I was scrolling through Swiggy Instamart and I came across this brand 'Shah fresh' which sells raw meat and sea food. I just wanted to know if anyone from this group knows whether they sell halal meat or if it's owner/founder is muslim because their brand name seems kinda like a Muslim owned brand. Thanks ✌🏻

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ وَبَرَكَاتُهُ

As someone who has had the privilege of being around muslims (Ms) & non-muslims (NMs), I've observed that the financials habits & mindset of muslims are pathetic as compared to the others, not only in terms of religion but materially as well. We need to work upon this to improve the financial condition & upliftment of the community.

I've seen instances that the moment a young M guy lands a job, the first thing he does is to buy the latest iPhone or a fancy bike on EMI. Someone I know did exactly the same but later ended up losing that job early and now his family has to pay for the remaining EMIs which they wouldn't otherwise. I know a lot of young Ms are into this. Even some irresponsible elders like one of my mother's acquaintances has her networth now in negative because of seemingly lucrative EMIs & now she's asking for help from every other person she meets to help her family get out of the debt trap. One of my colleagues being a girl coming from a poor background saved up her entire savings to be able to buy the latest iPhone where she could have invested it instead to help her in the future (for marriage or other emergencies). Majority of the M folks from my neighbourhood, either emotionally blackmail their parents for getting an iPhone or pursue inappropriate/dumb methods to get it and when I ask them about savings/investments they're completely dud in that. Some even go to the extent of misquoting that “This life is temporary, we should surrender our affairs to Allah ﷻ”.

I was at some Islamic congregation where I met one of my M schoolmates who had left studies after Class XII, he ridiculed me for pursuing higher studies and asked what I'm gonna get by running behind this temporary world for so long, I should rather focus on Akhirah. I tried to explain to him but he won't accept. I was not affected by his jibe but the fact that this is the state of the M youth who are the future of our community disheartens me. There are a lot of instances like these where instead of being focused towards self-improvement, finances, Deen, social work the youth is more concerned about relationships, instagram, iPhones (where majority of them don't even know to fully utilise it's functions), fancy bikes, cars & unnecessary trips (like what stressful job do you have to treat yourself w a trip?).

Even the ppl that I know who appear "pious" individuals considering EMIs for their purchases, I now don't even try to explain why it's impermissible in Islam (cause they always have some fatwa allowing it citing the need of the hour) but it's also a bad decision in general financial terms. But they don't want to wait and save up for the purchase & rather try to find a way out by citing "no-cost EMI" (which also is impermissible and is an issue of it's own).

At the same time, my NM colleagues/acquaintances from studies/work have this future orientated mindset (which rather should be of Ms given our belief in Aakhirah). I know not all of them are like that but the ratio of such ppl is way more in NMs than Ms and I'm happy for them for having that but sad because we don't have it. One of my NM acquaintance earning 6LPA from passive sources alone alongside studies was using a simple MI phone with a cracked screen, simply because it did whatever he needed a phone to do. Another one managed a portfolio of securities worth 20 Lakhs while he was still interning. Guys w 50k p.m. salary lived way below their means, started small & were learning actively about various investments for having a secure future. One of the clients where I used to work had ₹10,000 p.m. of SIP in the name of each of his daughters aged around 6-10. Some NM girl I know, instead of wasting time & resources in hooking up or degenerating w her boyfriend, is earning well by running a successful stock trading channel on various social media platforms along with her boyfriend, all of this while managing studies. And there are numerous other instances like this that I've personally witnessed which highlight the stark difference in the mindset & actions of M & NM youth as well as the elders. I also felt this while interacting & noticing the quality & relevancy of discussions w Ms & NMs.

Again, I'm not generalising it, I've also been around some amazing prudent practicing Ms as well, but according to what I know, there's no doubt that the ratio of such ppl is way much lower in Ms than NMs. Maybe, I haven't met such practicing Ms and have only been around the bad side of Ms and the good side of NMs and I pray that it is the case, cause otherwise this state is very alarming & disheartening. If things continue this way, the disparity and divide is only going to go broader & deeper.

To me, this isn't much of an issue of the Government or poverty but rather a mindset & priorities issue where we are required to do a sserious introspection of our habits & priorities otherwise the times are going to be scarier than what they are right now. May Allah rectify our affairs! 🤲🏻

Issues like these cause an uneasiness in me and while not having much people around to discuss this, I thought venting it out here could be a good idea.

