Assalamu alaikum everyone. I hope you all are doing well by the grace of Allah Azzawajal. I want to keep it short and simple.

I practice Muay Thai for the sole purpose of self-defense, gaining confidence and a better physique. I don’t intend to participate in any tournament. Since striking the head is forbidden I use a body bag and shadow boxing rather than a training partner.

Now to my question, to strengthen my elbows and shin I strike them against a hard surface. This causes micro-fractures and leads to stronger cartilage tissue. Does this fall under self harm which would make it impermissible according to Islam?

Jazakallah khayran

Assalamualaikum everyone, this will be a tough one to write, but I am not sure how else to anonymously ask for help. So my dad prays 5x a day without missing a salah, does dhikr, can't read Quran but presents himself as an overall good muslim. I use the people around me as an example of how good Islam is, and how Islam can make you a better person.

Everytime I walk past him, his phone screen is obvious and let's just say I see him watching and doing haram things. I've been accidentally catching him for the past few years, and it's absolutely awful that it's me, who catches him doing it. He doesn't know that I know. I can't confront him because he's an angry person. It's not my business, right? Right. So seeing him do all of this, and still not get his behavior better, yet tell people he's going to be even more "pious," is really... sad because I look up to those around me. And he is a sinner, like many of us of course. I cannot mention the things that he has once engaged in with other women online while praying 5 times a day (yes he is married), and yes he is a very angry person as well, to others. It's just SO so hard for me to see this person and see him not have any interruptions in his deen, since he's not stopping whatever he's doing online.

As a result of seeing him still not get better (even though he's going to Hajj in a few weeks), it breaks me inside because I feel myself getting distant from my deen because 1) I see this person who I still not "fixed" but still presents himself as pious. There might be thousands of others like this too. I feel helpless that I have to keep seeing this or coming across him doing this. I'm tired, really. And after seeing him do this, it has drastically impacted the way I approach my deen because I see this person who is pious and who is still so... awful. And it's hard for me to believe that someone who keeps up with salah is still not changed after years. I can't explain this feeling. Please help, and yes I know I'll need some therapy, but just wish I can do it anonymously lol :(

Salam all, this question is targeted at Americans only. I have a question regarding the Australian lamb leg at Costco, I have heard that this meat is halal because all(or almost all) Australian lamb is halal. Can anyone tell me more regarding this or if this has any validity. And if so, is the Australian lamb leg at Costco halal? I live in California. Jzk.

This might be a bit of a long shot (and sorry in advance if it breaks any rules of the sub), but is anyone here interested in going for Hajj this year from Toronto, Canada but on a Pakistani passport (via a travel agency)? Something came up for someone I know and they unfortunately are unable to go. Tickets are nonrefundable but can be transferred to another person (or persons if you want to attend in a group).

وَجَآءَ مِنۡ أَقۡصَا ٱلۡمَدِينَةِ رَجُلٞ يَسۡعَىٰ قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ ٱتَّبِعُواْ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ

ٱتَّبِعُواْ مَن لَّا يَسۡـَٔلُكُمۡ أَجۡرٗا وَهُم مُّهۡتَدُونَ

وَمَالِيَ لَآ أَعۡبُدُ ٱلَّذِي فَطَرَنِي وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ

ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدۡنِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنُ بِضُرّٖ لَّا تُغۡنِ عَنِّي شَفَٰعَتُهُمۡ شَيۡـٔٗا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلٖ مُّبِينٍ

إِنِّيٓ ءَامَنتُ بِرَبِّكُمۡ فَٱسۡمَعُونِ

قِيلَ ٱدۡخُلِ ٱلۡجَنَّةَۖ قَالَ يَٰلَيۡتَ قَوۡمِي يَعۡلَمُونَ

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِي رَبِّي وَجَعَلَنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمُكۡرَمِينَ

Then from the farthest end of the city a man came, rushing. He advised, “O my people! Follow the messengers.

Follow those who ask no reward of you, and are ˹rightly˺ guided.

And why should I not worship the One Who has originated me, and to Whom you will be returned.

How could I take besides Him other gods whose intercession would not be of any benefit to me, nor could they save me if the Most Compassionate intended to harm me?

