Someone asked me for money and they said they would give me back the money with extra as a gift I said i will give them but i dont want the extra because its riba and they still said they didnt give me riba but a gift for helping them and i still said no for the extra but when they came to repay their debt they gave me the extra that i told them that i dont want
What do you think i should do
My Dad had a peaceful ending. Sudden, as it was 2 weeks after my second son was born and he got to say hello. It’s now been 10 months. I know what Allah has decreed. I know where he is. I do sadaqa. I pray for him. But I still have days I just miss him. And I cry. A lot. I can’t sleep. I just miss him. What to do. I am praying a lot.
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So I've always have been close to Allah even tho i struggled with prayers like any human being but i always go back immediately always talk to Allah always remembering him.... After i wore the hijab everything was still fine, after a year or smth i HATED the hijab it ruined my hair i got scalp problems and i just started hating it so much till this year where i decided to make a plan to leave somewhere else and just take it off, but ever since i feel like allah pushed me awayyyy, i can no longer pray, i do remember him i love Allah i just even tho i want to pray i can't get myself to do it, ik it's wrong to feel this way but i feel like allah is mad at me for this plan but I also still HATE hijab and i believe that it's not mandatory (pls don't try to convinced me, bc even if it was it still ruined my life my confidence) ik you'll say my problem is deeper than hijab and it's about my self esteem, maybe i do know that, but i didn't suffer this much before wearing it, why would i suffer bc of a peice of fabric!!! I just don't get it even if it was mandatory, it's not for me I'm weaker than this, and if it was a test it's beyond my limits
Is Allah mad at me?
For things like disbelief someone can get sent to hell forever. I just think that's a little too much? An infinite punishment for finite sin?
Imagine being in your trillionth year in hell over something like doubting God's existance.
At point, would you even remember why you're there?
Assalamu alaikum,
I just wanted to share a personal story that might help Muslims who are struggling with doubts; whether about Islam being the true religion or the Holy Qur’an being the word of Allah (سبحانه وتعالى).
Like many Muslims born in Muslim-majority countries, I grew up reading the Qur’an, learning it from a young age, and being encouraged to pray on time. That was part of my routine. But over time, doubts started to grow in me.
A big reason for that was seeing the suffering happening in places like Palestine, Sudan, Bosnia during the war with Serbia, and among the Uyghurs, and even reflecting on hardships throughout history since the death of the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم). It made me question the fairness of this life. The test in this dunya started to feel unequal.
For example, I would think about a Palestinian child suffering from hunger and cold, and compare that to someone living a comfortable life whose test is simply to stay humble and help others. It didn’t seem balanced to me. It felt like some people were given much harsher tests than others.
Because of that, I slowly lost interest. I couldn’t bring myself to fully believe that Allah (سبحانه وتعالى), who is the Most Merciful and the Most Just, would give such unequal tests.
But Alhamdulillah, I still asked Allah for guidance.
What brought me back was something unexpected. I came across verses in Surah Fussilat and Surah Al-A‘raf describing the creation of the universe in “days.” At first, this didn’t make sense to me. Why describe creation in days? It felt too simplistic.
The Qur’an mentions that the universe was created in six days, and the earth in two. I initially thought this might just be a way to make the concept easier for people across different times to understand.
But then something struck me deeply. When I looked at modern scientific estimates, the universe is about 13.80 billion years old, while the earth is about 4.54 billion years old. When you compare them, it’s close to a 1:3 ratio, which reflects the same proportion as 2 days out of 6 mentioned in the Qur’an. It wasn’t an exact match, but the consistency in proportion really made me reflect and pushed me to take the Qur’an more seriously again.
From there, I started rethinking the idea of fairness.
I came to realize that as humans, we are biased;we tend to see our own situation as the hardest. But in reality, tests are different, not necessarily unequal.A privileged person may have a very difficult test in ways we don’t see. Wealth, beauty, and status can make it harder to stay humble, to see others as equals, and to remain sincere. Their ease in dunya might come with a heavier accountability in the akhirah. On the other hand, someone going through hardship may find it easier to turn to Allah, because pain often brings sincerity and dependence on Him. Their struggle in dunya may actually make their path in the akhirah easier.
Always say Alhamdulillah and stay humble
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Jumuah Mubarak. We're one month from the first day of Dhul Hijjah. Most of us know the last ten nights of Ramadan inside out —Laylatul Qadr, tahajjud, I'tikaf. Most of us know almost nothing about the first ten days of Dhul Hijjah, even though the Prophet ﷺ said:
That hadith stopped me. I went looking for what else the tradition actually says about these days, and found a few things:
One month out. Dhul Qa'dah (the month we're in) is what Sha'ban is to Ramadan — the approach. If we use it, we arrive at Dhul Hijjah ready. If we don't, the ten days pass and we don't even notice them. I wrote up the full thing as part of a project I've been working on called Living Noor: https://livingnoor.com/essays/first-ten-days-of-dhul-hijjah — the Quranic oaths, every hadith on Arafah I could find, and a 30-day prep checklist for the month ahead. A question for you all: what do you personally do in these ten days that has stuck with you? Any tradition from your family or local community that you'd recommend? [link] [comments] |
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https://quran.com/ar-rad/23-24 (for those who want to reflect) verse 23=the Gardens of Eternity, which they will enter along with the righteous among their parents, spouses, and descendants. (And the angels will enter upon them from every gate, ˹saying, verse 24=“Peace be upon you for your perseverance. How excellent is the ultimate abode!”) [link] [comments] |
