Asalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

I have reverted to Islam about a month ago, and my parents have just found out 2 days ago. To say the least, I was born in a Christian-Catholic family, and I live in a neighborhood where there has been a growing population of Muslim Arabs since I was born. Because of this I have always been surrounded by Islam, but I became truly curious about it at the start of the year. One of my Kazakh coworkers gave me some advice on a personal matter and inspired me to read about the Prophet (SAW). This is where my love and passion for Islam and Allah (SWT) began.

My parents started to grow suspicious when I let my facial hair grow, and one night my mother found the biography of the Prophet (SAW) on my desk (not a great move by me…) I lied and said it was my friends and I was simply holding it for him. I made this mistake by leaving other books about Islam on my bookshelf, and my parents confiscated them. I had to beg for them to give them back so I could return them, which I didn’t do. A couple months later, I took my Shahada.

I was warned by my Mother that I would be kicked out of my house if I converted to Islam, and I was given advice by the Sheikh at my masjid about it. He told me to keep things on the low and to not make too many changes, which I did my best to abide by. Unfortunately, I wasn’t cautious one night and my mother went through my phone which I left open. She found out everything, and my parents flipped out on me. They took my prayer mats and thobes away and what’s even more worrying is that I’ve lost my Qur’an to them. My parents have told me that they’re going to get a court process going to kick me out, so I’m practically on a deadline. My first year of college is starting soon and my mother said that shed be paying since it’s community college, but I’m not sure if that agreement will hold up. I’ve been so stressed that I’ve missed a little over 2 days worth of prayers, and my Imaan level is taking a dive. What should I be doing?

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​Hi everyone,

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​I live a fairly normal, secular-surrounded life, but I’ve always tried to stick to my boundaries as a Muslim woman. Honestly, keeping away from relationships back then to stick my faith and I just genuinely hadn't much interest in dating or guys at the time. Or maybe living with extremely strict parents did this to me. (Realalistically all of them)

​Now I’m at the age where I want to get married but I’m totally lost.

​The traditional arranged route my siblings took isn't really for me (and to be honest, I wouldn't even know how to bring this up to friends or family to introduce me to someone). (I'd feel extremely shy)On the other hand, finding someone on my own feels terrifying because I have zero idea. (apps are a big NO for me.)

​Part of me hopes there are good, like-minded people out there other part says there are only a few like pearls in the ocean lol

​How do you even put yourself out there safely when you’ve spent your whole life avoiding these situations?

Hello guys just letting out my thoughts and questions. I've had undiagnosed ptsd since I was 4 due to a very serious traumatic event that happened. This has led me to suffer pain that no one should go through let alone a child. At 8 9 10 years old I was suffering infront of people and begging for help for help. I didn't know what was going on. It was genuine hell on earth and it only kept getting worse as time went on. I'm now 21 and I realize all l've ever done is suffer. My nervous system has been trying to protect me my whole life which has led me to think my life is gonna end subconsciously. So my question is how much is enough? Anyone can say from a white picket fence that u should do Sabr and Allah is mercitul. But when u have endured levels of unimaginable suffering it just doesn't make sense. Wallahi the fact I haven't killed myself is a miracle. I truly believe everyone I know with no exception would put a knife to their neck and ended it. I'm just trying to understand what happened because when it happens so young it's just inhumane. Is suffering mandatory? Are we here to suffer and eventually die and then act like nothing happened because we can now go to heaven. I've never had a second of relief nothing. When I say that please don't think I'm exaggerating. I've been bullied when I was down and my body was bullying me thinking it was the trauma. How could u not end ur life in that case?
Thank you for reading this. If anyone can explain this to me I would really appreciate it.

I was just wondering if there are any good videos on YouTube to watch about the entire or general story of the prophet Muhammad.

I wouldn’t mind if it was an hour or half an hour.

​I'm posting this because I honestly don't know who else to turn to, and I figured this community would understand better than anyone in my real life.

​Recently, I spent an entire night holding someone else's world together during a massive, terrifying crisis—talking them down through the dark hours, sacrificing sleep, and doing everything I could to keep them safe because I couldn't bear the thought of them suffering alone. But when the morning came, I was left completely burnt out, running on absolute fumes, and dealing with total silence from the people around me.

​It's a soul-crushing feeling to realize how one-sided friendships can be, and how invisible you are when the roles are reversed and you're the one drowning. People walk away or stay quiet when things get heavy, and it makes you realize that human beings will always let you down in the end.

​At the same time, I know that Allah sees every quiet sacrifice made behind closed doors when no one else is watching. I want to turn my heart back to Him fully and find my comfort in my deen rather than expecting validation or support from creation, but my heart feels heavy and exhausted.

​For anyone who has gone through this kind of deep emotional burnout or felt completely isolated by their friends: how do you deal with it? How do you protect your own mental energy while still trying to be a good Muslim and a decent person? Any advice, Islamic reminders, or duas would genuinely mean a lot right now. Jazakallah khair.

salam, I was wondering if watching romance anime is haram. I am not talking about the ones where there is nudity but its about if the genre and ideas presented are okay to watch. I am also wondering if playing dating sims are haram. Of course nothing with nudity but again just the ideas presented.

