Marriage
Finding your way back to warmth, whether you're preparing for marriage, working through it, or facing its harder chapters.
Faith-centred Islamic counselling
Where mawadda settles, harshness dissolves.
Counselling with Shaykh Abdul-Rahman Zyka. A calm, private place to talk things through and find some clarity in your heart and home.
Available online, wherever you are.
mawadda
(ar.) a warm, lasting kind of love.
About
Someone to talk to when life feels heavy
Sometimes you need more than advice. You need someone who will actually listen, and who can answer with real knowledge of the tradition.
Shaykh Abdul-Rahman Zyka is an Imam at the Islamic Society of Victoria. For years he has sat with people through the things they tend to carry quietly: grief that won't lift, a marriage under strain, a faith that feels far away, decisions that feel too big to make on your own.
His counselling draws on classical Islamic scholarship and the tradition's long understanding of the heart and how it heals, always grounded in the Qur'an and the example of the Prophet ﷺ.
Sessions are private and never rushed. You won't be judged here. What you'll find instead is an honest, patient companion, and a tradition that has been guiding hearts like yours for fourteen hundred years.
Imam
Islamic Society of Victoria
Qualified Counsellor
Trained & qualified in counselling
Classical Scholarship
Guidance rooted in Qur'an & Sunnah
Melbourne & Online
Consultations wherever you are
Latest reflections
A minute for the heart
Short reflections from the Shaykh. Small reminders for the middle of an ordinary day.
“He grants you expansion so that you do not remain confined within contraction, and He grants you contraction so that you do not remain attached to expansion.”
Areas of guidance
Whatever you're carrying, you don't have to carry it alone
These are just starting points. Come as you are, and we'll follow wherever the conversation needs to go.
Family
Parents, children, in-laws. Easing the relationships that are meant to be a comfort but sometimes start to weigh on you.
Personal Growth
Character, habits, and the slow, honest work of becoming who you're meant to be.
Faith
For the times when the heart feels distant, and you want to reconnect without shame or pressure.
Purpose
Study, work, direction. Finding your way when every option feels uncertain.
Life Transitions
A new country, a new marriage, a loss. Steady company through the changes you didn't choose.
Emotional Wellbeing
Anxiety, grief, and the weight that comes with them, met with mercy and with the tradition's deep care for the heart.
Expressions of interest
Whenever you are ready
Tell us a little about what brings you here using the form below, or just say salaam. Every message is read personally and answered with care, and everything you share stays confidential.
Just a quick question? Email us at mawadda.counselling@gmail.com