I work at a bakery in a place where islam is the minority. Halal options and haram foods are never distinguised between eachother. I see many muslim sisters coming to the bakery buying haram pastries. The fillings have alcohol. We also have bread that contains lard and desserts that contain pork gelatin. These additions are not obvious and cannot be blamed on them.

Halal options are scarce where I am, and I wish for my brothers and sisters to be able to enjoy the food around them.

I am conflicted. Do I spare them the knowledge so they do not need to seek tawbah?

I don't really know how to start this off, but I wanted to talk about an incident that happened to me earlier today. Just to preface, I'm Muslim and I wear the hijab. I was super excited today because I finally got a gym pass and I've been wanting to go for a while. I started warming up and I noticed this guy out of the corner of my eye. He kept staring at me and whispering something, but I couldn't hear him because he was quite far away. I began doing my exercise, but I started feeling uncomfortable when I realized he was still staring at me. Mind you, this man looks like he's in his late 50s. He would do 5 reps of whatever machine he was using and then stare at me for a couple of minutes in between sets. I started to get scared because I was alone, and this was at 6 am. I decided to use another machine, but before I did that, I wanted to sanitize the machine I had been using. Unfortunately, the sanitizer bottle was right next to him. As I walked past him, I heard him loudly say something like "this is America"(I didn't hear him super clearly), and then he proceeded to say "ya, get the f**k out of here" multiple times. I was shocked at first, and I couldn't believe what I had heard until I walked past him and he repeated the same thing again. I was really flustered, as this was the first time something like this has ever happened to me. I filed a report and quickly left in tears because I felt so uncomfortable and a little shaken from the situation. I wanted to ask for some advice from people who have gone through similar experiences. How did you handle it? I understand that I'll continue to encounter people like this and that I shouldn't have given him the satisfaction of seeing me leave. I'll probably see him again tomorrow, so I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me! Thank you!

Edit: Thank you so much to everyone who's been giving me advice and support, I really appreciate it! I've been seeing a lot of comments about going to a women only gym but unfortunately, that isn't an option for me as there aren't any near me. Also, I need to work out for medical reasons so going to the gym is very important for me.

Edit 2: I've also been seeing comments about how going to a mixed gym isn't right islamically, if anyone has any information on that please let me know because I genuinely want to know If I'm doing anything wrong. I wear very loose oversized hoodies and sweatpants and I always try to focus on me and only me.

My father has advanced stage 4 cancer and has spread to his brain, i live in the UK and the NHS has completely given up, we want to take him to Germany as they have a treatment there that can help, but he is refusing.

Please make Dua for him so he can build the strength and keep fighting please I am so scared 😭😭😭🙏

Hello, I've been a muslim since birth, and alhamdulilah I've become a much better one recently, but I feel like I am going to cry whenever I see the news, or look at any social media at platform in general, it feels like the day of judgement could be any day now, and of course I am worried for my own fate, but more so for the population of the world, I know so many people I call friends but lead lives full of sin, both Muslims and non Muslims, and don't try to improve themselves despite genuine heartfelt gently given advice, I don't want them to go to jahannam.

Any advice?

Brothers and sisters I want you to learn from my mistakes.

I had a Muslim family friend who I trusted and grew up with.

He had opposing political views to me (I support Palestine).

He did not tell me.

He kept quiet about it.

And eventually he tried to kill me.

Had me sexually assaulted, my testicle crushed as well.

I did not know because I was intoxicated when it happened (they laced my weed).

Police did absolutely nothing and for months this family friend would call me from unknown numbers. On one occasion he used a voice changer and played the audio of me being sexually assaulted.

I know I can not be the only brother who has been backstabbed like this, but I might be the one of the few who lived to speak about it.

This life is short, cut the snakes out of your life, and return to Islam.