Indeed, I would then be clearly astray.

I do believe in your Lord, so listen to me."

˹But they killed him, then˺ he was told ˹by the angels˺, “Enter Paradise!” He said, “If only my people knew

of how my Lord has forgiven me, and made me one of the honourable.”

My mom has been sick for a few days, admitted in the hospital.

I would appreciate if anyone who saw this made dua that Allah gives her shifa.

I live in a rented accommodation with my family. In UK There are only 2 man in my family me and my brother. So ideally we want 2 houses. My questions is

Can I start going around asking people for money to buy a house? Is this permissible?

To me this seems ok because I won’t be taking a loan/mortgage, so no interest.

My thought process is, there is more than 1 million Muslims in UK. If I just go around asking the Muslims only for £1 each. I would be a millionaire and would be able to afford 2 properties. Even £500k for that matter. Let’s be honest you can never buy a house with a normal job in the UK. I don’t want to get into lifetime debt. And plus, I’m pretty sure just giving £1 wouldn’t hurt their wealth that much. Yes,I’m aware I would need to go to 500k people for £500k.

After that me and my brother don’t mind working and living because we would know there is no more rent for us to pay.

To return to the question: Is this okay?

Assalamualaikum warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh brothers and sisters, I have one question I need answering. I have recently become more focused on my faith and decided to take down posters that have people as the main subject.

I only have one up that even my mother and sister aren't sure if it's haram or not. It's of Vincent Van Goth's painting 'cafe terrace at night'.

Should I just take it down just in case or would it be ok to keep it up? I understand that the Angel of forgiveness does not enter homes that have pictures of people but this painting has them in the background and I can barely see make out distinguishing features.

Jazakallah khair

This is Ramizah,i need ur prayers.I am sitting for my Alevels it just got started I really hope u guys pray for me I really wanna get good grades for my parents. I am really scared to disappoint them I am the first child and they have high expectations from me and I wanna achieve all of them. Please pray to Allah for the happiness of my parents and a good future for me. I wanna achieve my goals for my parents I want them to be proud for me.Please pray for me to ace the exams.Jazakallah khair❤️

I'm considering using this program to learn Arabic for the purposes of understanding the Quran.

I used to practice MSA but now want to solely focus on understanding the Quran as I no longer care about MSA as I once did.

This program looks promising, but at the same time, I don't want to sit down and do grammar drills all day. I wanna get to reading and enjoying the Quran and other scholarly works. Do you think this program can help me accomplish that?

Thank you.

Assalamu Alaikum,

I want to discuss mental health, which is a topic that not many Muslims I know talk about. Most Muslims I know say that depression and anxiety do not exist if you are a true believer because Allah has ensured that we do not suffer more than we can handle. Additionally, they believe that if your faith is strong, you would understand that Allah has planned everything for you as He is the best of planners. I agree with these points, but you can't ask Allah for a job without applying for it, or expect to pass your exam without studying. Similarly, if a brother or sister is experiencing depression or anxiety, we should help them, listen to them, and support them during their difficult time so that they have the strength and support needed to overcome it. We should not say that they are suffering from depression because their Iman isn't strong. Is this mainly due to cultural beliefs about the existence of mental health issues, or is it that we believe we cannot suffer from mental health problems?

Hello, I'm an incoming freshman to university, and I will be living in dorms. I'm hoping that I will be able to have a muslim roommate, but that's not really what i'm worried about tbh. Im more worried about the bathroom situation, since they're shared between the whole floor, not just the roommate, so I'm worried it will be clean. What are some of your experiences with freshman dorms and their bathrooms?

Hey I have had a firm belief on some type of paranormal for years and it's a belief i have that I will always believe in but how does it work in islam.

I saw online when I looked it up it was just jinns and devils. So like are the ghost just jinns or what if that's the case ok it still somewhat makes sense on what I believe.

Thanks

Hazrat Huzaifah (raa) and Hazrat Abu Zar (raa) state that the Holy Prophet (saw) supplicated on going to sleep at night:

Bismikal-lahuma Ahya wa Amo-to

(With Thy name, O Allah, I expire and return to life.)

