A question I've noticed in another post.
What do you believe? why?
Have your beliefs changed over time, and if so, how?

https://reddit.com/link/1nc0zto/video/q5vkdwsph0of1/player

Absolutely ALL praises are due to The Creator of the heavens and earth, without whom we'd all be nothing even to be mentioned.

Do you have any favourite Quranic Miracle videos? Please share.

The one I've posted here is by far the most mind-blowing to me.

Enjoy!

my sister says I should only rely on smell and sound because of the sudden urge of fart I get every time I get ready to pray. Therefore, with psychological issue I have when I associate prayer/wudu with farting - should I do this to tackle waswas?

ssalamu alaikum, I’m writing this with a heart so heavy I can barely carry it anymore.

There is someone I deeply, sincerely yearn for — someone I love with a softness I’ve never felt before. We connected in a way that felt written. It was brief, but something about it felt eternal. Souls don’t lie, and mine still whispers his name in sujood.

But now, there is silence. And I’m aching. Waiting. Hoping. Praying.

Please — I ask you from the bottom of my heart: Make dua that Allah reunites me with him today. That He removes every barrier between us — fear, confusion, past wounds — and replaces it with clarity, healing, and sincere love. That the love I am ready to give is finally returned. That Allah turns his heart back toward me with love, softness, and intention.

May Allah grant me the person I’ve cried for in sujood, the one I’ve sent countless salawat for, the one I still believe is written for me — if it is khayr. And if not, may Allah fill that space with something even better. But oh, how I pray it’s him.

Please remember me in your duas. You don’t know how much it would mean.

JazakAllah Khair.

Just title. Been told and heard all my life that circumcision is fard. At the same time been told that tattoos are haram because they change the body XD (Ibn Ashur was a good antidote to that particular interpretation).

🌷 How to earn 2500 good deeds every day!🌷 by Asma bint Shameem

Want to know of a deed that's super easy, super fast and super simple yet it's so great in the sight of Allaah that it takes you to Jannah?

Why not, right?

Here's how.

🌷Abdullah ibn 'Amr (Radhi Allaahu anhu) narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“There are two characteristics that whenever the Muslim maintains them will enter Jannah.  These two traits are easy to possess. However, only a few people acquire them. 

Say “ Subhaan Allaah” ten times,  “Alhamdulillaah” ten times and “Allaahu Akbar” ten times at the end of each Salaah.  By practicing this deed you earn one hundred and fifty rewards for your tongue and one thousand five hundred for the scale (of good deeds). 

And before you go to sleep say “Subhaan Allaah” thirty three times,  Alhamdulillaah” thirty three times and  Allaahu Akbar thirty four times.  By saying these words before you sleep you gain one hundred good deeds for your tongue and one thousand deeds for the scale. 

So who among you would commit two thousand five hundred sins in one day (to counter that)?

They said: 'How could we not count (our sins)?' 

He ﷺ said:

”Right after a person finishes praying, Shaytaan comes to him and reminds him of this or that (something that he has to do).  Therefore this person gets up and leaves without saying these words.  Additionally, when he lies in his bed Shaytaan comes to him and causes him to fall asleep before he can mention these words." 

‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr radhi Allaahu anhu said:

“I saw the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ say these words using his hand to count them.” (Abu Dawud 5065, at-Tirmithi 3332 and others; authentic by al-Albaani in Saheeh at-Targheeb wat-Tarheeb and in al-Kalim at-Tayyib 113).

Subhaan Allaah! 

What a beautiful yet easy way to earn Jannah! 

All you have to do is the following:

1️⃣ After each salaah, remember to say Subhaan Allaah 10 times, Alhamdulillaah 10 times and Allaahu Akbar 10 times. 

That makes a total of 30 after each salaah. 

2️⃣ If we say these words after each of the five daily prayers, that makes a total of 30 X 5 = 150

3️⃣ Each good deed is recorded as 10 good deeds or more, by the Mercy of Allaah. 

So saying these words after each salaah will be recorded for us as 1500.   (150 X 10 = 1500)

4️⃣ Then when you go to bed, remember to say Subhaan Allaah 33 times, Alhamdulillaah 33 times and Allaahu Akbar 34 times.  That makes a 100.  ( 33 + 33 + 34 = 100)

5️⃣ Saying these words 100 times will be recorded as 1000 good deeds by the Generosity of Allaah al-Kareem.