Assalamu Alaikum everyone. I really need some Islamic advice because I've been feeling guilty about something I did.
I was in a relationship with my ex for two years, and he betrayed me, lied to me for almost the entire relationship, and made me feel used and unappreciated. Finding out about his past and seeing him move on to another girl almost immediately hurt me deeply.
I was extremely angry and heartbroken, and in that emotional state, I told three of my friends about his private matters and sins. I also spoke badly about his appearance because I wanted to express my anger. Looking back, I genuinely regret doing these things. I know that backbiting and exposing people's sins are serious matters in Islam, and I don't want to justify my actions just because he hurt me.
I want to make sincere tawbah and ask Allah for forgiveness, but I'm unsure what else I should do. Do I need to apologize to my ex, even though he hurt me so deeply? Should I tell my friends not to repeat what I shared? And how can I make things right without causing more harm?
I genuinely regret what I did and want to learn from this and become a better Muslim. I'm just scared and don't know how to handle this situation Islamically.
I'd really appreciate advice from anyone knowledgeable about Islam or who has experienced something similar. Please be kind, but honest with me.
JazakAllahu Khairan.

1. [Are] men whom neither commerce nor sale distracts from the remembrance of Allāh and performance of prayer and giving of zakāh. They fear a Day in which the hearts and eyes will [fearfully] turn about.

I don’t usually come on this subreddit to ask for signs or answers, because honestly, even though I believe signs from Allah exist, I struggle to believe they could be meant for me. When I see others experience them, I’m genuinely happy for them, but when it comes to myself, it all feels unrealistic.

I’ve been struggling with A-levels for years because I have big dreams. I want to study engineering and use my education to help people, and that’s why I push myself so hard. But every time I sit an exam, my mind goes completely blank, and everything I’ve studied for countless nights feels like it disappears. I’ve taken a gap year, and I was supposed to be applying to university by now. Instead, I’m still here, turning 20 next year, feeling left behind and watching my parents lower their expectations from me achieving good grades to simply passing. But I don’t want to just pass. I know I have potential, and I want to do something meaningful with my life.

Every exam, I pray to Allah SWT for good grades and ask Him for a miracle. My mum reminds me that Allah never lets our efforts go to waste, and that I should do my part and leave the rest to Him. But after every paper, I come home feeling like I’ve failed again. After so many disappointments, I’ve started losing hope. I’ve even begun delaying my prayers, which hurts because I never wanted to feel this disconnected from Allah.

But now, everywhere I look, I keep seeing reminders to trust Allah, to be patient, and that hardship comes with ease. I open my feed, read an ayah, or watch something, and somehow the same message finds me again. The strange thing is that I feel like I attempted my papers terribly this time, so I’m scared to let these reminders give me hope, only to receive disappointing results again and feel even more distant from my faith.

People keep telling me to be patient and trust Allah, but how long am I supposed to wait? My life feels like it’s standing still while time keeps moving forward.

I genuinely don’t know what to make of these reminders. Are they signs, or am I just desperately looking for hope because I’m scared of being disappointed again? I want to trust Allah, but I’m tired, scared, and struggling to hold on to that trust. I really need some guidance.

Assalamu alaikum,
This is a genuine cry for help.
For the past 11 years, I have been making dua, praying, crying, and doing everything in my power, hoping that one day my life would finally change for the better.

But these 11 years have broken me in ways I cannot even begin to describe. I have been knocked down so many times that I have started questioning my faith, Islam, and everything I once believed in so strongly.

And the most heartbreaking part is that, even as I write this, there is still a part of me desperately hoping that Allah sees me. That He sees how hard I am trying, how much I am suffering, and how desperately I am fighting to hold on to my faith when everything inside me feels like it is falling apart.

Every morning, I wake up with a little bit of hope, telling myself that maybe today will be the day Allah answers my duas. Maybe today something will finally change. But every night, I go to sleep with the same sadness, the same unanswered prayers, and a little less faith than I woke up with.

I don’t want to lose my faith. I don’t want to question Allah. I don’t want to feel this distance between myself and the One I have spent years turning to for comfort.

But I am exhausted. I am tired of begging for things to get better, tired of feeling like my prayers are disappearing into silence, and tired of trying to convince myself that things will change when I have been waiting for so long.

I know Allah hears every dua. I know He is the Most Merciful. I know all the things we are taught to remind ourselves when life becomes difficult. But knowing these things and finding the strength to believe in them when you’re suffering are two completely different things.

