Letter to party chair Brandon Lewis lists 10 alleged cases at local and national level
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has written to the Conservative chair, Brandon Lewis, calling for an independent investigation into Islamophobia in the party. The letter lists what it says are nine instances in the past two months, and cites the actions of one MP, Bob Blackman. These are the details of the cases.
I'm probably going to be married within a year or two. But I'm gonna be honest one thing I'm really self conscious about is my excessive body hair and I'm afraid that my future wife will be disgusted with it. It's not like she will see me without a shirt on before marriage so it's going to be a surprise for her. Unless I tell beforehand I guess. What should I do? Just shave the night before marriage and let her know "hey actually I'm alot hairier than this"
Muslims in the party say their complaints over the issue have been brushed under the carpet
When Ahmed (not his real name) joined the Conservative party six years ago, he thought it was a natural fit. “A lot of Muslims share conservative values,” he says. “I stood to be a councillor, and there was talk of me going on to the party lists to become an MP.”
He says he worked hard during election time, increasing the south Asian vote in his ward in Yorkshire. But a simple question about postal votes to the MP suddenly made him feel like he did not belong in the party. “I just asked a question,” he says. “In no way did I insinuate that I was going to do anything silly or illegal regarding postal votes. But his response was ‘This is the UK, sunshine’. It was really patronising – would he have said that to someone not of colour? He was inferring that I wasn’t British.”
Related: Conservatives must deal with Islamophobia in party, says Warsi
It makes me feel like we are back in the days of Enoch Powell
Continue reading...So I thought it was something normal to study and live in non-Muslim countries. But I stumbled upon this islamqa.com where it states that its absolutely haram to settle in non-Muslim countries. Stuff like that I would have just ignored, but they got evidence from Quran and sunnah. This Hadith really confuses me; In the Sunnah, the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “I disown every Muslim who settles among the mushrikeen.” Narrated by Abu Dawood, 2645; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Saheeh Abi Dawood. So ya, I kinda need a quick advice, as I am a teenager who just recently finished highschool and has the option of studying aboard. Am I am interpreting the Hadith right? Is islamqa.com a reliable source? Is it permissible for a Muslim to study abroad in non-Muslim countries? Thank u in advance
Day 15: Be A Good Driver
As humans, we sometimes treat each other in funny ways. Sometimes our humanity gets lost within our technology. Our Islam is something we need to operationalize, and make it something that touches every part of our life.
When you next go for a drive, try to incorporate the teachings of Islam. Be mindful of others on the road. Give other drivers the right of way, and allow pedestrians to cross. Drive at a speed that is safe for you and others. Don’t get frustrated when the traffic is bad. Remember; Islam isn’t just for the mosque, it’s also for the road.
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European states have moved over the years to outlaw Muslim headwear in public
The movement to limit women wearing headscarves and Muslim veils, such as the burqa and niqab, has been growing in Europe for more than a decade. Now the European court of justice, the EU’s highest court, has ruled that employers can ban staff from wearing headscarves, its first decision on the issue of employees wearing visible religious symbols at work.
Related: Employers can ban staff from wearing headscarves, European court rules
When you are coming into contact either with different institutions or, for instance, you are in court, or you need to see someone’s face at the border, then I would always back the authorities or the institutions that have put in place proper and sensible rules.
Continue reading...Campaigners say ban violates rights to freedom of expression and religion
Denmark has joined several European countries in banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab or burqa, in a move condemned by human rights campaigners as “neither necessary nor proportionate”.
In a 75-30 vote with 74 absentees on Thursday, Danish lawmakers approved the law presented by Denmark’s centre-right governing coalition. The government says it is not aimed at any religions and does not ban headscarves, turbans or the traditional Jewish skull cap.
Related: Burqa bans, headscarves and veils: a timeline of legislation in the west
Continue reading...If someone has gold which meets or exceeds the minimum amount that's nececssary to pay zakat on, and they have savings (money in a bank account) which are NOT the minimum amount (nisab), does zakat still need to be paid on the gold + savings since it's all their own assets?
I hope this isn't too confusing of a question. But it seems like a hardship to pay zakat with money that's not even enough to meet the nisab requirement, on both gold and that money itself.
The fast will say: 'O Lord, I prevented him from his food and desires during the day. Let me intercede for him.' The Qur'an will say: 'I prevented him from sleeping at night. Let me intercede for him.' And their intercession will be accepted." [Imam Ahmad]
MCB writes open letter alleging there are ‘more than weekly incidents’ in the party
Sayeeda Warsi, the former Conservative cabinet minister, has backed calls by the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) for an independent inquiry into allegations of Islamophobia within the Conservative party.
