Salaam everyone,
I am going for Hajj Insha'Allah and would love to hear the experiences of those of you that have gone as well as any tips that you'd give someone who will be going for the first time.
I am quite anxious about it all but am trying to be as informed as possible.
Jazakhallah in advance!
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My teacher (who doesn't teach Quran) asked for recommendations, so I shared the attached video with him. However, when he played it, he said that it wasn't the way the Quran should be recited. To me, there seems to be nothing wrong with it—the tajweed, pace, and rules all seem fine. What could the problem be? But personally, I quite like the style. [link] [comments] |
Assalamualaikum, I was wondering if you can pray 2+1 rakah prayer within the hanafi madhab. There’s too many websites to read up on, and some have different opinions. My mosque follow hanafi madhab but they pray 2+1 witr (at least during ramadan) but I also heard that 2+1 is less preferred/ weak.
Jazak Allah Khair for clarifications
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.
Hey
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] |
When you obey Allah, you aren't acting alone. You are joining the perpetual worship of the Angels and all Creation.
"Indeed I see what you do not see, and I hear what you do not hear. The heaven moans, and it has every right to moan. There is no space the width of four fingers except that there is an angel there, placing his forehead in prostration to Allah. By Allah, if you knew what I know, you would laugh little and weep much..."
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Book 36 (Zuhd), Hadith 2312 (Hasan Gharib). Also in Sunan Ibn Majah 4190.
The Quran establishes something staggering:
"The seven heavens and the earth and whatever is in them exalt Him... there is not a thing except that it exalts Allah by His praise, but you do not understand their glorification."
Surah Al-Isra, 17:44.
Every single creation from the stars to the ant to the atom is performing one universal act: glorifying Allah. This is not metaphor. The Quran states it as fact.
Now consider: when you obey Allah, you are performing that same act.
In Islamic law the principle is established participation in a sin carries the sin. You don't have to be the one who commits the act directly. Presence, facilitation, joining these transfer moral weight. The same principle applies symmetrically to good. If participation in evil carries its weight, participation in good carries its weight. The Quran does not establish a moral universe where only negative participation transfers.
This means your obedience is not just alongside the glorification of all creation. It is a participation in it. You are joining the one universal act that everything in existence is already performing. The deed you are participating in is not a small deed it is something whose magnitude the Quran explicitly says you cannot comprehend.
And this is where the multiplier becomes significant:
"If someone intends to do a good deed and does it, Allah writes it down with Him as ten to seven hundred times its reward, or even many times more than that."
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 81 (Riqaq), Hadith 6491; Sahih Muslim, Book 1 (Iman), Hadith 131.
Classical scholars said sincerity, awareness, and the depth of your intention are what push a deed beyond 700x toward the limitless. If you perform your worship knowing you are joining the glorification of all creation that awareness itself is the kind of intention that expands the deed beyond what can be counted.
When you act on the guidance that reached you, your reward doesn't stay with you alone. It flows back up every link of the chain that brought the truth to you.
"Whoever introduces a good practice in Islam will have its reward and the reward of all who act upon it after him, without their rewards being diminished in the slightest."
Sahih Muslim, Book 33 (Al-Imara), Hadith 1017.
Every good deed you do adds to the scale of the Sahabah who transmitted the deen. And to their teachers. All the way back to the Prophet ﷺ who sits at the top of every single chain, receiving a share of every good deed of every Muslim until the Day of Judgment.
The guidance flows down to you. The reward flows back up through everyone who passed it along. You are not just a recipient you are the reason the chain is still alive.
Our Lord doesn't count like a merchant.
The Baseline (10x): "Whoever comes on the Day of Judgement with a good deed will have ten times the like thereof to his credit..."
Surah Al-An'am, 6:160.
The Sincerity Jump (700x+): "If someone intends to do a good deed and does it, Allah writes it down with Him as ten to seven hundred times its reward, or even many times more than that."
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith 6491; Sahih Muslim, Hadith 131.
The Infinite Ceiling: "Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
Surah Az-Zumar, 39:10.
Even with all of this the participation, the chains, the multipliers no one enters Paradise by their deeds alone. We do these deeds to show sincerity. But we rely on the Mercy, because it is the only thing heavy enough to carry us home.
