The Path to Self-Fulfillment by Umm Abdurrahman Sakina Hirschfelder starts from a premise easy to overlook: loving Allah sincerely is difficult from inside a depressed, self-rejecting state, which makes genuine self-acceptance a spiritual matter and not only a psychological one.
What the Book Covers
Hirschfelder works through the practical building blocks of a fulfilled life — self-acceptance, self-confidence, determination, self-observation, self-improvement and stress relief — alongside what makes relationships with others actually work: effective communication and forgiveness. The book brings these threads together in its treatment of happiness itself, with concrete guidance on trusting Allah, accepting His will, and sharing one’s blessings with others rather than hoarding contentment privately.
About the Author
Umm Abdurrahman Sakina Hirschfelder has practiced Islam for over two decades and studied at George Washington University and the Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America. She holds a B.S. and M.A. in Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University, is a mother of seven, and lives in Michigan. Her other work, Who Is Allah? His Names and Attributes and Their Significance to the Individual, is also published by IIPH.
Who This Book Is For
Readers working on self-acceptance and stress from an Islamic framework, rather than secular self-help stripped of any spiritual grounding.