In a letter to the party chair, Brandon Lewis, the group said there were now “more than weekly incidents” of Islamophobia within the party.
We are calling for an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party following more than weekly occurrences of Islamophobia in the party last month pic.twitter.com/ymkFRDs5sF
Continue reading...my family is in a difficult situation and may have to deal with the death of a relative soon. part of me has already accepted it deep down because it just seems like a waiting game now for when someone breaks the bad news but the emotional weight hasn’t hit me yet. i have sudden bursts of tears when i’m alone and when i see other family members crying...but unlike them, i feel like an apathetic robot because everyone else is so visibly distressed while i seem fine. i am affected because i wouldn’t be in tears as i type this if i wasn’t but in a while, i’ll be back to the real world as if nothing is wrong. i don’t know what’s wrong with me, i just feel guilty.
the times it does hit me, i think about why this had to happen. i’m not trying to question God’s intentions but i keep thinking “how could He have written this kind of an end for someone who believed?”. i’m very worried about what will happen to them in the afterlife too. i know the basics but what about the other things? can they hear/see us down here without them? will we ever get to see them again? and the worst one: what happens if a person passes away due to a sin? will they be able to reach jannah? ...
i know death is inevitable and we’re all praying that insha’Allah, everything will be okay but it’s incredibly difficult - especially when you don’t know how to deal with grief. how are we supposed to handle it in Islam?
So I heard a while back that Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes had gelatin in them so my family and I avoided them at all costs.
I recently emailed corporate again to ask and either they changed recipes or misspoke the first time. They informed me that Cheesecake Factory cheesecakes and desserts are made using halal gelatin.
And yes the email used the word “halal.” And those that don’t have the gelatin are completely vegetarian.
I’m so excited, I’m gonna buy 20 cheesecakes this week.
I’m going to be applying to medical schools next year, and I’m really curious about the environment as a Muslim doctor. I shadowed one who had his own clinic, so salah and sawm were “integrated” really well into his life. However, I’m also interested in working in a hospital, and I haven’t shadowed a Muslim doctor there.
Is it easy to pray? Is it hard to explain to others that your beliefs don’t get in the way of medicine?
Sometimes I get anxiety thinking Allah may punish me. I'm supposed to work 9hrs mon-fri but I work more like 5-6 hours mon-fri. However, I'm not paid hourly (I'm paid salary) and I meet all of my deadlines and have not gotten a single poor performance review yet. The team I work on has been praised repeatedly as well alhamdulillah for meeting high expectations.
Many times there simply just isn't so much work to do, so I'll not even be on my computer, instead I'll be asleep for like 3 hours of the working day until I get actual work to do. But am I expected to constantly be doing work-related stuff during this downtime, like maybe study for work-related certs or review old work? I don't know of anyone on my team that actually does work throughout all of the downtime, unless they actually have work to do and therefore don't have downtime.
At the end of the day, i do make myself available for 9hrs/day and I've even worked 11 hours when needed. But I'm still worried about when I'll be questioned for my income on yaumul qiyamah.
Unity of the community is important, but so is fulfilling the Sunna. In Ramadan, we are sometimes torn between how to pray the Tarawih prayers. Some say that the prayer is 20 rakats, others say it is 8 rakats.
Shaykh Rami Nsour explains that, the first thing we should do, is not to cause disunity in the community, and go about our actions with the best possible etiquette.
He then goes on to explain about the different Sunnas relating to the Tarawih prayers, and how the Prophet Muhammad began by praying them in the mosque. However, he later prayed them alone in his home so that people would not think they were obligatory. After his death, the Caliph Umar moved the prayer back to the mosque, because people no longer felt that it was mandatory.
This case teaches us that we can do Tarawih both at home and in the masjid. In terms of length, some jurists say that even 2 rakats qualify as Tarawih prayer.
Shaykh Rami encourages us to choose whichever routine suits us best. It is good to pray at the masjid if it encourages you, but if you can maintain the routine, you can do it at home. In addition, we can pray up to 20 rakats, or less if we can’t do 20. The important thing is to do as much as you can keep up, and do it sincerely for Allah.
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So quran, as the words of allah, are uncreated like the rest of his attributes. BUT, is everything that Allah "says" for example when he revealed the Injil and Zabur were they also uncreated? What about, say, if allah talks to one of us in heaven? Will what he says to us be uncreated?