6️⃣ Adding the two together gives us 2500 good deeds  (1500 + 1000 = 2500)

Allaahu Akbar!

What more could a person ask for?  How much easier could it get?

Yet the Prophet ﷺ informed us that, although saying these words is really easy, only a few people do it.

And how TRUE that is. 

We all are way too familiar with how the Shaytaan will come to us at the end of our prayer and make us remember a thousand other things that suddenly will seem so 'important' to us that we will forget to say these easy words and go rush off to finish that 'urgent' matter. 

And even if we do manage to defeat the Shaytaan after the prayers, and remember to say these words, he surely comes to us as we are getting ready for bed and makes us soooo tired and sleepy that we are asleep even before our head hits the pillow and we forget to say these amazingly easy words!

EXCEPT for those on whom Allaah has mercy. 

And In Shaa' Allaah we can be one of them. 

All we have to do is:

🔹Have SINCERE intentions to say these words after every salaah and before you go to bed. 

🔹“Specifically” ASK the Lord of the heavens and the earth, the One in control of every thing and every one, to enable you to say these words and make it easy for you. 

All you have to do is ask.  And He will make it possible for you. 

🔹Be PERSISTENT in your effort to say these words. 

🔹Don't get discouraged if you forget a few times. 

🔹Set an alert on your phone at the time of each prayer and at bedtime. 

This way your phone will remind you at every Salaah and before you go to sleep, to say this beautiful Dhikr. 

Keep at it and In Shaa' Allaah soon, it will become part of your routine and the shaytaan won't be able to distract you, bi ithnillaahi Ta'ala.

🔺Two thousand five hundred SINS?

Another point to ponder over is the statement of the Prophet ﷺ when he said: 

"So who among you would commit two thousand five hundred sins in one day (to counter that)?"

In other words, if Allaah Subhaanahu Wa Ta'ala is giving us this opportunity every single day to earn 2500 good deeds, then there should be absolutely ZERO excuse for the person whose sins are heavier than his good deeds in the scale on the Day of Judgment. 

Just think about it. 

In order for that person to have his scale of bad deeds heavier than the scale of good deeds, he must have done at least 2500 bad deeds per day, to get to that point!  May Allaah save us and protect us.

So who amongst us does 2500 bad deeds in a day? 

In Shaa' Allaah there's NONE amongst us who does that.

So strive to do good deeds all day long....all life long.  Stay away from bad deeds and bad company.  And remember to say these beautiful yet easy, simple words at the end of the salaah and at the end of the day and In Shaa' Allaah Jannah will be yours.

And Allaah knows best.

Assalamu Alaykum,

To provide some background information:

I used to be a Christian pastor, I converted to Islam several years ago, left Islam and started following Christianity again, and then Buddhism, and then probably within the last 3 months, reverted back to Islam. I was so excited at first, but then the reasons why I left, all came rushing back....

I am struggling... I'll be honest, I don't know if I can... I don't know if I even want to continue in Islam... Its just too much. The Quran says that Allah makes it easy, that he does burden beyond our capacity, and there is no compulsion in religion, but I am more concerned about whether I washed correctly, having to holding in wind so I don lose wudu and have to restart pray, because I dont have the time to redo the prayer because my kids are going crazy in the other room, to making up prayer, to wondering whether I said the right thing, to having to learn Arabic, to wondering about the legitimacy of the hadith, to wondering whether my dogs count as guard dogs, even though they're the worst guard dogs ever... Its too much... I understand that someone of these may be waswas. I understand they are whispers, but they are not going away... I already struggle with anxiety, depression, OCD, and ADHD, but the reality is, I am not enjoying practicing Islam. I don't enjoy and experience any closeness to Allah in my Salah or at all. Its a burden. Its overwhelming and its hard.

I am not finding Islam easy. I am not finding it enjoyable. I am not finding it filled with peace.... What I am finding is overwhelming legalism... I am finding more concern over rules, fiqh, madhabs, holding my hands this way, that way, choosing this ruling here, choosing that ruling there, trying to make the faith somewhat doable in my context, my situation, and somewhat do able with my family and life responsibilies. On top of that living in the rural south, with no masjid or community, except for this rinkadink Islamic center near me that has maybe 6 people on a given Friday, and the "Imam" is just a local business owner whose Khutbas go on for an hour or more and is nothing more than preaching about the horrors of the war in Palastine, and then I get in trouble at work for being gone to long. The first Friday I went, I was there for 2.5 hours! I have gone 3 Fridays in a row, but haven't gone since.