And when he (saw) awoke, he (saw) supplicated in this way:

Alhamdulillah-hilazi Ahyana ba'da me amatana wa ilaihan nushor.

(All praise belongs to Allah Who has brought me back to life after He had caused me to die, to Him is the return.)

Sahih Bukhari, Riyadh us saleheen number 1446

i needed your advice regarding a very concerning matter. My partner who I am about to get engaged to, is mentally not doing okay & I feel like he has been afflicted with Nazar. We are not even engaged yet but my parents announced it to literally everyone in the family, even some jealous cousins of mine, they keep sending them his photos We used to be so happy & everything was peaceful but all of a sudden, he started withdrawing himself emotionally from his family, from me, from activities he enjoys usually. Months back he told me that he has a sense of impending doom, like something really bad will happen to him, and i just told him that youre overthinking. However, weeks later he said that he hears muffled voices calling out his name from within the walls of his home, and they are not clear and not loud, just shanty voices but his name is clearly called. I told him to recite Surah Baqarah and Ayat ul Kursi so those voices stopped! Now he has such sudden bursts of anger its like he acts really zoned out and he says he just wants to isolate. He has uncontrollable anger & says things he doesnt mean. Says he doesnt find peace in anything and doesnt want to go out with friends. he complains of crying at night due to no reason. He says he suffers from random headaches as well. He feels like someone has placed a block on his happiness. Sometimes even i feel like my heart gets hardened towards him & i have random doubts of doubting my love for him & our future and my feelings for him. I feel like someone has done something on us & our happiness and our marriage process which was going calm 🥹 i feel like we both are afflicted badly with the evil eye. ive prayed so many times that if Allah didn’t destine him for me, just make him go away but nothing like that happens, we find sakoon in each other but its just this thing which is mentally torturing us, like some waswasa? plss help

Hello I was hoping if you guys can make dua for my uncle who just passed today in Sudan due to the war. Me and him were very very close he got the funniest laugh he will spoil me when I was young. His youngest was to find him laying on the floor after getting shot for no reason he was walking to the market. She is only 5. My grandpa passed away in 2020 due to Covid and that really really made our family come together. Now it’s my uncle, my grandma can’t eat or sleep for weeks she has diabetes so she can die if she hears one of her 7 children passed. Even my aunt even she is close if she hears she is not going to be in good shape. Just please make dua for him🙏

Salam Alaykum everyone!

Just a little reminder, though I’m sure you all do this already Inshallah, to recite Al-Fatiha with good concentration and pronunciation during salat. Since we say it in every rakah find yourself rushing through it, but be patient with it and do not get bored. When I started reciting it copying the pronunciation of a reciter I heard, my concentration for the whole prayer was increased so much Alhamdulilah. It’s such a nice surah and it puts my heart at peace. I just wanted to share that with you all, may Allah (swt) grant us all great kushoo and strong iman, Ameen.

Hello! i'm a teenage practicing muslim and I have a couple of questions.

1.) can i stay still in sujood? sometimes sujood is overwhelming and after making dhikr i was wondering if it was allowed to just do sujood without saying anything after the obligatory part. just sitting silently in sujood

2.) can i pray out loud if i'm praying by myself? (fajr, maghrib, isha)

3.) how does sujud as-sahw work? do i do it after the final salam or right before it?

it would help me a lot as i recently started praying more and i get really confused when i look up these questions!! thank you

i advise muslims to research christianity and judaism. Even though it’s been very much corrupted, in my opinion it gives a better view on the abrahamic religions history and our creator and makes so much sense when you look at it. i can’t really explain it but who knows what i mean lol. Edit : i also find it very interesting how jews and christian’s are so stuck up on they’re beliefs that they reject prophet muhammad and can’t realize islam is the true religion

ASA

When people face loneliness, sadness, debt, struggle, etc., do Muslims actually try to contextualize their problems with the likes of prophet Ayub, Yusuf, Sulayman, in addition to Prophet Muhammad pbuh?

Maybe I’m wrong but I use their lives to help me in the struggle and to accept the hardship even when it appears that there is no end of a trial? Is it wrong for a Muslim to think and try to emulate the prophets intangibles to endure tribulation?