"As Ibn al-Salah, the most famous scholar of hadith criticism in the later period, explained, **at most one hadith would meet the requirements for mutawatir** ('Whoever lies about me intentially, let him prepare for himself a seta in hellfire'). No hadiths could actually be described as being narrated by a large number of narrators at ever stage of their transmission. In fact, when Mutazilites had insisted that hadiths be transmitted by a mere two people at every stage, the Sunni Ibn Hibban had accused them of trying to destroy the Sunnah of the Prophet in its entirety" <- basically showing that very few hadith actually have two people at each isnad level reporting same. pp 105-106
"The final means by which hadiths achieved exaggerated authority in the Late Sunni Tradition was the **exploitation of the concept of mutawatir** reports ... Although scholars like Ibn al-Salah had declard that **no such hadith existed in actuality**, al-Suyuti composed a collection ... in which he included 111 hadiths he declared mutawatir because ten or more companions had narrated it from the Prophet. But a mutawatir hadith had to have such a number of isnads at every level of transmission, and not all the chains of transmission that al-Suyuti used as evidence were reliable to begin with. **Because the concept of mutawatir was so ambiguous, later critics frequently abused the label to argue for the undeniable authenticity of a hadith** they were citing. Although earlier scholars had agreed that the hadith **My community will not agree on an error** lacked any fully sahih isnads, Abdullah al-Ghumari claimed that it was mutawatir ... How do we explain seemingly deceptive tactics like the exploitation of weak hadiths by late Sunni scholars?" pp 109
Both from the section on methods and history of hadith criticism from the book Hadith, Muhammad's Legacy in the Medieval and Modern World. Highly recommended reading to understand the actual standing of hadith literature as opposed to what you might have heard. Thank God for western academics like Dr. Brown for contextualizing islamic theological heritage and bringing it to english speaking audience.
Hi all,
As you can see, when I'm standing, my sweatpants are pretty loose and don't reveal the shape of my awrah, which is proper hijab.
But when I am kneeling in salah, they obviously tighten up. I'm wondering if it's tight to the point where it counts as "revealing my awrah" and thus I am not observing proper hijab. I'm afraid of my salah not being accepted when praying in these pants.
Please, inshaAllah, refrain from comments like "just wear something more loose." I'm looking for a direct answer to my question inshaAllah since I have plenty of pants that fit similar to these.
It can be a major issue or a small. Anything that you believe is needlessly too long or burdensome.
e.g., When brothers place a prayer mat from home over the Masjid carpet (aka. claiming their territory)
or
when prayer bead companies put a horsetail-string on the beads and now you have to manually push it out of the way every time.
Now we get to the parable of Musa and of Khidr, peace be upon them. Tribulation with one’s knowledge – what one thinks one knows. It’s mentioned that Musa, peace be upon him, that he believes that or he believed that there was no one more knowledgeable than he. And then Allah directed him to “a servant among our servants” where he might learn something that he did not know.
Another narration says that the Prophet Musa, peace be upon him, said that if there is someone who is more knowledgeable than me, then Allah lead me to him. I want to meet him, so that I may learn from him.
Musa, peace be upon him, is of the five considered to be the five greatest prophets and messengers. The other four being Ibrahim, Nuh, Isa, and Muhammad, peace be upon them. So we can’t say that Khidr overall was greater than Musa, who also was sent as a messenger, peace be upon them.
The most that they say about Khidr is that he was a prophet, and even that is a point of contention. Not everybody agrees that he was a prophet. In other words, that he received revelation. So how is it then that Musa, peace be upon him, can learn something from someone who overall is less than he is. That’s the whole point of the story.
Sometimes you can find things in the river you don’t find in the ocean. If Khidr was a river he certainly had things that Musa did not have. The three things that Khidr did and then the justifications of why he did them cannot be understood in terms of outward aspects of Islamic law – or the Shari‘a. They can’t be reconciled.
That’s why Musa had the objections that he did, peace be upon him. He had to object because from the outward aspect of it there’s no way they could be justified. But then Khidr shows him that inwardly there is a reason.
Allah Most High says:
وَإِذْ قَالَ مُوسَىٰ لِفَتَاهُ لَا أَبْرَحُ حَتَّىٰ أَبْلُغَ مَجْمَعَ الْبَحْرَيْنِ أَوْ أَمْضِيَ حُقُبًا
And when Moses said to his servant, “I will not give up until I reach the meeting of the two seas, though I go on for many years.” (Sura al Kahf 18:60)
It said that the servant was a great-grandson of Yusuf, peace be upon him. His name is Yusha (Joshua) who is a great-grandson of Yusuf, who was in the court of Al Aziz – the court of Pharaoh in Egypt. He was with Musa, peace be upon him.
When he says: “I will not give up until I reach the meeting of the two seas.” He had received revelation from Allah that this is where you may find him. No one knows exactly where that is. Different opinions have been given.
