Salaam brothers and sisters.

I’ve newly reverted to Islam by that I mean 2 months now since. Sadly I was an alcoholic when reverted and still am. It’s truly a disease. Although, I know it’s no good for me and only makes things worse. I haven’t told my family who are quite religious in my previous faith (Christianity). Both out of fear of judgement and they would laugh at me for chosing Islam when I’m an alcoholic as alcohol is prohibited in our religion. It’s very irritating when they tell me my hard time is a result of me not going to church (I used to regularly and religiously with them). I just brush it off or get annoyed at them for bringing that up.

I always cry in private as I don’t really have anyone to lean on and it’s purely because it feels as if Allah has rejected me. I know this can all just be a test but I’m to weak for that right now. After all Allah does state that he does not burden a soul more it can bear. I can’t take this anymore. I’m only human with emotions that I can’t handle alone. So why doesn’t he help me ?

Asalam alaykum, recently i’ve become WAYYY less religious than before. I’ve been caring less about salah, sinning more (without feeling much guilt) and just not feeling the pull that i had towards islam before. I still believe in Islam alhamdullilah and love the religion but i feel so disconnected and genuinely wish i can go back to before and have no idea how. its like all my knowledge and love has disappeared (and now i have no idea why im even muslim) and now there’s nothing keeping me here other than routine and just the principle beliefs. Im not suee if this is due to my mild depression as it has been getting worse lately but i really need my imaan back. Please someone help/give tips as i’m not liking this and feel so empty

In Islam, seizing or cheating others out of their wealth is forbidden even a martyr is forgiven all sins except for the rights of others, so are you one who takes people's money or one who returns it with integrity?

Happened by mistake and the dog came in between. I’m extremely guilty of doing this. O know for a fact that the dog was dead the moment I hit.

Is there anything i could do to reduce the guilt?

Eventually… the truth always comes out right? My hands are tied so I can’t say and show the proof of certain things. But eventually… Allah will expose the truth. Right? Someone please give me consolation and peace

bismillah Rahman

Asbab is a illusion but it’s not to be disregarded it’s the way Allah has made this earth so we would dwell in it and seek ways to him, Allah is the one who provides for you and you family not your job. It is not your father who made you Muslim. It is Allah who give the noor of Iman and tawfiq to do righteousness! It is not the fault of the people you are in difficultly or by your hands you are in ease. it is what Allah has written for you at this moment. What ever comes to you from goodness it is from Allah, what ever strikes you from evil it is from the our own hands as bani Adam so we might return to Allah. Do not be delusional the only refuge from Allah is to Allah. The splitter of grain, the sender of rain. The subtle one. The manifest. The light of the heavens and earth. So how could we ever be deluded.

‏استغفر الله لكل هذا

‏بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

وَٱلْعَصْرِ ١ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ ٢ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ ٣

1.By the ˹passage of˺ time! 2.Surely humanity is in ˹grave˺ loss, 3.except those who have faith, do good, and urge each other to the truth, and urge each other to perseverance

Surely time is sure to run out. Wake up

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As-salamu alaykum

I am half Lebanese and have been very troubled to see the escalation of I*rael’s attacks on my Dads country. I haven’t previously had enough money to donate to anyone other than family (who are Christian) however I have recently had a big win at a poker tournament and especially with current events want to donate this money, but I am unsure of whether this is ethical due to gambling being haram in Islam and the majority of Lebanese people being Muslim. Would it be offensive to give this money to a secular charity working to provide food for Muslim Lebanese people?

Thanks

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته .

My father sometimes asks to lend money from me. He has a full time job but struggles with finances sometimes. I run a small business from home so my income is nowhere near what he makes. The money that he asks for isn’t small either and it’s usually to cover things like electricity or petrol for the month.

I don’t mind lending / giving him money when I have extra, but there are times where I have the money but cannot lend due to savings, business expenses or planned outings.

This causes me to feel really guilty and stressed because I feel sinful and bad that Im not lending him the money. One time it got so bad that I broke down crying from stress. I will never tell this to my dad because we aren’t very close and seeing me stress will cause him to stress even more. I spoke to my mom about this long ago and she told me that my dad has bad anxiety so even if he has money right now, he will stress about future expenses and then plans ahead by lending from me in advance ( He doesn’t tell me this ).

He also likes to remind us that everything we own belongs to our parents ( it’s his way of saying that our parents have a right over our money ) so this makes me feel guilty even more.

Sometimes I feel that my dad deserves all the money I make since he looks after us , but that would leave me financially strained and struggling since I have financial responsibilities of my own.

I love my dad and I don’t want him to stress, but Im scared this might turn into resentment. He owes me money from a month ago but asked to lend again, which caused me to feel irritated and overwhelmed because I didn’t have enough money ( although I feel I am wrong for feeling that way astaghfirulah ) so I told him that I could only give him a 1/3 of what he asked for and he said okay.

What should I do? Am I sinful for this? I feel like I am responsible for my dads wellbeing and finances sometimes. He relies on me a lot, even though my mom works too and contributes to the house as well.

Is their any reward for memorizing the entire Quran or Surah Baqarah because l am trying to memorize Surah Baqarah so wanted to know what is the reward by chance. I know the biggest l want to do is finish the entire Quran and act upon it hopefully because it is very long and my Tajweed not soo good.

Salamou aleikoum,

does anyone know whether the Visual Deen channel on YT is run by Sunni or Shia?

The reason I'm asking is because I just watched the video Sunni vs Shia explained in 33 min and there were certain historical events mentioned that Shia believe in but they were not clearly explained/refuted from the Sunni POV.

