So, that's it, everyone! I got my first Quran! I'm really happy, and I feel like I'm a little bit closer to God now that I have it in my home (obviously, not because of the physical object, but because of His words). It's all in Arabic and I don't understand a thing, but I'm sure God will enlighten me and I'll learn to read it. 😊🙌❤

This explosive reaction of a U.S. politician to come and defend Israel (??) after Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said that "Malaysia will not compromise and will deport any Israeli nationals found entering the country, as it has a clear policy of not recognising Israel".

Source: https://www.bernama.com/en/news.php?id=2581085

I am proud of my country ❤️🇲🇾

My mother has been very sick lately...

Please mention her and every sick person you know in your prayers..

Alhamduli Allah

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Beforehand i present myself, im an argentinian convert to islam since 13 years ago.

the main intention behind this post is to remind us.

to remind about the dangers of our lisaan

Riyad as-Salihin 1514

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "A person utters a word thoughtlessly (i.e., without thinking about its being good or not) and, as a result of this, he will fall down into the fire of Hell deeper than the distance between the east and the west."

these weeks I've been seeing such display of lowerness between nations but specially against my own people.

Me, a muslim, had been called a racist, a zionist, a liar by people they don't even know me, and what saddens me the most by muslim themselves.

we must remind brothers and sisters, that when we speak about one nation we're speaking about every single one of them and we'll be held accountable in the day of qyamah.

as a Muslim from Argentina i want to remind us to keep closer to islam, and dont let the fitnah of shaytaan misguide us.

and remember, just as me, there are hundred of thousands of argentinians who accepted islam and millions who might embrace it, In sha Allah.

don't let a sport match burden the dakwah efforts all around the world, today is Argentina in the future it might be another nation.

we're muslims, we must lead by the example, we must live by the sunnah.

Riyad as-Salihin 1511

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who believes in Allah and the Last Day must either speak good or remain silent."

https://islamqa.info/en/answers/9410/types-of-speech-to-refrain-from

Muhammad Al Luhaidan.

They replied, “Glory be to You! We have no knowledge except what You have taught us. You are truly the All-Knowing, All-Wise.”

Qaalu • they said

This verse doesn't start with "and (wa)" because it's the continuation of dialogue in one timeline. Quran uses the word "and" deliberately when it starts a new timeline or stage. For example from previous verses first mention of Adam was before creation and then after creation and Quran used the word "and" between them. This verse doesn't mention "and" because it's inside the dialogue continuing from previous verse. That's the precision of Quran that it mentions conjunctions in such detail. (The science dealing with joining and separating the sentences is miraculous rhetorical device in the Quran which comes under category of wasl and fasl.)

Subhanaka • Glory be to you

The angels before acknowledging their mistake praised Allah that he's pure from all imperfections which is one of the meanings of S-B-H. This is intense form of adab and reverence before God.

Inakka anta • indeed you you are

The pronoun anta(you) creates a restriction that only (Allah) is all-knowing and wise. This restriction was also used in surah fatiha that "only you we worship", and it's rhetorical device in the Quran.

Alim Al Hakim • All knowing and wise

The last quote "innaka antta alim Al Hakim" is from the miraculous feature of Quran called fawasil. End of verses are used with small quote or word that connects it to the rhythm of previous verses, and it connects the verse with emotion or praise of God, giving a sign of completion. In surah Baqarah, such long quotes are used but in shorter surahs, words are used as fawasil.

What are rhetorical devices in Quran ?

Rhetorical devices are category of literary features or miraculous features of Quran, which are used all over the Quran and make Quran more eloquent and far higher than arab poetries. This is one of the challenges in Quran to produce something like it.

I dont know what to do wwhere tto start its scary feeling

I'm not muslim and I don't want to debate about religion, but I just want to make sure I understand the muslim perspective well. Is it that Abraham according to you was literally muslim or just that he was a jew worshipping the one true God that he called Yahweh which is actually Allah and that Islam is now the only valid form of religion because judaism has been corrupted?

Do muslim believe that islam and judaism was once the same religion or would that be heretical?

the entire world is a stage and illusion, follow the deen and inshaAllah more of us will wake up and see the truth.