"Do good deeds properly, sincerely and moderately, and receive good news because none of you will enter Paradise by his deeds." They asked, "Not even you, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Not even me, unless Allah wraps me in His Grace and Mercy."
Sahih al-Bukhari, Book 75 (Marda), Hadith 5673; Sahih Muslim, Book 52, Hadith 2818.
The Takeaway
You don't fully understand how your salah glorifies Allah. None of us do. We know that it does because He told us. The how is beyond us, just as the glorification of the rock and the tree is beyond us. That is not a weakness. That is the design.
You are participating in something whose scale you cannot see from inside it. Do the deed. Mean it. And trust the Mercy.
"And when the believers in Our revelations come to you, say, 'Peace be upon you! Your Lord has taken upon Himself to be Merciful. Whoever among you commits evil ignorantly then repents afterwards and mends their ways, then Allah is truly All-Forgiving, Most Merciful.'"
Surah Al-An'am, 6:54.
Being a Muslim does not mean merely believed in God's existence. More than that, it means trusting him for the best outcome of all affairs, as small children unquestioningly trust in their parents to do the best for them. It means surrendering and letting our lord work as he wills-as he is going to do in any case. It means accepting him as the driver of the car of our lives instead of being a backseat driver. It means consciously leaving anxiety and worthy over our affairs, secure in the knowledge that they are in the best of hands, and that those hands will guide us to a safe, Secure, blessed destiny.
-Source: Suzanne Haneef, "Islam: The Path of God", page 98 [PDF].
Muslims what’s a miracle that Allah gave you that no one would believe?
This is probably a dumb question but it randomly came to me. Asking as a non-believer if that matters.
My dad side of the family is joining Catholicism, but I am a Muslim revert and I’m scared that my dad side of the family is going to shun me. How do I tell them im not like them
www.ilm-studenthalls.com has created just that and already seeing the benefits where young Muslims don't need to compromise there Deen, stand together to perform their daily prayers in the dedicated prayer room and relax together to watch sports and movies in the cinema room.
The student feedback has been phenomenal with them telling us that the Halls have been a great deterrent for them getting into fitnah.
We want to expand this across the country but want to know what others think.
like the title said am wondering , why allah let people get away with slavery for exemple for tens of years and many people lived and died wealthy using something "legal" and very very evil , i know god allows free will but man it kinda messes me up thinking that my god the most merciful lets people be born and die in complete torture or any exemple of people that do evil to other people their whole lives like stealing from them etc and they get away with it atleast in this life ,why doesnt he punishes them and why the victims dont get anything even in the afterlife like ok lets say allah punishes the thief in the afterlife the victim got nothing in return , i hope i made my point clear , please help me understand
By asking this question i am in no way being ungrateful to what Allah has blessed me with but i admit my life has been very difficult since childhood with lots of trauma, suicidal thoughts etc. And one thing i dont really understand about islam is why some muslims have perfect lives, and have everything in this world while others are tested so extremely to the point of suicide?
I understand that people will say wealth, health etc is also a test but i am not talking about that, i am talking about psychological tests that break you down completely and seem to destroy your life and the way u see everything, why is it that some people experience this their whole lives while others die without having gone through any sort of emotional hardship in their whole life, is it because Allah does not see any benefit in testing some people?
I mean i was kinda thinking Allah is very generous and kind and loves us so i think it might be because by testing some people in that way it only hurts them and doesnt bring any sort of benefit to them so maybe thats why?
As-salamu alaykum, I'm new to Islam and am trying to understand the basics of prayers and such, but one thing that I need is a praying mat to start off with. I'm looking for one that I can use at home, but the problem is that when I searched on Google on what it shouldn't have, it says 'animals or people, mosques and Ka'ba, occult symbols (understandably) and "complex designs".
I don't really understand what it means by the last bit, but I do want to be fact checked if the following I mentioned was wrong or not. However, I see a lot of mats using mosques or the Ka'ba on the designs, which confuses me. Thank you if you know any mats that I should choose instead.
Assalamualaikum,
In a Hadith Qudsi, Allah mentions that a servant continues to draw near through voluntary عبادات until Allah loves him, and then becomes his hearing, sight, hands, and feet.
I’m reflecting on this deeply:
Is this describing complete alignment of a person’s will with divine guidance?
How should this be understood without falling into literal or incorrect interpretations?
Would love thoughtful reflections grounded in authentic understanding.
