I am passionate about equipping practitioners and service-providers with the frameworks, tools, and skills to weave Islamic principles into their impactful work.

Muslim practitioners and service-providers are on the frontline of addressing the critical needs of communities today, filling gaps, and uplifting Muslims in the various facets of their lives.

Now, more than ever, the Muslim community needs forward-thinking, deeply compassionate leaders and service-providers with the requisite knowledge and training to frame complex issues and apply Islamic teachings and values in grounded, creative, and resonant ways to the emerging challenges of today.

Available Training

Functions & Dysfunctions: Principles and Ethics for Applying Family Law and Conflict Resolution

This 10-hour hands-on training provides Muslim practitioners with Islamic legal and ethical competencies. The goal of the program is to equip providers with a framework for greater confidence and competence in helping clients with issues arising in the context of the marriage, the family, and relationships with adult parents. The course is framework and application based, equipping providers with skills to effectively identify the legal-ethical issues in family conflicts, to determine the competing principles and values that apply to the situation, and to ascertain the range of religiously grounded interventions that can be utilized. This is an experiential training that centers discussion, case-studies, and application exercises.

  • Core topics of the training are:

    • A framework for negotiating law, morality, and social contexts in Muslim marriage

    • Plural marriage, secret marriage, infidelity, and divorce

    • Gender roles, feminism, and domestic violence (Q. 4:34)

    • Sexuality, sexual-health, and same-sex attraction

    • Conflicts between parents and adult children

  • The training is about weaving Islamic principles into the work you do to further its impact and resonance – whether you are a mental health provider, chaplain, educator, Imam, community leader, manager of a Muslim organization, or mentor.

    It is also a course for established practitioners and community leaders who want to deepen their skills and competencies and utilize a unique set of tools for supporting the communities they serve.

Available Training

Is Domestic Violence Ever Islamic? Making Sense of Q. 4.34, Islamic Law and Ethics

This 5-hour training equips providers with an Islamic legal-ethical framework for addressing issues related to Quran 4:34 and the problem of violence against women in Muslim families. It prepares Muslim mental health providers with the tools to effectively address situations of gender-based violence, drawing on understanding of Quran and Sunna teachings on spousal discipline and their historical contexts, legal interpretations and institutional safeguards in historic Muslim societies, and practical applications in Muslim communities today. Through a series of case-studies, participants hone the skills of effectively intervening with varied parties to domestic violence (e.g.: spouses, children, parents, community leaders). This is an experiential training that centers discussion, case-studies, and application exercises.

  • Core topics of the training are:

    • Interpretations and legal applications of Quran 4.34

    • The Sunna and the challenge of violence in the Prophetic community

    • The institutionalize legal safeguards to protect women in historic Muslim societies

    • Practical models and practices for addressing domestic violence in Muslim communities today

    • The underlying challenge of legalism in Muslim communities today

  • The training is about weaving Islamic principles into the work you do to further its impact and resonance – whether you are a mental health provider, chaplain, educator, Imam, community leader, manager of a Muslim organization, service-provider for women, or mentor.

    It is also a course for established practitioners and community leaders who want to deepen their skills and competencies and utilize a unique set of tools for supporting the communities they serve.

What practitioners have to say

  • “I came to the Bayan Islamic Law course completely unsure of myself and walked home solemnly after the first day with a strong sense of imposter syndrome. Then day by day, I felt the concepts “clicking” for me; Dr. Sheibani’s incredible teaching style and strategies are a huge reason behind that. As someone with an M.Ed., I can say Dr. Sheibani is employed every core technique in curriculum development, classroom management, and scaffolding content, that I learned in my MAs program. There are two types of teachers: “Sage on the Stage” and “Guide on the Side,” and her embodiment of the latter gave us the tools to think critically rather than passively memorizing facts."

    - Amanda Hasan, Bayan MA student

  • “After studying with Dr. Mariam, I invited her to present a training on domestic violence and spousal relationships to Imams and Muslim mental health professionals in my community. Her skills as a facilitator enable her to effectively engage multiple audiences: non-specialists, professionals, and Imams. Dr. Mariam consistently offers tools equipping practitioners with the tools to navigate tough conversations and make difficult decisions in their work. This is attributed, I think, to the copious effort and energy she puts into preparation. This shows in the quality, content, and delivery of her sessions.”

    - Dr. Sarif, Child Psychologist and community leader

  • “I fully recommend Dr. Mariam to all Muslims from all walks of life. She is knowledgeable, humble, and importantly, a very approachable teacher. She also has enough knowledge to know how much of an answer she can give. It’s really refreshing in 2024 to see scholars not positioning themselves as being able to answer any and every question.”

    - Dr. Ali, Muslim mental health professional

  • “It is heartening to hear someone speak about Islamic law in such a sophisticated and learned manner in a landscape where people want a TikTok answer to a Wikipedia question. Learning from Dr. Mariam helped me to understand the problems with contemporary discussions that lack nuance, with non-specialists just pulling rulings out of a random fiqh book. Instead, Dr. Mariam provides an accessible but comprehensive, grounded, and historically informed framework for understanding the past and present of Islamic law.”

    - Alia, community counselor

  • “Dr. Mariam’s course was a breath of fresh air. It was everything my heart needed to know my Creator and my deen. I felt validated and seen. I can't thank Dr. Mariam enough. Her approach, her demeanor, her humble ways of teaching - Allah has put so much light and baraka in her work and that makes being her student such a joy. I am personally going to be on the hunt for Dr. Mariam’s courses, at the opportunity to learn from her anytime and anywhere! I would love it if she somehow made a mini course of what we learned as Islamic Psychologists for the public, one we can share with colleagues, family, and friends. May Allah shower her with His blessings in dunya and akhira and grant her the highest heavens. Ameen.”

    - Practitioner-student in the Cambridge Muslim College, Islamic Psychology Diploma

  • “As a therapist, I could not have imagined a better way of being introduced to the difficult discipline of Islamic law. Every aspect of the module was beautifully curated for therapeutic practice. I am grateful for Dr. Mariam’s teaching style and the safe space she created to discuss matters, which helped me personally but also has helped me navigate the dilemmas of Muslims clients I am seeing in therapy.”

    - Practitioner-student in the Cambridge Muslim College, Islamic Psychology Diploma

  • “I was a bit struggling at the beginning of term because I was wondering how I would apply Islamic Law to my therapy sessions. Little did I know, the classes are paradigm-shifting and amazing! It touches almost every crucial aspect that is needed in what's happening in the Muslim community right now. She effectively conveyed the connections between tradition and reality. The contents and the lecturer are excellent. I really, really loved it.”

    - Ahmed, Cambridge Muslim College, Islamic Psychology Diploma

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