Wassalaam.

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It's almost impossible to get a riba-free loan in India from any bank due to certain RBI guidelines. After lots of research, I found this company (https://www.itaqwa.com/index.php) which mentions that they provide a riba-free property financing option.

Has anyone heard of them, or have used any of their services? With the amount of scams happening daily, I'm really hoping to get some reviews before even contacting them.

PS: I know there are differences of opinion on whether these halal loans are actually halal, but right now I'm just looking to know whether this is a legitimate company that can be trusted or not.

JazakumAllahu khair.

Unlike kerala and tamilnadu, most muslims in deccan dont speak the native langauge there, so whats the historical reason behind it? Are they descendents of north indian migrants? or are they just telugu/kannada people converted and adopted this persianed urdu culture during the nawab rule?

So if you are a deccani, these are what i would like to know

1. Do most urdu speaking deccanis identify as kannadiga or telugu?

2. Are most Deccani speakers descendents of migrants from north india?

3. Does recent converts in these regions also adopt urdu and urdu culture to fit in?

Guys thinking to create a community of muslim students from Delhi University with respect to academics and carrier orientation.

I have been casting my vote since the last 5-6 years - never missed one election - and yet, I find it perplexing that my name was deleted from the electoral roll all of a sudden. I have lived at the same place from the last several decades, making the mystery even more complicated.

The same has been happening to people around me. Last elections, I volunteered at the booth of my voting station and saw a huge number of people being turned away because their name was struck off from the voter list. The common theme? All of them were Muslims.

I went to the Election Commission website and they have made it weirdly complicated and cyclical. For example, they ask you to fill form 7/8 - but to fill it, you have to give your EPIC number, but when you write your totally correct EPIC number, it says it cannot accept it as it is not valid.

I have raised a complaint, but I don't see that working out with our sarkaari offices.

Anyway, I may be wrong - the intention isn't to cause an uproar, but to see a pattern if it is there.

Salaam,

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This is not the first time Reddit has done something like this, they made sure to get accounts banned for reporting the truth about the atrocities committed by S@nghis against Minorities, and the action taken is very prompt by Reddit.

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Reddit censorship is for sure controlled by some s@nghis in the background there's no doubt about that, and if you report any clear-cut islamophobia then hardly any action is taken against such posts.

Earlier a post was made on this sub that the 🅱h@kt Brigade infiltrates every online space, and they were right, They work in a concentrated manner to report the posts and accounts to Reddit and muzzle any criticism against the s🅰nghi crimes. I wouldn't be surprised if they take down this post too.

I thought only Quora, Twitter and Facebook are heavily infected but even on reddit excluding a couple of left leaning subs, it's all filled with hatred towards muslims. The obsession is INSANE!

I am not even sure if I want to use this platform anymore. They have spread across everything at this point. Irrespective of the day, time and year, their only job is to post about muslims in a derogatory way. It has reached at a point that even if a muslim breaths they will turn it into a problem. You can have a look at any of the lndian sub - sports, fun, legal, politics, history, movie and gender exclusive subs, it's all the same.

Seriously how the heck people can be this obsessed with hating on us? IT cell thing was only to give a initial push and people have taken things on their own. The genocidal posts gets thousands of upvotes. They talk about all those things like any casual conversation. What did we even do to deserve all of this? We don't have a PM, CM, exclusive state, good numbers of representatives in govt, P/A, rich or any other influencial category but still they're constantly at us.

How much hatred is enough hatred? When will it be enough? Even Germans have moved on but I don't think these people will!

As Muslims, we all know how difficult it can be to get a decent place to rent. I wanted to reach out to the community here to gather information about what has worked for you so far. Any particular websites, apps, groups, agents, etc. Please share. I'm interested mainly in Bangalore but a general discussion might also help.

PS: Anyone in Bangalore know of any available 2bhk anywhere between Bellandur to Dommasandra. Please share the info over DMs. JazakumAllahu khair.

So I was speaking with my hazrath, and we eventually came to discussing about prawns, he says eating prawns is makrooh for us hanafi Muslims as we do not consider it as a fish. But being a prawn lover, have i been doing things wrong until now?