Im a woman and my family always tells me to stop praying Maghreb alone during Ramadan because I can get greater rewards praying with the other family members but each time I try I find myself being too distracted by how close I am to that much people it just annoys me so much. Praying is very intimate to me and I believe I pray better alone. I kinda feel bad about it now yk ((
Over the past few months, I have immersed myself in a deep study of legal history and the evolution of secular ethics,I,was trying to reconcile the West's vocal commitment to "human rights" with the grim realities buried in its corridors of power. What I found was a profound chasm between Rhetoric and Reality.
The unsealing of some of the Epstein files served as a diagnostic tool for a dying moral objective; for me , it wasn't just a list of names, but a map of a rigged justice system where money and influence act as a solvent for so called rule of law. When figures like Lawrence Krauss and Richard Dawkins the men lauded as the intellectual vanguards of modern reason in atheisem are linked to such circles, it exposes the inherent danger of a purely consequentialist worldview.
Without an objective moral anchor, "good" and "evil" are discarded as archaic social constructs, replaced by a cold calculus of utility that inevitably favors the powerful. This vacuum of absolute morality is what truly harms the most vulnerable: Women and Children. Ironically, these are the very groups Western critics claim to "protect" when they target Islam.
While ofc instances of malpractice or cultural misinterpretation within Muslim communities are unfairly blamed on the faith itself, the secular elite often lack any theological or moral framework to even define their own actions as "evil." when their own leaders and icons exploit the vulnerable, they have no higher law to answer to. They’ve replaced "Right and Wrong" with "Cost and Benefit." They tell us the evil we know doesn't exist and they will protect u, the law will protect u!, yet they preside over systems that facilitate it.
Islam offers an objective moral anchor that transcends the whims of the powerful; the West offers a "justice" system that is ultimately just an extension of the checkbook. We are told we are "backwards," but at least we have a definition for the word "evil" that the wealthy cannot rewrite.
May Allah protect our Ummah! 🤲
Salam everyone,
I have two younger brothers, five and eleven, and lately I’ve been getting increasingly concerned about the kind of content they’re exposed to on YouTube. Sometimes they’ll be watching TV in my room and while nothing is obviously inappropriate, there are certain ideas, jokes, or attitudes that genuinely don’t sit right with me. It’s subtle, but it feels like things kids their age shouldn’t really be absorbing.
What worries me most is how normalized this kind of content has become. A lot of it isn’t explicit, but it promotes certain mindsets, disrespectful humor, or unhealthy views about women, or masculinity. They’re still very young and impressionable, and I don’t want them growing up with distorted views of themselves or others.
My parents aren’t fully aware of how YouTube algorithms work, and my mom doesn’t speak English fluently, so it’s hard for her to recognize when something might be problematic. I try to keep an eye on things when I can, but obviously I can’t monitor everything and I’m very busy with my own life.
As an older sister, I feel a responsibility to help guide them in the right direction, especially from an Islamic perspective. I want them to grow into confident, kind, respectful men with strong values, not shaped by whatever the internet feeds them.
For Muslim parents or older siblings: what practical steps have you taken to protect young boys from harmful online influences? Do you restrict YouTube entirely, supervise it, or focus more on teaching values so they can filter things themselves?
Any advice would be really appreciated.
Does god mean he put a reflection of his divine attributes in us or does he just mean it's a soul of his creation or something else entirely
Hi guys! I am not Muslim, but i have fasted fpr Ramadan for the last 3 years. I always have trouble understanding when Ramadan officially begins; I know it may begin tomorrow but does that mean I fast tomorrow during the day or Ramadan starts after tomorrow night so technically I eat like normal tomorrow and fast the next day? I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to ask but I currently don't have any friends of the Islamic faith.
Salam borthers and sisters, Iam a university student and I honestly don't know whether this has started now or its been going on for a while but what Iam sure about is that it's real and I don't know what do I do.
I simply don't, i always feel as though as if iam just a gohst, someone who people pass by but never actually stay long to get to know , maybe because there's something about me that just pushes them away or I don't know but I often feel like iam a burden to others and I feel like iam Invisible to so many and I can say this has only gotten worse since I got into uni ( second year now) and I sorta live in my head more than I live in the actual life and yeah I do have friends some from good ol times and some who I recently met at uni but I don't seem to feel "safe" or like no matter how nourished a friendship is I always feel like iam just annoying the other person like " don't talk too much don't say things, keep it light" and yeah I do keep it light, so light I almost get forgotten, right? but yeah I don't really like to play this "victim" card and say maybe because something is wrong with me or whatever that is and I prefer to be hopeful and to talk to Allah ask him for his help, for guidance, and yeah maybe this is a test or maybe in the mean time I gotta face those kinda feelings in order to mature or maybe its gonna help me in the future I honestly don't know, I just really want the pain to go away because not only do I feel it in my head but also in my body and yeah I don't know how to describe it but yeah it's like a pain in the chest mostly in the chest and other times it's just this overwhelming feeling in your body.
I know I might have turned this into a vent, my appologies for doing so but I am genuinely seeking your help and wisdom.
maybe someone here is equipped with the knowledge that I don't have yet.