Some have said that it’s where the two rivers meet between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Another opinion says that it’s actually where the Strait of Gibraltar is, which would be where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean.
It’s not the important aspect of the story but there was an appointed place where they were supposed to meet so they go.
فَلَمَّا بَلَغَا مَجْمَعَ بَيْنِهِمَا نَسِيَا حُوتَهُمَا فَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ سَرَبًا
Then, when they reached their meeting point, they forgot their fish, and it took its way into the sea, being free. (Sura al Kahf 18:61)
One of the things that Musa, peace be upon him, received as revelation is that when you reach the point of the two oceans or the two seas, you will lose your fish that you brought as provision to eat. Then you will know that is where to find him because he doesn’t find you, you find him.
This shows you adab al ‘ilm: that the seeker goes and finds the teacher, not that the teacher goes and finds the student. Musa, peace be upon him, is the one who went out forth even though he is the prophet and the greatest messenger living on the face of the earth of the at the time, which would make him the greatest human being living on the face of the earth at the time. Yet he is the one who’s going to seek not the one to be sought.
So even though some some people may be teachers they’re also always going to be students. It’s not a mutually exclusive thing. Every teacher is a student, although not every student is a teacher.
فَلَمَّا جَاوَزَا قَالَ لِفَتَاهُ آتِنَا غَدَاءَنَا لَقَدْ لَقِينَا مِن سَفَرِنَا هَـٰذَا نَصَبًا
When they had passed over, he said to his page, “Bring us our breakfast; indeed, we have found weariness in our journey.” (Sura al Kahf 18:62)
قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ إِذْ أَوَيْنَا إِلَى الصَّخْرَةِ فَإِنِّي نَسِيتُ الْحُوتَ وَمَا أَنسَانِيهُ إِلَّا الشَّيْطَانُ أَنْ أَذْكُرَهُ ۚ وَاتَّخَذَ سَبِيلَهُ فِي الْبَحْرِ عَجَبًا
He said, “Did you see? When we took refuge in the rock, then I forgot the fish, and it was Satan himself that made me forget it so that I should not mention it – and it took its way into the sea in a marvelous manner.” (Sura al Kahf 18:63)
قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَارْتَدَّا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًا
He [Musa] said, “This is what we were seeking!” And so they retraced their steps. (Sura al Kahf 18:64)
In other words that was the sign that Must, peace be upon him, was waiting for from Allah Most High.
فَوَجَدَا عَبْدًا مِّنْ عِبَادِنَا آتَيْنَاهُ رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا وَعَلَّمْنَاهُ مِن لَّدُنَّا عِلْمًا
Then they found one of Our servants unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and We taught him knowledge from Our Presence. (Sura al Kahf 18:65)
This ‘abd: Khidr, peace be upon him, is described again as a servant of Allah. This could mean he that was a prophet. Again there is a difference of opinion. It seems that he could not have known what he knew except by revelation. That would give credibility to the idea that he was a prophet. In all likelihood he probably was.
Allah says: “unto whom We had given mercy from Us, and We taught him knowledge from Our Presence.” Mercy and knowledge go hand in hand, because if your knowledge doesn’t need lead you to mercy it will lead to poison and destruction.
That which is powerful of itself – and there’s nothing more powerful than knowledge, than to know – if it’s not coupled with or tempered by mercy, it could be destructive rather than productive. That is often what happens. Knowledge can be used for very destructive ways.
Even knowledge of the religion can be very destructive. People can use it as a hammer to beat people into submission, rather than as an tool of mercy as was originally intended. Now Khidr had both, which means that any of the things that he did, even if we don’t understand them outwardly, were still done by Allah’s mercy.
The type of knowledge that Khidr, peace be upon him, had was not a taught knowledge. He didn’t learn it from anybody. No one taught it to him. This is referred to as al ‘ilm al ladunni, which is directly inspired knowledge from Allah Most High which any human being can avail themselves.
You don’t have to be a prophet. Allah can inspire you to do things or can put things in you: knowledge or epiphanies or realizations of things that you didn’t realize before.
It could be reflection on a verse. It could be a particular circumstance or situation in your life. Years later or even at the time you see the wisdom of why it happened the way it happened. Things like these are things Allah can can give you as gifts.
Khidr’s ‘ilm was ladunni. So was Musa’s knowledge, peace be upon them. Musa, peace be upon him, was a prophet and a messenger. He received revelation but he was also a messenger with what we call the Shari‘a.
Usually when we talk about Shari‘a in this sense, it means that which regulates outward acts. What we call the dhahir: things that you do outwardly, or the manner by which you do them. for example, the prayer ritual, the manner by which you fast, what days and when, and the manner of determining who is eligible for zakat and who is not, and interactions and commercial transactions. All those things we understand by the term Shari‘a.