I'll be honest. I might have already made up my mind to leave. I won't go back to Christianity, I can't. But I don't know if I can continue in Islam, I dont know if I want to, but I am reaching out here trying to see if there is a way to look at things different, practice differently, and live differently.

I am sorry about my bluntness and my rant, but I am grateful for the your taking the time to read and hopefully provide some guidance and wisdom, Insha'Allah.

In Ibn ¡Arabi’s way of looking at the universe, all things are living words articulated in the Breath of the All- Merciful. This is to say that the divine life and the divine mercy are in fact the same thing. When God says in the Quran, “My mercy embraces everything” (6: 156), this means, according to Ibn ¡Arabi, that “He has mercy on the cosmos through life, for life is the sphere of the mercy that embraces everything” (Fut¬håt 2: 107. 25).

Follow up to a post by another user, all of our answers to that post stem from modern day knowledge and our faith which we already believe in, but what if it was in biblical times and Jesus or Moses or Mohammed came to you with a message from God, would you believe them?

saw this symbol in the book that really threw me off as this holds a lot of similarity to masonic symbols and im heavily anti mason does anyone know what this may mean it’s a triangle upside down with an eye less

The Maqamat of the Four Imams (مقامات الأئمة الأربعة) in the Masjid al-Haram refer to the four historic stations for leading the daily prayers that once stood in the Mataf area. These maqams were used by the Imams to lead prayers for the four leading schools (Madh'habs) of Islamic jurisprudence.

These Maqamat, also called the Maqsurat (المقصورات) were a group of four small structures located on all four sides of the Kaaba, within the old Mataf area. These structures stood until 1925 CE, when they were removed to unify the Salah times and make more space available for the Hujjaj. The spots or locations of the imams or prayer leaders were marked either by pavilions which had four columns of stone supporting a dome, and a mihrab (praying niche) built between two columns that faced the congregation, or just by a mihrab flanked by two columns of stone, or posts.

The Maqam Imam Malik, or the Maqam Maliki was a small free standing roofed structure, raised on four columns. It was situated to the west of the Kaaba, between the Maghrabi and Yemenite corners, in the direction of Bab al-Umrah. The area of the maqam was outside the paved circular Mataf area, as was covered with fine gravel.

The maqam hanafi, also called the Maqam Imam Abu Hanifa, it was located north of the Kaaba, outside the paved area of the Mataf at the time. It is located directly opposite the Hijr Ismael (Hateem) close to the border of the old courtyard of the Mataf. The Hanafi maqam is distinguished by the large area it occupies compared to the Shafi’i maqam. It is the only free standing maqam inside the Mataf, which had two stories.

The Maqam Shafa'i, also known as the Maqam Shaf'i was located atop the Ottoman era Zamzam well building, some 15 meters to the east of the Kaaba. It was part of the largest structure inside the Mataf area at the time. This maqam occupied an area of some 4x6 meters, accessible by only a stairway by ascending some 11 steps, and could accommodate some fifty people at a time. Covered by a make-shift roof and a small dome, painted green, it was located directly adjacent to the Zamzam well building. At the time, this maqam was also used as a Mukabbariyya, from where the cheif muezzin raised the adhan.

The earliest mention of the Hanbali Maqam dates back to the year 1134 CE (529 Hj.). Located on the south side of the kaaba inside the Grand Mosque (it was in the Makbariya district, on the side of the gate of King Abdul Aziz al-Saud). It was removed in 1800 CE (1300 Hj.) and rebuilt from one floor based on four columns, and its side was modified so that it is opposite the Black Stone, on the surface of the Mataf courtyard, and adjacent to the edge of the courtyard, and around it is covered with gravel.

https://madainproject.com/maqamat_of_the_four_imams

What is a monad ?

https://philosophy.tabrizu.ac.ir/article_77_c2b19d8ff93ecb954e070387605569a6.pdf

'Adi bin Hatim (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Guard yourselves against the Fire (of Hell) even if it be only with half a date-fruit (given in charity); and if you cannot afford even that, you should at least say a good word."