ALLAH is the true Deity; there is no god except Him, and none deserves worship except Allah, the One, the Unique. He possesses the attributes of absolute perfection. There is nothing like unto Him, even though He has affirmed for Himself attributes such as life, knowledge, power, hearing, sight, face, the two hands, might, greatness, beauty, exaltedness, and self-sufficiency... and other attributes established in the Qur’an and the Sunnah that befit the majesty of His Noble Face and the greatness of His authority. The creation cannot comprehend or imagine Him, and they do not encompass anything of His knowledge except what He wills — Glorified is He.
Allah, Glorified be He, was alone in eternity, distinct by Himself, and there was nothing besides Him — neither water, nor the Throne, nor anything else — as He, the Most High, said: “He is the First” [Al-Hadid: 3].
Then He, Glorified be He, created the Throne and the water, and He created the Pen and the Preserved Tablet, and He created seven heavens and seven earths.
And His Throne was upon the water, and He is established over it in a manner that befits His greatness. He wrote in the Record everything, and He commanded the Pen — which is one of His creations, the true nature of which we do not know — to write the decrees of all things until the Hour is established. So it wrote, by Allah’s perfect knowledge, what was, what will be, and what would have been had it been. Then whatever Allah willed came to be, and whatever He did not will did not come to be. Then He says concerning what He wills: “Be,” and it is.
To be continued...
Wondering if anyone can relate/has advice
I have OCD symptoms and for the past few months, I’ve been trying my best to turn to Allah (swt) whenever I’m struggling with something rather than doing compulsions. A main reason for this is that I had an episode during the fall and did make dua but also gave into my compulsion. I ended up finding out that the thing I was so worried about was actually nothing serious at all and I shouldn’t have done the compulsion. That was a lesson to me to trust Allah (swt) and his guidance rather than just listening to my head
Unfortunately though, I’m now stuck in another episode and struggling with tawakkul. I got upset about it today and made dua for guidance/sign and literally got a Quran ayah about guidance on social media right after. But of course I had thoughts come up like “oh that doesn’t apply to me, maybe that’s not actually a sign” 💀 lol how do I fight this? I’ve been trying so hard but the constant feeling that I’m doing something wrong/making excuses/misinterpreting signs is always there
Salaam everyone
I am a Muslimah in the deep south, USA. I recently, due to Ramadan and some amazing things thst occurred in Ramadan, have grown closer to Allah and am so thankful.
I've wanted to start wearing hijab but have already experienced aggressive behaviors from people and its making me so afraid to go outside.
for context, I am a single parent and none of my family is Muslim and they definitely do not appreciate hijab and wouldn't feel comfortable being seen in public with me wearing it.
all this to say... I feel scared and I do not have any support navigating amd building strength to begin wearing it outside of masjid events and praying. I would sincerely love to. however I am so fearful and afraid for my safety that I no longer want to go outside and I am extremely hypervigilant of my surroundings when I do wear it, for my safety.
the women I know who are successful in wearing hijab fall into several categories that make it possible for them
wealthy wives who dont need to work
medical professionals - society has no choice but to accept them due to extreme need
professors-- around educated people
recipients of Social security income, so they do not need to work or try to find work while observing hijab
I am looking for a middle ground and support to begin the process of becoming a full time hijabi who works and can become fearless wearing hijab in the Bible belt deep south.
thanks in advance. jazak Allah khairan
My depression is getting too much for me to handle and deal with. I genuinely think about ending myself life every single day, there is nothing left for me in this world. I’ve been thinking about it ever since i knew we have the option of ending ourselves. I can’t do this anymore, i really cannot. The only thing that’s stopping me is Allah, i do not think i’m ready to face him because i don’t think i’m a good muslim, just like i’ve disappointed everyone in my life i think Allah won’t/is pleased by me either. I want to end it, i can’t live like anymore, I just want to know if Allah will forgive me? Would forgiveness be possible in my situation?
I got my exam results today. I had been making dua for these marks for so long especially during Ramadan, Tahajjud, and almost every prayer. When I saw my result I was happy… but it was 2 marks less than what I had asked for.
In that moment I felt disappointed and even said something I regret that Allah didn’t give me what I wanted so he didn’t keep his promise and so I won’t pray shukrana salat.