And the Shari‘a is always underlined by something else called the haqiqa. That is a bit of Sufi terminology but they use it to describe the practice and implementation of the Shari‘a, which is then called tariqa: walking the way or following the way.
This will lead you to this thing called haqiqa, which is the unveiling and cognition of why things happen the way they do and the reality behind things. And the knowledge of Khidr, peace be upon him, is as if it was concentrated more on the haqiqa than the Shari‘a, because he did things that in at least two cases contravened the Shari‘a.
You would say, if he didn’t know better: That’s haram! How could you do that? You’ve made a transgression! That is why Musa, peace be upon him, objects. And Khidr, peace be upon him, tells him at the beginning: You’re not going to be patient enough with me. You’re going to object, but we’ll do it anyway and we’ll see how that turns out.
So then Musa, peace be upon him, says to Khidr in the next verse:
قَالَ لَهُ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا
Moses said to him, “Shall I follow you so that you teach me, of what you have been taught [by Allah] of right judgment.” (Sura al Kahf 18:66)
قَالَ إِنَّكَ لَن تَسْتَطِيعَ مَعِيَ صَبْرًا
Said he [Khidr], “Surely you will not be able to bear with me patiently.” (Sura al Kahf 18:67)
وَكَيْفَ تَصْبِرُ عَلَىٰ مَا لَمْ تُحِطْ بِهِ خُبْرًا
“And [says Khidr] how should you patiently bear what you have no knowledge of?” (Sura al Kahf 18:68)
As our Master Ali said: “A person is an enemy of that which did not know.” It is just so much easier if you don’t understand something to say: Oh, it’s wrong or, it’s not right. Rather than admit that one does not know.
That is because it is easier on the ego. It is easier to shift blame to the thing, the object of your scorn that you don’t know, rather than to shift the blame on yourself. We think or say: “All those people are like that. That’s the way they are.”
But do you know them? Have you met them? “No, no. But that’s the way there are.” That is the ego speaking. You haven’t even seen them. You have no interaction, but yet you base it on a preconception.
So Khidr, peace be upon him, is just stating a fact of the human condition. There is a great lesson in this.
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My parents want to continue living together with me in the same house even after I'm married. I don't mind it, as long as the house is big enough. But the sister that I'm currently talking to for marriage purposes isn't very receptive to the idea and wants her own space, which is understandable.
What do? Are my parents being unreasonable?
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A friend and I reside in th DC area and for Eid, we would love to send Eid gifts, preferably toys, to less fortunate Muslim children. We can organize different areas for people to drop off gifts or money for more toys to be purchased with. We were hoping to send it to perhaps Syria, Palestine or any other areas that are currently facing difficulties.
However, we do not know how to go about sending the collected gifts. Have any of you in the US done this and if so how? Anyone with some insight or suggestions of organizations i can contact that might be collecting toys or food? Please let me know! Thank you all in advance for your help.
Growing up I obviously attended Islamic school to learn the Qur'an and the teachings of Islam as it a requirement for every Muslim. Was a brilliant kid and everything seemed to go well as I was learning and memorizing a lot of stuff just like the other kids. When I started high school, I stopped attending for whatever reason. I guessed I was more focused on academics, which led me to forget a lot of things really quickly. Now I can barely resite a few suras and don't even know them by name. Can't remember a single hadith and don't even know the right things to say during and after salat. Hate to admit this but I miss prayers on a regular basis and don't bother to make up for them. My parents are good Muslims though and did all they could to raise us to be good Muslims too but in our part of the world it's all about getting good grades at school and getting a good job. So they never really paid attention to my Islamic welfare(can't you blame them?) Maybe they figured I had learnt all I needed to know. Sometimes I was can't help but think I'm going to end up in he'll no matter what. Now I work, play sports and plan on furthering my education at some point but the fact that I am so incomplete spiritually will always weigh me down. Trust me there are times I've thought about quitting altogether but my parents would be very disappointed. Have to add still observed the fasting regardless cos I figured even though I am limited, Allah still sees my genuine comittment to be a Muslim. Please help me.
Hello and 'assalamu aleykum
I always love to hear convert stories they warm my heart and make me happy.
Can you tell me a own or your friends, kins convert/revant story?
I hope I used the greeting correct, I'm sorry if I used it wrong I can barely speak my first language English let alone another one haha.
So I'm a Christian and I have been having a very tough time finding any information that is not obviously very Christian biased or very Islam biased. Any other sources about Ishmael would be awesome too.