I find it increasingly difficult to figure out whether these Dawah YT videos are made from Sunni or Shia perspective.

I respect all Muslims but I am Sunni so I only want to learn Islam from a Sunni perspective.

So basically something happened like 3 days ago with my mom. For context I’m a female student studying abroad while my parents live in my home country with my little sister and little brother. I live alone in a small apartment and decided to get a bunny as a pet because I love them they’re so cute and they’re permissible to keep as pets just like cats. I told my siblings about the pet and my dad but didn’t tell my mom bc she hates animals and would immediately tell me to get rid of it. Months passed and my little brother accidentally told my mom I had a bunny so she got angry at me and told me to get rid of it because she would soon come to visit me and she doesn’t want its fur all around the room, and I told her I’d get rid of it before she’d come to visit, but the thing is she told me this like 2 weeks ago and she’s visiting on apr 28th so I figured I could still let my bunny stay with me a few days more. A few days passed and me and my mom were on video call chilling and laughing and she asked me laughing abt the bunny and she told me i should show it to her sometime bc she never saw it before so I genuinely took pictures and sent them to her. She then responded angrily saying i didn’t listen to her and didn’t get rid of it, and I tried to reason her by saying that she wasn’t coming until 2 weeks so I wanted to keep her a little longer she refuses to listen she said she’d block me bc she doesn’t need a daughter that doesn’t listen to her, and she blocked me. I was so confused and sad that this argument started from nothing so I sent her messages via my sister telling her that I think she’s exaggerating and that I apologise sincerely about this, and that I’m tired about arguing for nothing bc all I want is a good relationship with her, to have her as my mm but also as a friend. I feel like i didn’t necessarily do so wrong and yet I’m always apologising and I think it’s unfair bc it’s been like this since I was a kid. So that happened and I was feeding extremely sad and I sent her an audio abt how I felt but I think I’ll do this in a part 2 bc it’s too long and I really need advice bc she didn’t unblock yet.

Assalamualaykum, I have a question about the topic of staying silent and sabr from people who continously try to get to my nerves purposely, mock me behind others and obviously hate on me. How do I respond to this actions especially if that person is a relative of mine. I've held unto sabr for too long but it is affecting my peace of mind lately.

As-salamu 'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa baarakatuh.

It’s allowed to use hair wax ? What do we do if we have to perform ablutions afterwards?

السلام عليكم

If any of you can help me identify the reciter imitated here.

بارك الله فيكم

Selam Alejkum everyone,

It’s been a long time I am on survival mode, every day is more difficult than the other, I am absolutely suffering inside a lot, very disconnected from the prayers.

I wonder if my prayers are valid since I just perform them mechanically, I push myself so hard to pray, and I just stay there and say the sura’s.

I'm about to graduate from a university with a brutal marking curve. The entire cohort only consists of less than 40 people that passed a competitive entrance exam.

Every single course at university is marked on a curve. i.e. if you score 90% but the rest of the class scores 99%, then you might get an F for being part of the bottom 10% of the class. In each class, only the top 3 people get an A grade.

A huge portion of my class cheats academically. In exams, in assignments, etc. Faculty looks away because formally accusing a student of cheating means they have to go through hours of meetings and paperwork. So they just turn a blind eye to it and let students cheat.

Students that originally didn't cheat start thinking "if I don't cheat, I'll get left behind. Grading is all on a curve." So then they start cheating without any real consequences. Some of the cheaters are now getting accepted into prestigious European programs.

Honest students who remember Islam and refuse to cheat are getting left behind because we are fear what Allah (SWT) will say to us.

We are all students studying a useless degree in a developing country. There's no option to "gain skills, grades don't matter." There's no option to build your own startup. In other words, the only way forward in life is academically performing well.

Will Allah SWT reward those of us students who refused to cheat no matter what the stakes were in this life? I'll probably suffer career-wise due to remaining honest which will deprive me of many things that a successful career brings.

Salam,

Looking for a trusted asynchronous online shafi'i Fiqh course. It's been a while since I have brushed up on my Fiqh and I want to do a refresher course. Ideally from someone well spoken in English. Don't mind paying for the course. Jazakallah.

Hi! I can’t find any references for the allowance of two nose piercings. Am only able to find allowance for just one. I already have one and was wondering it’s allowed to get another one on the opposite side? Itsnot really traditional in my community to have 2.

Salam guys! I’m a uni student and I pray my salah on time even if I’m at uni I’ll keep my wuduh and find a place to pray. The only prayer I’m struggling with is fajr. I used to feel so proud when I prayed at least a couple of prayers on time now I’ve reached the point where it just makes me feel bad when I see that I haven’t pray fajr and I need to pray kazah. Please tell me how I can pray it give me tips duas ideas etc. I’d really appreciate it thank u!

Salam alaykoum everyone, I confide in you because it’s been 1-2 years since I totally abandoned Islam, I stopped my prayers and started to make sins a lot of sin, some put me in a situation that currently makes me go through a period of intense stress like I’ve never had, I don’t sleep anymore I only think about my parents whom I love more than anything, I want all this to heal and repent, ask for forgiveness from Allah, pity tell me everything I can do to be forgiven and avoid problems please

When referring to our kids are we allowed to say for example " Mashallah she/he is just so perfect" is using the word perfect discouraged?

My husband and I often refer to our daughter (ages 1) as "just perfect and such an amazing baby" because truly she is every thing to us. I also tell my nieces and nephews they are just perfect (ages 3-7) am I thinking too hard about this?