Lamps of Light Project

Lamps of Light Project Nonprofit to empower individuals, families & communities to confront the challenges of various addictions with a specialization in Muslim populations.

“Hitting rock bottom is the only way someone changes.” → Rock bottom kills people. Early intervention saves lives. You d...
07/28/2026

“Hitting rock bottom is the only way someone changes.” → Rock bottom kills people. Early intervention saves lives. You don’t have to lose everything before you deserve help.

“Once an addict, always an addict.” → Recovery is real, lasting, and happening every single day. Identity is not a sentence.

The truth about addiction isn’t comfortable. But it’s the only thing that saves lives. Shame built on lies keeps people stuck. Understanding built on truth sets them free.

Save this for the next time someone repeats a myth in front of you. Share it with someone who needs to hear that help is still on the table.

💬 Which myth have you heard the most? Tell us below.

Join Zaytuna College and the Lamps of Light Project for Career Pathways — a virtual conversation on how faith-informed e...
07/28/2026

Join Zaytuna College and the Lamps of Light Project for Career Pathways — a virtual conversation on how faith-informed education strengthens the road into today’s mental health field.

Whether you’re a student weighing a degree, a career-changer drawn to counseling, or someone who’s always felt the pull toward this work but wasn’t sure it had room for your values — this one’s for you.

🎙️ Speakers:
Ustadh Tabari Zahir
• Mona Midani
• Zaid Khannani
• Nida Ahmed
• Hamzah Hashmi
• Alisha Ahmad
• Khwaja Ahmed

📅 Thursday, July 30
🕕 6:00–7:30 PM
💻 Virtual — register at the link in bio

Save this, share it with someone deciding what’s next, and we’ll see you Thursday. 🤲

07/25/2026

We know the orphans, the widows, the fuqara and masakeen — they’re the easiest vulnerable to spot. But there are new vulnerable people in our communities we rarely speak about. 🤲
New Muslims. And our youth (12-26) — being preyed upon on purpose. Multinational corporations are seeking out their hearts, chasing addiction through gaming, online gambling, po*******hy, and excessive online shopping. This isn’t accidental. It’s targeted.
Our brotherhood and sisterhood is measured by how we protect them. Save this and start the conversation in your community. 🕊️

📍 Visit us in Riverside, CA, or connect with our team online.
📩 [email protected] 📞 909.312.2121

07/24/2026

Before you call it spiritual, eliminate biology first. 🧠
There’s an order to understanding someone’s struggle: biology first, then psychology (their moods, attitude, emotional states, what they’ve been through), then environment — because people in Long Beach don’t live the same reality as people in Irvine.
Abu Huraira (RA) gives us the earliest lesson in this. Pre-Islamic Arabs believed seizures meant someone was majnun (possessed) — they’d pin the person face-down with a foot on their neck to “exorcise” the jinn. One day Abu Huraira collapsed from hunger walking into the masjid. The brothers did the same thing to him. His response: “I’m not majnun, I’m just hungry.”
Don’t skip straight to spiritual diagnosis. Rule out the body first. Save this — it might change how you show up for someone struggling. 🤍

📍 Visit us in Riverside, CA, or connect with our team online.
📩 [email protected] 📞 909.312.2121


Today’s Jumu’ah hits different. 🌙⚡No matter what you’ve done, where you’ve been, or what you’re ashamed of — Islam teach...
07/23/2026

Today’s Jumu’ah hits different. 🌙⚡

No matter what you’ve done, where you’ve been, or what you’re ashamed of — Islam teaches us that beauty can be forged from the darkest of deeds. Tawbah isn’t just forgiveness. It’s transformation.

Join us today, July 24th for a powerful Jumu’ah Khutbah:

✨ “Forging Beauty Out of Ugly Deeds”
🎙 Ustadh Tabari Zahir — Founder, Lamps of Light Project
📍 Inland Empire Islamic Center

If your past feels too heavy to carry — this khutbah is for you. Come as you are. 🤍

Share with someone who needs this today. 👇

07/23/2026

Unprocessed trauma doesn’t just fade — it moves into the body. 🧠➡️🫀
Depression, anxiety, chronic illness, autoimmune disease... so much of it traces back to emotions that were never processed, never released, never given space to heal. Your nervous system keeps score long after your mind tries to move on.
Healing isn’t just mental — it’s physical. Start listening to what your body has been trying to tell you.
Save this as a reminder to check in with yourself today. 🤍

📍 Visit us in Riverside, CA, or connect with our team online.
📩 [email protected] 📞 909.312.2121

07/21/2026

When someone’s amygdala is activated, their frontal cortex shuts off. 🧠
That’s why arguing logic with an angry person never works — their brain’s executive functioning, decision-making, and processing are literally offline. They’re not “not listening.” They’re not able to.
So instead of pushing information at someone stuck in fight-or-flight, meet them where they are first. Match their tone. Validate the intensity: “I can’t believe that happened, that’s really intense.” Then gently guide them back down — because the real conversation can’t happen in survival mode.
This is co-regulation, and it’s one of the most powerful communication tools there is — in therapy, relationships, and everyday hard conversations.
📌 Save this for the next time someone you love is too activated to hear you.

🔁 Share with someone who needs this in their back pocket.

📍 Visit us in Riverside, CA, or connect with our team online.
📩 [email protected] 📞 909.312.2121

07/20/2026

Ever notice how one person’s energy can completely shift the room? 😮‍💨 That’s co-regulation.
When someone comes to you elevated — angry, grieving, dysregulated — the instinct is to say “calm down.” But real co-regulation starts with matching their state first. Validate it: “Yeah, that sounds really difficult.” Then slowly soften your tone, open your body language, and take deeper breaths.
Your nervous system speaks to their nervous system before your words even land.
This is a core piece of nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and emotional intelligence — and it shows up everywhere: relationships, parenting, hard conversations at work.

📌 Save this for the next time someone comes to you dysregulated.

🔁 Share with someone who holds space for others.

📍 Visit us in Riverside, CA, or connect with our team online.
📩 [email protected] 📞 909.312.2121

Address

7028 Indiana Ave #201
Riverside, CA
92506

Telephone

+19093122121

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Lamps of Light Project posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Lamps of Light Project:

Shortcuts

Share

Category