If anybody could provide any information I would greatly appreciate it :)
I have a really bad sweet tooth ATM, Like I crave sugar for A certain reason
But now people have talked about me bringing coke to thraweeh like it's a big deal, Now my parents are upset with me, My dad is angry at me because some has said that I drink coke at the mosque.
I get that I'm the only one, but so what right?
I know sounds like a stupid question, but so what right? Am in the wrong or something, I do take water on some days, And you've got old heads counting how many I drink. Telling my parents.
Oh I'm 21 btw
Assalamu alaykum, I had some questions regarding fasting during the month of Ramadan but this needs a little back story.
When I was 10, I had appendicitis and thus my appendix was taken out. A few months on, presumably due to complications, I had to go in for emergency surgery as my small intestines had twisted and blocked up completely. The doctors weren’t sure why this was happening but the same thing happened, give or take a week, the exact same time the next year (around my birthday too so that wasn’t fun for an 11 year old). It was the same procedure and I was back out of hospital. It then happened again the same time the next year and this one was much more serious, leaving me hospitalised for around a month. The next year, again but not as dangerous. In the years after that, I’d been hospitalised at the same time each year but haven’t needed surgery again.
To put it shortly, I’d had surgery every year from ages 10-14 and I have been hospitalised for ages 15/16. This was during Ramadan each time and doctors advised my parents to not let me fast as not eating or drinking for long periods of time may have been a cause. Following their advice, I didn’t fast when I was 17 or 18 and have had 0 issues. However, I started fasting again this year (I’m 19) and so far in the first 11 days, I haven’t felt anything wrong except for feeling small stomach aches (which aren’t too unusual). However, it is causing a lot of concern for my parents as they are worried it would happen later in the month and I won’t be able to know if something is wrong unless it’s too late. As a result, they’ve asked me to either not fast for the remainder or to only fast up until a certain point and break it early.
I’m not sure what to do. While I do feel capable of fasting a whole day, my parents are right in being concerned because if something does go wrong, it is impossible to tell until it’s too late. I came to this subreddit for advise on whether or not I should fast or if it’s expected of me to fast. I’m sorry for the long read but I’m very confused about it and would appreciate any advice or guidance.
I want to go this year but am stuck trying to chose who to go with. It’s very expensive and I want to make sure I do it right since I’m not sure I’ll be able to afford very often. I would like to take my mom but it is fard on me and can only support one person.
Please guide me if you can :)
My friend is thinking of taking shahada during Ramadan.
He asked if he needs to make up for the days missed, and I said no. Please correct me if im wrong.
Now lets say he doesnt need to make up for them days, does he need to go straight into fasting for Ramadan?
I thought it would be a burden for him to learn how to pray and fast at the same time, but correct me if I'm wrong.
And please make Dua that he does take his shahada in Ramadan and that Allah allows him to keep firm upon the religion. Inshallah you will all be rewarded.
Jazakullah
Day 13: Visit the Sick
The idea of visiting the sick is a very emphasized concept in Islam. This practice serves to show empathy to the sick individual, let them know they are not alone, and provide some company. Of course, all this is done in a way that brings joy to the person, rather than burdening them.
This Ramadan, pick a day where you pay a brief visit to someone you know is ill, or afflicted with a long-term condition. If you can’t visit in person, then try to give them a phone call. It doesn’t have to be someone in your family or are close with, but rather anyone who you’d like to bring some happiness to.
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In the intro of this video as the text 'the army of satan' appears. What verse is being recited and who is reciting it?
Same question for this video when the verse is being highlighted in yellow during the intro
Jazakullah khair
Quote by Umar ibn Al-Khattab
So I was recently reminded of this hadith
Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, ascended the pulpit and he said, “Amīn, amīn, amīn.” It was said, “O Messenger of Allah, you ascended the pulpit and said amīn, amīn, amīn.” The Prophet said, “Verily, Gabriel came to me and he said: Whoever reaches the month of Ramadan and he is not forgiven, then he will enter Hellfire and Allah will cast him far away, so say amīn. I said amīn. Whoever sees his parents in their old age, one or both of them, and he does not honor them and he dies, then he will enter Hellfire and Allah will cast him far away, so say amīn. I said amīn. Whoever has your name mentioned in his presence and he does not send blessings upon you and he dies, then he will enter Hellfire and Allah will cast him far away, so say amīn. I said amīn.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 915
I've been trying to seek Allah's forgiveness this month. The problem is that even though I regret my mistakes, I feel regret for worldly reasons (i.e. The time that I wasted, the relationships I cut, etc), I can't muster up any regret for disobeying Allah. I want to, but I just can't seem to grasp the gravity of disobeying Allah SWT.
