Hi,

Recently I’ve been combining asr and zuhr together at uni. I might miss asr due to classes so I did this for convenience. Is it permissible?

Also I’ve been wiping over my socks to do wudhu because it is also convenient at uni. Is that just for travellers?

I’d like some answers to these questions. Thanks!

A few days ago, my dad placed €40 in his drawer, and when he went to take it out it was gone, he didn't misplace it and it didn't fall out, my mom definitely didn't take it. So now this leaves me and my sisters, I have younger siblings but they definitely didn't take it they're too young. My mom asked my oldest sister about it but she said it wasn't her, and then she asked my fourth sister, she also said it wasn't her, I'm the third child and it obviously wasn't me or I wouldn't be here. My second sister wasn't questioned about it. I'm so confused though, I don't know who could've taken it, I doubt my fourth sister would, so it leaves my two older sisters. But I can never imagine them doing something like this, and I don't understand why they would because one, they dont really go out much and even if they do they dont buy expensive things, and two even if they did buy expensive things we would notice since they dont have jobs (they're 17 and 16 years old). So now I have no idea who to suspect, they might have taken it to save for when they're older but that just sounds absurd.

Btw this isn't the first time it has happened, a few months ago, €50 went missing and everyone denied taking it, we still don't know where it is.

Ex-Muslim vs. Muslim: Intense Debate on God & Free Will

Because I'm a revert of 1 month living a non-practicing Muslim family.

I’m a current Christian, and I have been seeing Muslim (as well as Christian) content on Instagram and TikTok for a while now and appreciate it’s content. And I am curious if I should covert to Islam. What reasons should I convert? How can I know The Prophet Mohammad’s revelations are the Word of God? Were Jesus’ disciples lying? Is Jesus a liar? Please be respectful I don’t know. I am a believer in the God and Jesus.

I’m 28 and am not married. Never been married. I’m getting really sad and it’s hard to hold out hope. I do not want to be an older mom. Anyone have advice? Being this old and unmarried feels like torture.

It’s hard to see all my non Muslim co workers have a husband and kids and romantic partners growing up while I just have been alone my entire life waiting. I know it is for the best but sometimes it feels like it’s never going to happen.

Hello i would love to turn muslim but i am confused on many aspects and dont understand origin of sin and how god is great ?

Allah says in the Qur'an:

ٱلْيَوْمَ أُحِلَّ لَكُمُ ٱلطَّيِّبَـٰتُ ۖ وَطَعَامُ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ حِلٌّۭ لَّكُمْ وَطَعَامُكُمْ حِلٌّۭ لَّهُمْ ۖ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِن قَبْلِكُمْ إِذَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ مُحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَـٰفِحِينَ وَلَا مُتَّخِذِىٓ أَخْدَانٍۢ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِ فَقَدْ حَبِطَ عَمَلُهُۥ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مِنَ ٱلْخَـٰسِرِينَ ٥

Made lawful to you this day are At-Tayyibat [all kinds of Halal (lawful) foods, which Allah has made lawful (meat of slaughtered eatable animals, milk products, fats, vegetables and fruits)]. The food (slaughtered cattle, eatable animals) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is lawful to you and yours is lawful to them. (Lawful to you in marriage) are chaste women from the believers and chaste women from those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) before your time when you have given their due Mahr (bridal-money given by the husband to his wife at the time of marriage), desiring chastity (i.e. taking them in legal wedlock) not committing illegal sexual intercourse, nor taking them as girlfriends. And whosoever disbelieves in Faith, [i.e. in the Oneness of Allah and in all the other Articles of Faith i.e. His (Allah’s) Angels, His Holy Books, His Messengers, the Day of Resurrection and Al-Qadar (Divine Preordainment)], then fruitless is his work; and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers.” [Al-Maidah 5:5]

I know there is an ayah forbidding marrying polytheistic women but that was revealed before Surah Al-Ma'idah. It's of course better to marry a Muslim. But I hear Muslim men complaining all the time they can't get married and they are going to commit zina. Even if marrying a Christian is makruh wouldn't it be better for Muslim men to marry a chaste Christian woman than to fall into zina which is a major sin? I think it's also a strategic thing, it would be beneficial for there to be more familiarity between the two groups. Yes, muslim men could be negatively influenced but Allah only allowed muslim men to marry chaste Christians. Chastity is beloved to Allah so you never know, maybe Allah would turn her heart towards Islam. Muslim men should be reading the Qur'an everyday anyway which is a huge fortifier of faith. I am a Muslim woman but I think this could overall help lessen the oppression of the Muslims and prevent Muslim men from falling into major sins. Allah knows best and may Allah forgive me if I said anything displeasing to Him.