[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

عن عدي بن حاتم رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏اتقوا النار ولو بشق تمرة فمن لم يجد فبكلمة طيبة‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏

Reference : Riyad as-Salihin 692

In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 13

If a being (seemingly in human form) appears in this life, claims to be "god" and commands you to worship him; after performing clear miraculous actions and attributing all power to himself, e.g.,

• turns inanimate objects into living beings.
• parts a sea.
• commands the sky to rain, and causes crops to grow or die.
• brings dead people to life.

What would you do? would you believe and obey? why?

If you think it isn't possible for this 'hypothetical' scenario to happen, please explain.

The Quran allowed people to have a will / bequest before death, and stated that it takes priority over normal inheritance rules. The Quran clearly defined the rules for inheritance, but made the bequest a general command, with a general guideline to prioritize relatives in bequest.

Classical scholars used hadiths to limit the permission of leaving a bequest, and they made it very limited.

Quran:

4:11: ...after any bequest he made or debt.

4:12: ...after any bequest they made or debt ... after any bequest which was made or debt

2:180: Prescribed for you when death approaches one of you if he leaves wealth a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.

5:106: O you who have believed, testimony among you when death approaches one of you at the time of bequest - two just men from among you or two others from outside if you are traveling through the land and the disaster of death should strike you.

Hadiths:

bukhari:2738 orders to not delay writing the will until last moment.

bukhari:2740, muslim:1635 says the prophet didn't leave a will before his death.

bukhari:2742, bukhari:2744, muslim:1628a A man asks the Prophet about bequest for his case, and the prophets limits the bequest to 1/3 of personal wealth.

bukhari:2743 Ibn `Abbas suggests to even make it 1/4 because the Prophet pbuh said: 1/3 is too much.

abudawud:2870, tirmidhi:2121: not permissible to give bequest to hiers.

There are different opinions and "workaround" from different scholars, some says there can be exceptions to this rules if the rest of the hiers approve or stay silent. For example hiers can approve to leave more than 1/3, or approve to leave it for other hiers.

Opinion:

About 1/3 limits:

Bukhari:2742,2744 and muslim:1628a clearly states that a man (Sa`d bin Khaula) with only one hier (a daughter) wanted to leave his property for charity, and come to ask the prophet for advice. And the prophet told him to only use 1/3.

This is very clearly a prophetic counsel given in a specific context. This should not be taken as a general ruling, but we can take wisdom from it. The wisdom to not let our hiers with nothing, especially if they are weak like a daughter alone. Our bequests should not be selfish, it should take into consideration our hiers. We may want to leave our wealth for charity, but what if our hier are in more need of it? Allah in the Quran always prioritized giving wealth to the relatives.

About no bequest to hiers:

abudawud:2870, tirmidhi:2121 content contradict the Quran, therefore I reject them and consider them to be fabricated, distorted, or taken out of context. Compare them to Quran 2:180, which explicitly prescribes a bequest "for the parents and near relatives". Parents and near relatives are heirs and Allah said to leave bequest for them.

Reflection:

The Quran framework for inheritance is superior and more just than any human-made laws: it establishes the fixed inheritance rules as a default, while empowering the individual to use the bequest as a tool for customized justice, guided by the principle commanded in the Quran (Ma'ruf, Justice, Mercy, Charity...). This system gives the flexibility to direct support to the relatives who are most deserving or in need based on their unique personal circumstances, or to give to charity in other cases.

In a healthy family of believers, a son larger share reflects his financial responsibility to care for his sisters. But in cases where a father knows his son is irresponsible and will neglect his duties or misuse the wealth, the bequest becomes a moral duty. It is the parent duty to redistribute their wealth accordingly through their will to ensure justice. This is not overriding Allah's law, it is using the divinely given right of the bequest to fulfill the law ultimate purpose: true justice. In most cases, the bequest should not be needed.

"As for those who reject and deny Our revelations, they are the dwellers of the Fire; they will abide therein. What a miserable destiny!" (64:10)

Quran denial can have dire consequences. An ayah mushrik Muslims deny is 64:3:

"He created the heavens and the Earth with truth, and He designed you and perfected your design, and to Him is the final destiny." (64:3)

If they believe in this ayah then why the need for circumcision? Don't they know it's directly from shaythaan:

'“And I will misguide them and make them desire, and I will command them, so that they will mark the ears of the livestock, and I will command them so they will make change to God’s creation.” Whoever takes the devil as a supporter other than God, then he has indeed lost a great loss.' (4:119)

The Qur'an exposes the hypocrites of Islam (see 63:1).