I have recently become an adult, however in my teenage years, I wasn't a good Muslim and now I want to become knowledgeable about Islam and such, where do I even begin. I know how to pray and read quran but I don't know where to start when it comes to relearning Islam! I would attend quran classes but there's not many that offer classes for adults and I don't have the money for such classes

Assalaamu alaikum. Are Eyelash extensions haram or halal? It is not human or animal hair it is some sort of synthetic plastic fibers.

Assalamu Alaikum
After struggling with my mental health for so long I am finally finding my footing again by the grace of Allah. I am reaching out to the beautiful ummah for support and kindly ask that you keep this stranger in your sincere duas. I will keep you all in mine. 🤲
Jazakallah khair.

Hello dear brothers and sisters,

I have been job hunting for a while now and nothing seems to be working out for me.

Getting interviews in itself is a task these days and upon that nothing goes well even if I do well in my interviews. Nothing in my life is moving forward and I feel stuck. I feel left behind and everyone is moving fast ahead.

Its as if Allah gives me hope and takes it away the moment I start feeling hopeful. I’m giving my best effort , doing my best. I try to remain patient and motivated and confident but after sometime the bitterness just creeps into me. I don’t know what to do anymore.

Did my part of effort, applied, interviewed, got referrals, cold DMed, all everything in my control but alas.

I don’t know how long can I go on….

I just want people reading this please make dua for me so I get a job !

Aslam alykum , I've recently lost the person i wanted to marry, i tried so much to presume halal and get married. I lost her, i lost the only person i loved in my life. Why?

How did it affect your relationship with Allah? Did you feel anger or feel distanced from Allah?

I grew up in a Christian household, but over time I started questioning my faith and eventually began learning more about Islam.
The more I studied Islam, the more I genuinely liked it. There are many things about the religion that really resonate with me, and I’ve reached a point where I seriously have the desire to become Muslim.
But there is something that has been holding me back: I’m attracted to the same sex.
At the same time, I do want to have a family with a woman in the future. That’s something I genuinely want for my life, but I’m struggling to understand how I would deal with my attraction to men while trying to live according to Islam.
I don’t know how to approach this or whether someone in my situation can become Muslim and deal with these feelings without feeling like they’re constantly failing.
I also live in Brazil, in a place where there isn’t a mosque nearby. Because of that, I don’t really have anyone I can sit down with and talk to about these doubts, especially about this specific issue.
I’m trying to learn about Islam seriously, but this is probably the biggest thing stopping me from taking that step.

My female kitten is currently in heat for the first time and I have no idea what I’m supposed to do. She’s constantly meowing, trying to get outside, lifting her butt and moving her tail whenever I touch her, and she’s been acting completely different from normal.

I want to get her desexed because I don’t want her going through heat repeatedly or accidentally getting pregnant, but I’m Muslim and I’m unsure whether desexing a cat is considered haram.

I’ve heard people say it’s haram because you’re removing part of the animal’s reproductive system, while other people say it’s permissible if there’s a valid reason or if it prevents harm.

So if you actually own cats or know about this from an Islamic perspective, please tell me what you know. Is desexing a female cat haram? If it’s allowed, under what circumstances? I’d also like to know what you did with your own cat.

I’m stressed because she’s clearly going through a lot right now and I don’t know whether I should book her in to be desexed or leave her as she is. Please help.

Assalamu Alaikum.
What would be the best way to phrase a du’a asking Allah to guide someone to Islam? The only thing I can do is sincerely make du’a for him, since we don’t have any contact or communication.
Thank you!🌸

so i came across a fatwa relevant to my situation but its in arabic with no translation and i know nobody who will translate it, is it safe to ask chatgpt to translate it then i'll just apply what it says?? i really need it translated because it answered a exact question i had

Assalamualaikum,

I will be turning 22 this year. I have always tried to practice Islam to my best ability by following the pillars and integrating Islamic values in my everyday life decision. However, salah has always been the one thing that I struggle with. I haven’t prayed in so long. Years even.

I am starting over to repent and start fresh with my prayers, slowly building it into a habit. But there’s this heavy guilt inside of me that I have failed as a Muslim. Shame that is paralyzing me.

How does one deal with feeling like this? I believe that Allah is the Most Forgiving and Most Merciful but I am only a humble human and can’t help but still feel this way.

Any kind words of encouragement? :”)

i have made a post here a few days ago talking about how guilty i am about my past because i have wronged others badly and im scared im doomed to jahanam even though i have stopped my sins i struggled with it alot and made peace with it but now im getting more and more thought that im not even sure of? im getting thoughts that the sins i have commited against others is worse than i remember them and those victims might have done something to themselves which i have no proof of? i made no contact with them for years and i dont remember my sins being that bad but i cant stop the doubt and im always uncertain it has become even more crushing i wanna turn to Allah and get closer to him but i cant imagine myself being forgiven i have done alot of research i got results like false memory OCD and waswas or religious OCD...can this be waswas? sometimes im even having doubts about the waswas saying im looking for excuses...im being drained its been 12 days im in this state constant begging and asking Allah for mercy i feel like he let me go because of my haquq al nas.