How do I realize the weight of my sins from an Islamic perspective rather than just from a worldly perspective? I feel like I won't able to make sincere tawba without it.
FULL- What Women Need to Know About Men- Yasir Qadhi- Like A Garment
Assalamu Alaikum. I'm asking because I've listened to the opposite video (what men need to know basically) and I completely agree with everything said in that video, very much. But in the above video there are a lot of things said that I really disagree with and find silly (despite my incredible respect for the person conveying them). I'm pretty sure I'm not just biased because I'm female, but I want to double check. If you're bothered to I would really appreciate your opinion.
It would also help a little if you mentioned you gender.
I'm aware that you do not condone any drugs that could potentially intoxicate you, but studies say that psychedelics are safer than your average cup of coffee, and are extremely hard to overdose on.
Sorry if this type of question isint allowed
Im not a follower of islam, im an atheist but i have no problem with people who want to practise their religion.
So onto my question, how do followers of islam in general view women?
I have seen that in countries that follow islam the treatment of women is horrendous and a violation of human rights(sorry if this is a stereotype)
In my view i think that nobody should have a say in what someone else wants to do so i would support a womans choice in anything she does (as long as its not illegal obviously)
So what do you all think of feminism?
Hi, I'm trying to figure out the theory of moon sighting.
Ok.
Now I am reading this:
http://www.islamicmoon.com/Moonsighting%20Shawwal%2031%20Days.htm
"ISNA consultants ratified a “naked-eye sighting” claim by a single witness from Phoenix, AZ on 2 November 2005 against a unanimous declaration of astronomers that such a sighting is IMPOSSIBLE."
Can someone explain this?
The new moon was on 1st November 2005 at 19:23 (MST). Source: https://www.nevis.columbia.edu/~seligman/moontables-2005-2015.html
So at moonset on 2nd November 2005, in Phoenix, https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/usa/phoenix?month=11&year=2005 the moon age is already 22 hours and 31 minutes.
So providing you see the new moon before moonset (17:54, sunset at 17:35), then it's the new month? And at 22.5 hours old, that should be possible.
Have I missed something?
I believe there is a misconception among a lot of women around me that shaving with a blade is haram. For anyone who agrees with this group, can I please get a reference? My friends haven't been able to provide me one.
Hello
Do you know how you can use the following mnemonic for remembering the planets “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas” (Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto)?
I need a similar one for my kids to help them the sequence for wudu
So it would be:
Hands Mouth Nose Face Arms (Forearms) Forehead Feet
H M N F A (F) F F
Could anyone help?
Thanks
What changes it made related to Free Time of yours.
There is currently this post on r/changemyview. The OP begins from completely false premises such as 'peaceful verses in the Quran are abrogated by violent ones.' Still, he sounds woefully misinformed not malicious (as is most often the case, for us Muslims included). Perhaps some of us can correct him/her without forsaking our honor and dignity.
So, some background, I have pretty severe ADHD and Tourette's, and so I have meds that I need to take every day in order to be able to function throughout the day at work etc...
Like if I don't take my meds, I literally cannot focus my attention on anything, and furthermore, I get serious withdrawals from missing the dose.
So normally, I take my medication in the morning during suhoor. But some days I forget to take them, and I want to know if it's OK if I just dry-swallow the pills during fasting time on days where I forget to take them? Or will that invalidate my fast?
it's not like they are vitamins or pills that will give me nutrition or energy... I just need them to be able to function throughout the day.
Please let me know.
Thanks.
Assalam’mualaikum,
I need to get this off my chest.
Since puberty, I haven’t been able to hold my fasts, primarily due to heedlessness and a weak will. I also did not receive a strong Islamic education and had no strong idea of the consequences related to breaking my fasts unnecessarily.
Due to a variety of circumstances, I was also misguided and engaged in premarital sex during my late-teens to early 20s, with negative regard for religion, much less for sex during Ramadan. Any sporadic fasting that I did was just for cultural reasons.
Over the years, I’ve been (Alhamdulillah) guided back to Islam again during my mid-20s. During the peak of my spiritual state, I was even able to hold a fast for an entire month. The only time I ever achieved it. It was the happiest month in my entire life. After speaking to some people in my local mosque that year, I was just advised to pay haid fidyah for the year before. The rest, they said, was to focus on repentance and try to make up for those fasts I’ve missed.
It’s three years from that beautiful Ramadan, and fasting had just been a torture. Actually, life has been some sort of unstable since that Ramadan.
Between the long term effects of various psychiatric ailments and medications, being put on medications, personal stresses, disturbances by jinns, and a weakened faith, I haven’t been able to keep my fasts despite my intentions. My carefully developed faith also crumbled.