Every moment, you are in absolute poverty. Every cell of your body is in constant need of nutrition, of succour, of guidance. Every particle of your being is being maintained in existence from millisecond to millisecond, in ways you cannot even begin to imagine. Every movement that you make, every breath that you take, you are in need of help and assistance from things which, like you, have absolutely no power in and of themselves at all!. Your existential impotence, and the poverty of the things on which you rely, is absolute; together, you and the things upon which you rely would, without aid from One Who relies on nothing and no-one, cease to exist in an instant.

Do you not see, therefore, that you are like an orphan in need of a parent? Do you not realise that you are like a tree in the desert, in need of the mercy of rain? Do you not admit that you are like a blind man, in need of a guiding hand at all times? So much need and yet so much arrogance! How can someone, who begins life as a drop of sperm and ends it as a pile of dust, harbour within himself such delusions of greatness and grandeur!

-Br Colin Turner

صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم

As Salam Alaikum to all

I am not yet recovered from my previous heartbreak. It's been more than a year. I smiled while I typing this with tears. It feels funny how I still feel sorrow in my heart for someone who gave up on me so easily. I cry sometimes when I think about it. So I try to stay busy. I have been turning down a lot of men who approaches me for marriage. I feel terrified of going through all that again. I feel like I have become more sensitive or the world has grown more selfish. There are on going battles of anger at my home. It makes me cry every now and then. Please pray that Allah gives Hidayat to my family and stop arguing over small matters, love each other, treat each other with kindness and respect. I have been looking for a job but it's just so difficult in my country as I am not a native most of them don't want me to work for them. I recently joined the gym and it made me feel amazing. Now my parents also want me to stop going to the gym. I honestly don't want to stop. And it scares me. Because I genuinely enjoyed being at the gym and working on my mind and body. I don't know why I am typing all this. It has been a difficult day yesterday. I am trying to stay calm. I cried but trying to stay strong now. I don't know where is this life heading for me. Sometimes I do wish I was unalive. I just don't find anything to keep going except the fact that Jannah is not guaranteed for me... And I have to keep going until Allah wants me to stop. So yeah. Please pray for me. Pray that things unfold for me. It has been th strongest storm for me so far. Sometimes the wind subsides and sometimes it accelerates. I am just trying to hold on to my God. It's not easy for me at all. Anyway, thank you for reading.

Salam everyone

Will try to keep this brief enough while giving enough context to my situation as I’m hoping to get some advice.

Im an Arab Canadian and a huge chunk of my life I had lived it in Canada with my family except for my father. He stayed in Saudi as his job was high paying and the opportunity would never be the same if he came with us. He visited us every couple of months during those years and ofc kept in touch via phone and facetime, but every time we saw him he would act different. He switches up quite quickly from being someone with anger issues (he would lash out on me verbally and physically- for no real reasons) and careless to the best supportive, providing father ever. Before we moved to canada and we were all together in Saudi, yes he was present but completely engulfed with work to the point that I didn’t feel his presence even when he was there. He was involved in my life mainly when checking up on my schooling and if I ever got into trouble. Nonetheless, as the years went by, as much as I love my father, I hate to say that I stopped looking forward to his visits because it caused me so much anxiety.

Now cut to earlier this year after I had graduated from my bachelors, I found a great work opportunity for me which was due to a referral from my dad, and it needs me to be based in saudi for it. I had leave canada for saudi in January and move in with him ofcourse. I fell in love with the city quite quickly and I do not see myself going back to canada due to the career growth opportunities I have here and overall just being closer to my deen and my culture here.