Hello !

I’m a woman originally from a Muslim country, living in France.

My parents forbid me from dating (which, up to that point, is fairly normal in my family).

Everyone in my family got married through someone introducing them to their future spouse - arranged marriages, if you can call them that.

My question is this: is it normal that my family has never introduced me to a man for marriage?

Considering that I’m reasonably attractive, intelligent, and kind.

I genuinely don’t understand how I’m supposed to get married, start a family, and so on if I don’t even know any eligible men.

Especially since most of the women in my family got married when they were younger than I am now.

Thank you for reading me.

In a lot places I see a lot of hate towards Tablighi Jamat saying that it is inefficient and it is just a Time to just leave your families and relax with your friends in the name of Allah Which rather is a problem of character Or I'm not sure what kind of Jamats to you guys went on.

The truth is when you are out in Tabligh, that this is not a direct source to bring people to Islam but instead is an opportunity to discipline yourself and strengthen your Iman by learning under people who have spent their lives learning about Islam. I am a student btw and I have been going to Tabligh for years and enjoyed every second of it. The way I did it for years is that I we spent hours reading books and listening to speeches and spending time going door to door inviting people to these talks which then could people towards tabligh. The reason we bring people towards Jamat is to give them the opportunity to learn about Islam and an extensive manner and basically be trained in order to educate someone about Islam and bring people towards it.

In short you're basically not going out to teach people about Islam but you are going out to learn how to teach people about Islam properly because you can't really explain someone about it if you don't really know anything about it. Also the thing about it being just a chance to chill with you freinds is that it is a chance to stregnthen brotherhood and be among good people trying to increase their deen. Also the reason people go for a long time is simply to increase your Iman and being around scholars and teachers helps. Also some people dont trust the Fazail e Amal which make no sense becuase is its easily verifyable with the Hadith but we use many other books. Let me know anything and I will try to debunk it.

Hello, I am a revert of about one and a half months. Today I prayed all 5 prayers for the first time Mashallah. Does anyone have any tips to keep this consistency. It took me almost one a half months because I was having trouble memorizing prayers

Assalamu Alaikum everyone,

​I am a South Asian living in Europe who recently found my way back to Islam, started praying 5 times a day, and am trying to learn my Deen. However, my family dynamic is making this very hard. Ten years ago, my eldest sister married an apparently Muslim man who turned out to be an ex-Muslim atheist. She stayed with him happily, but over time she became deeply anti-Muslim herself—making fun of Muslims for wanting halal food, wearing a khimar or abaya, believing Muslims don't belong in Europe, and not even caring about Gaza at all. Because she has a lot of influence in our close-knit family, my other sister followed in her footsteps: she lived with an ex-Christian atheist before marriage and recently had an invalid "Nikah" with him. When I told her a Nikah is only valid if the man is Muslim, she said to my face that religion doesn't matter to her.

The rest of my family are cultural Muslims who are completely fine with all of this and accept it. Because everyone influences each other in our family, it's a very challenging environment. On top of this, I am the youngest, deal with a chronic illness, and depend heavily on my family for help. My sisters actually help me a lot with my situation, and I genuinely want to maintain a good relationship with them and keep family ties (Silat al-Rahim), but I am terrified of falling into sin, validating their invalid actions, or compromising my own faith. How do I deal with my elder sisters and protect my Iman without causing friction or being sinful while living in this dynamic? Any advice or Islamic guidance would mean a lot. JazakAllah Khair.

Please I don’t want everyone here to just tell me what i am saying is haram.
I did sins. Big ones. Like really I can’t even accept myself how would Allah accept me??
I did multiple times, i bought a vehicle with riba and interest based loan. Only less than a month and the vehicle is a total loss and i ended up in the trauma center with fractured bones and i am still recovering now

Even while i am recovering now. I keep doing zina. Can you believe it? I play music like 24/7 at home. But i do try my best to control myself. I am ADHD and i just can’t control my impulses or focus too much in prayer i forget what sura i am citing while praying because i lost my attention and no it’s not shaytan it’s just me all the time

Recently i started to forget my prayers. And i am convinced Allah makes me forget because he doesn’t want to meet me,
I even after i do the zina i just don’t know how to talk to him and ask for forgiveness, i still don’t know how to ask anymore. What can i say this time? Fake things again so i can cope and do sins again? I am so ashamed to a level i feel like it’s hard to talk with him again because he knows that i am a liar

Someone help me please. I am not ready to meet him in the afterlife. I am not ready at all. Please don’t tell me “just stop sins and ask for forgiveness and be real this time” i can do this but i know i am too weak to control ADHD impulses

One thing I've been thinking about recently is the difference between giving someone a conclusion and helping them build the framework to understand that conclusion.