An hour later I had an Islamic class, and the topic was about Surah Fussilat about how we should never be ungrateful or doubtful towards Allah. It hit me so deeply. I felt like Allah was directly reminding me.
I realized my mistake, prayed shukr, and felt at peace again.
Maybe those 2 marks weren’t meant for me because something better is planned. I have another exam coming up and now my trust in Allah is even stronger.
Allah is truly the best of planners.
S/A, I want to build a well for the ummah to use but I can’t find a reliable charity to do it through. please give me a recommendation in the replies. JazakAllah
I am a young Muslim man living in Egypt. I am 5'4, ugly, poor, having physical problems
Alhamdulillah I pray regularly, avoid a lot of haram stuff, started reading Quran but I can't accept my body, every night I cry and say Allah why you created me like this, I can't stand that! Also I can consider my self as an Incel, so 99% I will live alone till my death
The major problem is a lot of suicidal thoughts are coming into my mind, I fear that I lose the control on myself and commit suicide
What should I do and how to cope?
I’ve been thinking about duas, and I don’t know sometimes I lose hope.
I’d really love to hear your stories.
What’s a dua you made that eventually came true-especially the ones that felt “crazy” or impossible at the time?
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what are people’s thoughts on philosophy ? honestly for me, philosophy means having a love for learning, and yk asking questions about different aspects of lie, and just trying to understand and analyse the deeper meaning behind things. however, I DO NOT believe in solely relying on philosophical concepts. i believe that like ok let’s say existentialism the concept is about living life to the fullest, and having no purpose. obviously there IS A PURPOSE, and that’s where islam comes in like ok existentialism with islam i would say is living life to the fullest but remembering what your purpose in this dunya is. so yeah it wouldn’t fully qualify as existentialism — overall islam has all the concepts and everything for us. my point is just about, not believing in the philosophical concepts, but understanding the deeper meaning and analysing different things is philosophy, so why do some scholars say it’s haram ? i’m not believing in any of the concepts obviously, but learning and knowledge is categorised as philosophy, so then i do like philosophy ?
Assalamualaikum, I have a question. I want to get data from Google maps like phone numbers for legal cold calling. I'm not selling anything Haram and I'm not calling to disturb anyone. Is it permissible to use a scraper to scrape Google maps or use the API, even if the platform doesn't allow it in their term but they don't hold you accountable/take legal action for it? And if it's not permissible, is there any other alternative? I genuinely have good intentions and I don't see anything wrong with it.
As Salamu Aleykum friends,
I was raised as a liberal Muslim in a Western country: Not praying, eating non-halal meat, my parents didn't go to Mecca and will not go in the future. I was told that there is a God, but the most important thing was to be a good human-being in the first place.
To not make this section too long: I got more invested into Islam and am now praying, eating halal meat, planning to go to Mecca in a few years inshAllah and so on.
Restriction like halal meat, Riba, going to the Mosque sure changed my life and were not easy to implement, still I didn't feel like these restrictions made me unhappy or tired. I just integrated them into my life.
But there is one restriction that leaves me disoriented, confused and lost: I just don't know how to handle it. I have been going to university for like 5 years, and since I became more religious about 3 years ago, I stopped contacting girls over the time: From not "making moves" anymore to not having female friends anymore (the latter part wasn't actually hard).
I'm torn between wanting to meet women again and fearing the consequences. How can I actually love a woman, if I'm cannot meet with her? I want to get to know a woman, talk about what she likes, what I like, how we can move on to a future where we are married etc. I want it to happen naturally, where it's just love. My dear brothers and sisters, I just want to love... I have never loved a woman in my life (for other reasons than Islam in my pre-religious time). I want to know how butterflies in the stomach feel like, I want to experience what it's like to be in a relationship with a woman - but I feel so alone, not heard, not seen, just by myself.
What is the alternative? Asking other people to find me someone, talk to her only when others are present, then marrying her not even knowing if I love her, or if she loves me? How is that different than living with a random? How does that even work, my parents didn't teach me anything like that?
I'm sorry for my writing style, it is not in a respecful way - to You or to our faith. These thought are just constantly rattling through mind leaving me in a confused and sometimes enraged state. I don't know what to do or what to think. Please find some calming words for me. Thank you.
NATION OF ISLAM believes Elijah Muhammad was a prophet
For example, if I say "I swear to Allah, I will not drink alcohol for the rest of the year.
