/ Nov 07, 2017 02:29 PM / 1 Comment on Are Muslims allowed to never marry? / 1599 viewsAslamu Alaikum! Brother I’m suffering from social anxiety (or with some other phychological disease). As I can’t afford therapy because I’m not financially well. So i don’t wAnt to get married because I don’t want to intentionally ruin someone’s life. So, is this a valid reason for not getting married ? What Islam guides us […]
/ Mar 15, 2018 06:47 PM / No Comments on Ahzab (Name) / 8508 viewsAhzab (transliteration: Aḥzāb, Arabic: أحزاب) is an ancient Arabian name for boys that means “groups of people”, “parties of people”. Ahzab is the plural of ḥizb (“party”, “group of people”). Al-Ahzab is the name of surah 33 of the Quran, which refers to the large alliance of pagan tribes that laid siege to the city of […]
/ Jul 27, 2018 06:26 PM / No Comments on Are the prayers and fasts of a non-hijabi accepted? / 4112 viewsSalam brother, I’m a muslim sister, I’m having a hard time to start wearing hijab and I think I’ll wait for the next year My clothes usually consist of tight jeans and t-shirts but I’m making changes to wear large pants and clothes that are more baggy but without wearing hijab, will allah be happy […]
/ Apr 13, 2018 05:01 PM / No Comments on Badr (Name) / 5107 viewsBadr (transliteration: Badr, Arabic: بدر) is an Arabic name for boys that means “full moon”. Badr is the name of a famous well between the cities of Mecca and Medina near which the Battle of Badr was fought (on the 17th of Ramadan of the second year of the hijra, equivalent to the 13th of […]
/ Apr 15, 2018 07:28 PM / No Comments on A Muslim who cannot escape the guilt of a sinful life / 1700 viewsI’m a revert, I lost my path again. I don’t really pray much now but still on deen. I have some confessions to be made cause these are eating me away. I tried to tell it all in a prayer (while making dua) but these things they still haunt me and I’m still in touch […]
/ Apr 19, 2018 04:10 PM / 3 Comments on A Traditionalist Critique of the Islamic Prohibition on Taṣwīr (Making Drawings and Statues of Humans and Animals) / 16097 viewsTo many Muslims today, it will sound patently absurd if someone were to tell them that it is a mortal sin for them to draw a cat. But some religious scholars would tell you that drawing a cat is an act of taṣwīr (the depiction of living things in paintings, sculptures and elsewhere), a sin for which […]
/ Apr 24, 2018 05:55 PM / No Comments on On Islamic prayers for fertility / 819 viewsI have been married for 1.5years. There are some issues with fertility. Is there any help/duas that can help? Sometimes i lack faith, but i remember this is a test from Allah swt of sabr and imaan. Please could you help in terms of duas? Jzk. I do not believe in the superior power of […]
/ Jun 28, 2018 09:31 PM / 1 Comment on Parents will not let him marry his chosen / 724 viewsPlease can you advice me. There is a guy who wants to wants to marry me and my parents are OK with it but his parents are forcing him to marry his cousin instead. He already tried to talk to his parents many times, to convince to at least meet my family (his parents don’t […]
/ Jun 29, 2018 06:43 PM / No Comments on Muslim woman going to a mixed university / 670 viewsI’m starting uni this year Inshallah and I it will be mixed. I’ve haven’t interacted with guys much unless it is necessary bec I was mostly at an all girls schools. How should I deal with guys knowing that I don’t like it when they approach me and they mostly do it to befriend and […]
/ Jul 05, 2018 04:22 PM / 2 Comments on Why does Islam allow a man to marry his adopted daughter? / 5362 viewsQuestion: I’m just deeply disturbed by the fact that in Islam a man can marry his adopted daughters as stated in Surat nisa. While I understand that they aren’t biologically related,, but what if they were adopted when they were babies? Similar question by another reader: I have difficulty accepting that adopted children can marry […]
/ Jul 26, 2018 06:14 PM / No Comments on Why Saudi Arabia does not represent Islam / 1178 viewsDo you dislike the Saudis? If so why? I consider them no better or worse than most other governments, but they are greatly responsible for the negative image of Islam that the rest of the world has about us, and for this reason they deserve to be denounced, as I will explain below. This is […]
/ Jan 04, 2020 06:13 PM / No Comments on How to stay hopeful when Muslims are so weak and subjugated / 3411 viewsالسلام عليكم و رحمة الله I have been reading through this website a lot recently and they helped me better understand my religion and integrate it into my scientific of thinking . I might not agree with you on everything but you have my thanks and respect Now as for my question : how do […]