It's like if someone asks about flowers, you can either hand them a bouquet, or invite them into a flower shop.

A bouquet is beautiful, but it's already arranged according to someone else's choices. A flower shop lets someone see the different flowers, understand them, and choose what speaks to them. Our role is to provide the basket and guidance to help them carry what they find.

I think this applies a lot to any kind of pedagogy, but especially to dawah. Sometimes when someone asks a question, our instinct is to immediately give our own answer. But perhaps the first step should be understanding where they are coming from: What assumptions are they starting with? What are they actually struggling with? What question are they really asking?

Then instead of simply handing them a conclusion, we can help them explore the framework that leads to that conclusion.

For example, if someone asks about Allah's justice, instead of only saying "Allah is Just", we can first understand what they mean by justice, then explain the Islamic framework of justice and allow them to see how the pieces connect for themselves.

Obviously this doesn't mean changing Islam to fit everyone's preferences. But there is a difference between forcing someone to accept an answer and helping them understand why that answer makes sense. A person who discovers the reasoning behind something will usually have a deeper connection to it than someone who was simply handed the final conclusion.

"Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction..." (16:125)

Perhaps part of wisdom in dawah is not only knowing what to say, but understanding the person in front of us so we can guide them toward the truth in a way they can genuinely engage with.

And sometimes the best way to share a flower is not to hand someone a bouquet, but to invite them into the garden. ^_^

First of all, I'm not a Muslim. My experience is limited, I've gone to mosques during Ramadan, lived with a married Muslim couple while renting a room in their house and befriended a lady. Her family disapproved of her becoming friends with a man outside her faith, so we kept the relationship to ourselves. We later parted ways.

Fast forward to today, I went to a public library with a small art gallery next to it and met four women dressed with full length robes (sorry I don't know the terminology) and hijabs, showing their faces. Two of them were posing for photos that a third lady was taking. I looked in their direction and the photographer caught my glance. I continued to mind my own business, walked around the exhibits and later did approach the group. I offered to take photos of the ladies with their phone, they were all smiles, I think that was their personality, not really happy to see me. Then one of them offered to take my photo with my phone, but I politely declined as I am not comfortable in photography sessions, usually have difficulty relaxing and smiling. I left the gallery and resumed studies at the library.

This experience reminded me I'm closing myself off too much from strangers and I think I would like to open my mind to developing friendships with Muslim men and women alike. Any tips?

Edit: Title should be friends with a Muslim person or with Muslim people.

When I see guys who are 2 meters tall and see them with girls who are beautiful and completely my type, I become sad, and girls like that who are beautiful do not even want to look at me. Try to put yourself in my situation, where I dream of having exactly the kind of wife I would want. What if you were not Muslim? How would you deal with this despair, knowing that after death you would believe it is the end and that you would never be able to have the kind of wife you dreamed of?

Do not try to be positive. Try to be realistic and truly put yourself in this situation. Is lowering your standards the only way to answer a question like this? How would you feel if you were in a situation where you were one of the people who do not get what they truly want, even though they are not responsible for things like their height, appearance, and so on?

In my personal experience, faith based only on temporary emotional comfort did not last. I am not making a religious ruling; I am asking how other Muslims understand and deal with this struggle. So how can someone resolve this struggle sincerely within their own mind?

I do not want to hear shallow answers. Answer honestly, from the heart, and help me and other people overcome this forever.

Dear all i am in dire need of all your prayers im gonna sit for a very competitive medical exam soon and i need all your sincere duas i dont know if asking for prayers is shirk or not but jazakallah khair.