The problem is that my father has been a pain to live with. I have been suffering mentally for so long because some days he acts like I don’t exist, other days he is nice to me (which is a shock), other days he will yell at me or insult me for no reason, and some days I would indeed make an honest mistake and it would be the end of the world. I will not get into detail about the examples, but note that it is both verbal and physical. I obviously cannot bring it up to him because it will cause further issues. My mom has dealt with this for 20+ years and she is telling me to be patient until I get married and leave the house. I have tried from January up until around September to remain positive and not let it affect me mentally but this man is completely destroying me and it is affecting my work, my social life, just everything in general. I have made countless duaa for this to be resolved but the man won’t change.

My last straw was his recent requests from me to pay him back for things. Now I was always under the impression that my father has to provide everything for his daughter until she is the responsibility of a husband. Though I live under the same roof as him, I am now paying for my own bills, food, travel, etc all expenses except rent. It kind of gradually happened and now I fear everything is on me- I was not prepared for this when I moved to saudi because I thought he would support me. I also literally do not make enough to sustain myself as I am a very junior employee and he is well aware of how much I make. I have been nothing but kind and loving and supportive to him, making him weekly meals, checking up on him, trying to crack jokes, trying to do as much as I can to mend my relationship with him but there’s no use.

I am now thinking there is no need for me to be under the same roof as him, if all I get from being there is mental turmoil and rent. He is my father and I ofcourse love him and I don’t want to resent him in the future, and I just think the best thing for me is to tell him I want to move out and figure everything out on my own or get another transfer in my job to be based somewhere else in the GCC? I know I’m capable, and ofcourse my living quality will significantly decrease and I am more than okay with that, but the issue is that I don’t know if this is acceptable in my culture and in islam. I am also afraid of the backlash I would face from him if I tell him I’m moving out (im not sure if he will even let me unless I do it abruptly to be honest).

I’m asking for support here on my situation moving forward. Am I supposed to be patient till someone’s son decides to marry me or is it okay for me to move out and genuinely be able to do well in life? A muslim’s perspective on this is what I need because islam is the standard I live by, not by cultural ones.

"Do people think once they say, “We believe,” that they will be left without being put to the test? We certainly tested those before them. And ˹in this way˺ Allah will clearly distinguish between those who are truthful and those who are liars. " in surat ankabut , this is your test and you have the choice if it's hard ask Allah for help , he will as long as you're being honest . Leave it for God Allah say in surat ankabut again "As for those who struggle in Our cause, We will surely guide them along Our Way. And Allah is certainly with the good-doers."

In Qur'aan Allah states, the interpretation of which is:

And fear a trial which will not strike those who have wronged among you exclusively, and know that Allah is severe in penalty.

Surah Anfal ayah 8.

Small explanation:Beware of suffering that does not only reach those who do wrong among you, but reaches you and others as well. This is when disobedience becomes widespread and is not prevented. Be sure that Allah is strong with the punishment for those who go against Him, so beware of opposing Him. If we do nothing about it and sit quiet then whatever is the consequence, we all will have to go through it.

There is also a very beautiful hadith that perfectly explains this with a parable:

Al-Nu’man ibn Bashir reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of those who respect the limits of Allah and those who violate them is that of people who board a ship after casting lots, some of them residing in its upper deck and others in its lower deck. When those in the lower deck want water, they pass by the upper deck and say: If we tear a hole in the bottom of the ship, we will not harm those above us. If those in the upper deck let them do what they want, they will all be destroyed together. If they restrain them, they will all be saved together.”

Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2493

Unfortunately there are many sins which have crept into our ummah and some individuals are indulged in them. Even worse, some people actually don't even count them among sinful things. Instead of being silent and dormant, we have to speak up and try to correct our brothers and sisters. Remember if the evil is widespread because of our laziness in forbidding evil, then everyone shall suffer the evil consequence of that sin.

I recently saw a woman with a gucci hijab and, as a non-muslim, I wanted to know if it was permitted, as hijabs are supposed to simbolize modesty.

I've been curious about the different life experiences that can lead people to strengthen their faith or become more serious about their deen.

For those who are more religious now, was there a "canon event" or pivotal moment that made you turn towards your faith? It could be anything—a big life event, a moment of clarity, an encounter with someone inspiring, or even a tough challenge. Or near death experience

I'd love to hear your stories, and I'm sure others could find comfort or motivation in them as well. JazakAllah Khair!

is this true? how does it work? he did have many short term marriages? how does it work?

Regards:

A Curious gaucho