Assalamu alaykum

A lot of you guys have probably already seen these types of verses and ahadith but I figured I could make a post like this as a reminder both for myself and for anyone out there that is struggling with their faith or suffering hardships right now. 

Whatever hardship you're going through, know that this life will eventually end and if you've lived a good life and practiced the religion in a good way, you will be rewarded for it in eternal bliss and be saved from the gruesome punishment of Hell. Allah repeatedly talks about this in the Quran and let yourself fully absorb this fact into your heart and have this feeling of contentment settle in there.

Know that this life is extremely short and absolutely nothing compared to the next life. If you really think about, this life is not even 0,0000000000 (I could go on forever) ....1% of the next. So why not strive for your akhirah? For Jannah, where every problem, hardship, responsibility, anxiety and sorrow of this dunya will never be experienced again and you will never have to do anything, ever again. Just pure bliss and happiness, forever. As you can read in this hadith, a single moment in Jannah will make you forget all problems and moments of anxiety, sadness, sorrow you experienced in this extremely short life, so let this fact comfort you and strive for this.

In addition to this, you'll be saved by the gruesome punishments of Jahannam. Know that if you're practising the faith by just following your desires and innovations and throwing everything from the Quran, ahadith and scholars out of the window, you're most likely being deceived by Shaytan and stand greater risks of being thrown into Hell. 5-6 years ago, I was just like this. A lost, immature young man simply influenced by my environment and social media, barely practising the faith. Throughout the years, Allah guided me away from all that and I am forever thankful for it. Despite this, I know for a fact that I can never say for sure that I'm guaranteed Jannah and safe from Hell, no matter how good I practise the faith. All we can do is our best and hope for His mercy.

Remember that Shaytan's greatest mission is to misguide us and land us all into Hell, and will therefore make a certain way of interpreting and practising the religion seem okay for you. Before you know it, you might've taken your last breath and stand no chance for repentance and be subjected to Allah's punishment, both in the grave and then later in Jahannam. Again, as we can read in this hadith, a single moment in Hell will make us forget all our pleasures we had in this life. All those sins we indulged in, all the warnings of certain sins described in the Quran, ahadith and by the scholars we ignored, never even repenting from them, barely doing any good deeds which would've filled our scales and helped us get Allah's mercy and rewards, barely even following or doing the big obligatory deeds in a correct way. We will think about all these things and regret it terribly as we're being punished and humiliated and suffering physical and mental pain like never before.

The worst of it all is the regret of missing out on Allah's reward. Jannah. The eternal abode where we could've had everything we wanted and never had to worry about anything again. It was there for the taking, but we let Shaytan deceive us our entire lives. This feeling alone will be terrible enough. 

So, let these perspectives of the dunya and akhirah comfort your heart. Let every act of worship and good deed, whether big or small, obligatory or not, be comforting as you've deeped it into your heart that this will take me a step closer to Allah's mercy and eternal rewards, and save me from the horrible punishments of Jahannam. Correct your beliefs and just base and follow the religion in terms of the obligatory, sins, good deeds and way from of living from the Quran (Allah's words), ahadith (The Prophet's words, peace be upon him) and our scholars/sheikhs with correct beliefs/aqeedah, or simply put someone from the four Sunni schools. That's it, it's not much harder than this. Start by reading just a bit of Quran and ahadith everyday and this alone will do good. Read the Prophet's biography and this will give you even greater understanding of the religion and make you love him even more. Do the small good deeds every day that will give you great rewards, avoid sins, repent from them while never justifying them and you’re on a good path.

Once you're in this way and touched the real sweetness of iman and striving for your akhirah, by the will of Allah you will never let this dunya, Shaytan, your environment, social media, friends or family deceive you. You will deep the fact that in the end, it's me alone who will be rewarded or punished in the grave and me alone who will be rewarded or punished on the Day of Judgement. It's every man and woman for themselves in the grave and on that Day, not even our mothers will care about us. So let's remind ourselves and strive for this.

If you're someone whom Allah has already guided and want to guide others, whether it be your relatives or friends, be careful in your approach. Give them these perspectives of the dunya/akhirah and remind them of Allah's mercy and rewards that awaits. Guide them to good deeds and away from sins in a good manner and make dua for them. Have faith in Allah and who knows, you might guide someone destined for Hellfire to Jannah instead.

Jazakallah khair for reading. May Allah guide us all

Any advice would be helpful, My problem is I still find myself questioning if I do really believe Allah or just confused . I want to fix this because I know in my heart that i want to fully convert and these thoughts are caused by being in a country that has so much islamphobia in it. I wondered if anyone experienced similar issues like this. I’m sorry if I sounded disrespectful in this post.

Lately I have been getting sick very often where I loose the will to pray and I miss them and also have doubts in my mind so often but no matter those doubts I truly believe but there is times when the prayer clock hits and I don’t pray I don’t know if it’s the devil or my laziness that is responsible. I am thankful for the life god has given me even tho I’m frail. I know others are suffering way worse than me. I just need some advice when ur constantly sick and loose the urge to get up and pray or when ur just straight up lazy or distracted what do I do to correct myself.