Ascalamualkum everyone. Just want to share what I feel, cause I feel really down from the past few days. Idk what I want from this, just want to post it lol, will delete probably like always I post and feel like 2 hours later, I'm being un thankful.

I'm not complaining at all, just want to share my feelings.

Idk what it is but I really have like nostalgic feelings. I miss my old days, and just beings tears in my eyes to think about it. It's like my chest is heavy.

About 3-5 years ago, it's so dumb but I used to have a group chat. I made it on Instagram and got some random people to join. I was like 16ish, didn't know all the rulings of islam and talking to girls and all. I made it and it was like Corona virus time, online classes and all. So I would talk all day, joke, troll, that was like it gave me so much happiness. Like I would wake up for classes and be so excited to massage the group and see what everyone talked about while I was sleeping. I don't know anyone in real life from that group. Want want to tell the names but their were people from 🇿🇦🇨🇦🇮🇳🇵🇰🇸🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧🇦🇫.

Everyone was like 16-20 ish lol.

It was so nice man. After I realized like 2 years later or a year and a half later that it's wrong to talk to females and all, I was like I gotta stop. So I left the group. But then i just couldn't leave, I got back, I left again, and someone added me back, and so on for some time. Eventually I was like I gotta just leave, i started on my prayers and was trying my best, fasting and all, giving dawah etc.. I eventually just left one day. The people kept adding me back but I keep leaving without messaging. Tbh it hurts. I texted my friends evtually like I dont want to talk, but I just felt so down, I would send like salam, how are you to them, would be so happy like they will reply. It's not even about girl or boy, it's just for all of them I felt so happy. Evtually i asked them all the girls like can you delete my chats, and they said sure. One of them would every now and then ask how are you, I'd just keep it simple and reply back. I would get the urge idk why to just ask how they are, I would send the message, 10 mins later check it and unsend it.

Idk why, I still remember stuff from the group. Things we talked about, the people, and even their @s.

Am I just stupid? I feel so dumb and stupid to be crying over that. Idk why I think about it. I just miss it. It makes me feel.so weird to think like right now those people are involved in their lives, doing something totally diffrent, and how everyone has their own lives. It's not just that group. But fir me that group was too big of a deal. I feel so dumb. Like they probably dont even remember, or think about me, why would they. But why am I. Like I can't remove the thoughts.

Ah man. I look at the sky and feel so sad. I miss one of the people in the group, who passed away. It's so wierd like I live in America and I think about it, one of the people, she is from 🇿🇦, it's so wierd like shes all the way on the other side of the planet. She has her life, everyone's life so different, everyone is doing their own thing.

Just what I feel. But not complaining, cause I left it for the sake of Allah.

I’m XIII old have nit prayed in a while and every little thing ruins my mood it’s hard for me too be happy and I don’t know why the littlest things take over my mind like crazy and I can’t help it the smallest things like my bike squeaking when I ride it will annoy me it feels like there’s something I’m sad about that I don’t know of like I forgot what it was but I’m still sad about it please help thank you

saw a post about how to correctly pray salah in this sub. Most of it is according to a certain ‘school of thought’ in other words there’s difference of opinions of the matter. For example the joining of feet in salah is only done by certain people and the folding of hands in certain positions is done by others

in the logical aspect this doesn't count, however if everything is planned , for instance you will get the job or you will aquire certain grades what's the other of me to look for that job or study for those grades in Islam? if Allah knows how my life will compute out to and that it is predestined then why shall I continue with the continuous routine or possible hardship I go through knowing it is planned for some outcome

sorry if I worded this badly.

I saw that a lot of the 7-select candies sold by 7-11 was made in Turkey. Does anyone know if this means the gelatin used comes from a halal source?

hello everyone, i am new to islam not converted yet but just started reading the Quran and learning about the relegion . Today something weird happened to me , i saw a dude dressed in all black with long hair covering his one eye and even though his weird appearance no one around me seemed to bother like i was the only one seeing him .The next moment another guy with long hair and painted nails asked me for directions .What do you think about this situation?