Is this oath permissable? I read the fiqh of oaths but its still unclear to me: https://islamqa.org/?p=36109 J
Even if you were to remember and speak to ALLAH SWT every moment of every day, for all of eternity keep talking, keep talking you would never grow weary. The words would never run dry, and your heart would never whisper "enough."
For the love of ALLAH SWT is an endless ocean, boundless and eternal. The deeper you dive, the more breathtaking it becomes. The more you love, the more joy floods your heart a joy so pure, so infinite, that no words could ever truly contain it.
His love has no shore. His presence has no end. And the soul that truly finds Him... never truly wants for anything else.
As-salamu alaykum everyone :)
I’m trying to improve my recitation in salah and had a question. Is it allowed to hold a mushaf (Qur’an) while praying so I can read directly from it? For example, I’d like to recite a surah like Surah Al-Mulk in my Maghrib prayer, but I don’t have it memorized yet.
Is this permissible in obligatory prayers, or only in voluntary ones? I’ve heard there might be different opinions depending on the madhhab, so I’d really appreciate some clarification.
JazakAllahu khayran! <3
Asalamualaikum, I’m in desperate need of duas today for myself (female) and my sister. She has been fighting cancer for over 3 years now. Shes only 34 but the last 3 years have been so painful. Everytime she gets on a treatment it works only to stop working after a few months. Just 5 months ago she was in tremendous pain. We got on a trial with such great difficulty. She was responding wonderfully and today we found out that she is progressing again. I, as her caregiver feel so tired and exhausted. I have spent every waking moment making dua for her health. It’s the first thing I think of when I wake up and the last thing I make dua for. Nothing else matters. I feel like I have lost who I am in these three years. I put my career, my married future on pause because she needs me. Who’ll be her caregiver if not me. I would give everything to see her be stable and healthy. My parents live in a different country. One of my siblings is married and lives in another state. I feel like it’s just the two of us and I can feel the exhaustion in my bones. Tonight I just need duas from anyone reading.
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Translation: Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran. I was in a bad mood earlier & praise be to Allah, those were the first verses/ayat that met my eyes when I opened the Quran, today. Remember Allah ,The Most Merciful -SWT- is always with all of us & watching all of us & knowing all of us inside out & remember to read the noble Quran. You're never alone, we're never alone. Don't neglect the Quran, my siblings in Islam! [link] [comments] |
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Hi, I’m really scared about Surah Al-Hijr (15:42). Allah says that Shaytan has no authority over His servants except those who follow him. My fear is: if Shaytan affects me, or if I fall into sin, does that mean I’m not truly one of Allah’s servants? Or does it mean I’m among those who follow Shaytan? I’m confused about the difference between being tempted, sinning, and actually ‘following’ Shaytan. Do scholars say that a believer who sins is still considered among Allah’s servants, or does this verse mean something more serious? I’m looking for explanations from tafsir or scholars. [link] [comments] |
I am really struggling with my current workplace. My boss is an oppressor who is constantly working on making my life miserable even though I do 60% of my dept.’s work. I am praying to Allah for ease, remaining patient and looking for a job elsewhere but it is difficult. Each day my boss comes up with a new day to humiliate me or to make my life difficult. Please make dua for me.
Assalamualikum everyone. I hope you’re all doing well.
i was a practicing and strong muslim but recently i’ve been feeling really abandoned and lost spiritually.
my father passed away around half a year back unexpectedly. while he was in the ICU we prayed for weeks but our duas wasn’t answered. right after he died i had such strong iman (not sure if it was some weird way of my brain protecting me from grief) and i was SO sure id see him and reunite with him in Jannah. but now im just so unsure. i feel terrible. i’m starting to get awful thoughts too like “why didn’t Allah answer my dua?” and so much more.
now i just feel like if think enough that i will for sure reunite with him in Jannah, ill actually believe it (fake it till you make it kinda situation). i do not understand why im lacking in iman so much now. its truly awful. i feel abandoned and lost. i’m not sure how else i can explain my situation but it’s genuinely really bad and ive been feeling like this for months. i genuinely feel like im faking my belief most of the time. how do i get better? how can i deal with this???
i apologize if some part of my posts seems offensive, it truly wasn’t my intention. i would genuinely appreciate any advices.
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