single loop learning and double loop learning, and how they affect moral intelligence, behavior change, and dawah
- Why is the irrational logic of Shaytan so appealing that we also adopt it?
- Why the intellect should lead to belief, but sometimes leads to disbelief
- How we are blinded to the pains of those closest to us by the goals that we set
- Impact of individualism on families
- How do you emotionally invest in people?
- How to listen to what the heart says instead of what the words say
- How your presence with people affects your presence in front of Allah (swt)
- Why did people believe and follow the Prophet (s) upon meeting him without any conversation?
///// Links
Purchase Sh. Mikaeel's book: https://www.qalam.foundation/qalambooks/with-the-heart-in-mind
The Emotional Intelligence Needed of a Khateeb: https://www.ibnabeeomar.com/blog/how-to-make-khutbahs-relevant-the-emotional-intelligence-needed-of-the-khateeb
Sh. Navaid Aziz's Explanation of the Book: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLf87pKHhFh7cBrhHJWbNkAR28Zun9F_tA
The Righteous Mind - https://amzn.to/2BmuLs1
On Bullsh** - https://amzn.to/2VZpiRF
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I'm doing a book club with Productive Muslim - https://barakahacademy.com/~access/a1c24f/
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