According to some Muslim colleagues I worked with, I was semi-conscious and eating/drinking/smoking without my own knowledge. Other times I was just asleep. They had to cover up for me at work, or distract others away from my work cubicle, in case others noticed.
I thought this year would be better because I’ve been diagnosed with premenstrual syndrome, and had looked forward to a good Ramadan with the appropriate treatment. Though I can’t muster the will to pray, I play the Qur’an everyday to reduce the jinn disturbances and/or psychotic episodes (can’t tell if the white woman with long hair lying on top of me trying to force her way into my mouth is symptomatic of which issue anymore). I’ve even been extremely compliant with psychotherapy in hope that I would develop mental strength.
But I still struggle in the same scale but differently this year. On days I try to hold my fasts, I feel like I’m going to get an anxiety attack and go crazy. The thirst and hunger is not an issue. Fighting against my mind is. Past a point I really don’t know if I’m ill or just have a weak will.
I didn’t fast today again, and I’m starting to feel this spiritual depression creeping in. My family and friends comfort me, by saying not to beat myself up and do better each time. Repent repent repent!
However I can’t help but think, why can others persist but I can’t? I did well once, why can’t I replicate the success? Will this pattern ever break? My guilt and self-blame led to a rabbit hole of research, as I’m trying to make sense of my situation.
I started reading on fidyah, and did some exaggerated estimates of missed fasts since my adulthood, and how much I have to pay. The amount is more than I can prudently handle at this point.
On top of that, this doesn’t include kaffarah for intercourse during Ramadan, which I honestly have not kept count of. The shame and psychological trauma related to that period of time also does not allow me to recall and access this information. This above fidyah amount doesn’t even include the missed fasts from my puberty to my adulthood.
At the moment, I cannot afford to pay for all my missed fasts at one go, less so the kaffarah. Though the administrator and Ustadhz at the mosque I went to during my mid 20s did say I don’t have to pay anything and focus on tawbah I just can’t help analysing this. And in my current state, I’m not even able to make up by fasting because I can’t even do it properly in Ramadan.
The worse of it is that when I try to calmly recall my toxic relationships back then, I start feeling a sense of dirtiness and remember the manipulation related to them. There’s also the awareness of my own sins. Intense psychological pain everywhere and I can’t breathe.
I feel like I’m outside the fold of my faith since that successful Ramadan three years ago. My faith is destroyed by a landslide of issues I can’t put my finger on.
I don’t want to give up on practicing Islam but my faith and mental health is regressing. Right now, I am thoroughly broken and hope for some advice and kind words.
Thank you, and I pray everyone had a good Ramadan.
Day 12: Learn a Dua for the Deceased.
In Ramadan, we tend to focus on our fasts and prayers, and their spiritual effects on us. However, sometimes we forget about the ones who can’t perform these deeds anymore. You may have grandparents, parents, or even siblings and friends who have passed away.
This Ramadan, look up a comprehensive dua for the deceased, and make an effort to recite it often, such as after tarawih prayers or before breaking the fast. You will be giving benefit to those who have passed away, as well as gaining rewards with Allah.
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The Queen Bilkees is another woman mentioned in the Qur”an with a fascinating story. So fascinating, in fact, that scholars wondered whether she was, in fact, a human, or whether she was something more.
However, Bilkees was a human woman, who ruled over present-day Yemen. She had a vast kingdom, and she lived during the time of the Prophet Sulaiman. She was a female ruler who ruled with no consort, and she was also very wise. She had appointed a group of advisors whom she would consult, although the practice was that the king would rule alone.
The Prophet Sulaiman heard about her when one of his servants, the Hoopoe bird, returned from a prolonged absence. The bird spoke about her great kingdom and wealth, and about her magnificent throne.
The Prophet Sulaiman sent her a message, telling her about Islam. In her wisdom, she did not want to provoke conflict, and took the way of diplomacy. Eventually, she was invited to visit Sulaiman’s palace. There, she found her own throne, which Sulaiman had miraculously been able to summon. He also showed her the miracles in his palace, including a floor of glass which ran over a river.
When she realized that the way she had following was wrong, and that Prophet Sulaiman was teaching the true religion, she said, “Verily I have oppressed myself.” Thus, when she realized her previous mistakes, she as astute enough to admit them and change her ways. She knew that it wasn’t because he was a man and she was a woman, but rather it was a case of him being a Prophet of Allah.
She accepted Islam, and some day that she married Prophet Sulaiman as well. Regardless, she is documented in the Qur’an in her own right, as a wise, strong, and pious woman.
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