I am not writing this because I want to abandon Islam. I am writing this because I am terrified of losing the faith I have fought so hard to keep.
I feel lost. I feel alone. And I don’t know how much longer I can continue feeling this way.
I just need guidance. I need comfort. I need someone to hear me.

More than anything, I need Allah. I need to feel that He sees me, that He hasn’t forgotten me, and that these 11 years of tears, prayers, and desperate hope have not been for nothing.
I am still holding on, but my grip is getting weaker, and I don’t know how to make it stronger.

I recently buried my brother. He was very young—my favorite human being on this entire planet, gone far too soon.

For fifteen years, from the time I was fifteen until I turned thirty, I was trapped in active addiction. I burned through every good relationship in my life, sabotaged myself at every turn, and did things I am deeply ashamed of.

I don't have an excuse. I was reckless, and I let myself down in ways that still make me sick to think about.

I brought shame to my family, to my community, and to myself—all for a toxic, hollow need for attention and validation that wasn't worth a fraction of what it cost.

There was a time when I was grounded. I prayed, I went to Jamat, and I was connected to people who cared. Then drugs took hold, and that dependency hooked its claws in before I even knew what I was losing.

And sitting here in the wreckage, with my brother gone and my life in ruins, I find myself asking the only question that matters: Is it too late for me to come back? I spent years walking away, but God, I hope I’m not too far gone to find my way back home.

ive unfortunately had missed fard prayers in the past , and now that im looking at the amount of prayers that need to be made up , im getting overwhelmed . (im not going to be revealing the exact number of prayer that ive missed)

Yes i know that i can just pray doubles( like for dhur i can pray it two times) until my missed prayers are all made up , but i just can't . Im going through depression and self harm so its its an even bigger burden for me to pray. When i stand up to pray and realize i need to complete all those prayers , my legs just give up and i procrastinate and miss more prayers.

Is there any hope for me? Like is it ok if I simply make sincere tawbah and just starting praying the next salah on time?

How do I stop seeing Allah swt only as the judge?

I was talking with my therapist about the Islam and I was doing bad lately always sad and all and she said that I’m hating on myself too much and that I need to look at God with other perspectives but I just can’t. Did anyone had this feeling too? I need to hear your advice😞

Under Islamic teachings, am I (A male) allowed to be alone for short periods of time with my fathers wife. When she first came to Australia from Syria, they didnt have a problem with it. Now, im not even allowed for tiny periods of time (such as fifteen minutes). Is this Islamic practice?

Assalamu alaikum. I would like to know whether getting a fade haircut, where the hair on the sides is cut much shorter than the hair on top [but not zero] is permissible in Islam. Are there any Islamic rulings or scholarly opinions on this? Jazakum Allahu khairan

Hi everyone! I’ve recently been having a lot of doubts about the religion, but I still truly believe in God. What I’m confused about, though, is that last Ramadan was the first Ramadan where I really locked in spiritually. I started waking up for tahajjud and making a lot of dua.
One specific dua I repeated a lot was asking Allah to bring me closer to the religion, but all these doubts slowly started coming after Ramadan. I’ve noticed that I’m distancing myself from the religion a lot more, and I’ve even started missing prayers, which is something I’ve never really done before. I honestly don’t know what to make of any of this because I was genuinely trying to get closer to Allah, and now I feel like I’m going in the opposite direction. I don’t know what to do at the moment, and any advice would be appreciated!

Assalamu ‘alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.

I honestly don’t know why I ended up writing here. Maybe I’m looking for advice, or maybe I just need somewhere to share what I’ve been feeling.

I’ve been feeling so lost lately, and my sadness seems to be getting worse. It’s not entirely new to me, either. My mother has considered having me consult a mental health professional before, but I always thought that perhaps focusing more on my worship and strengthening my iman would help me feel better.

I’ve been trying to remain steadfast in my iman. I’ve been praying, reading the Qur’an with its meanings, and trying to understand its message in the hope that it would soften my heart and help me through my problems. I’ve also been trying to be kinder, more patient, and a better person—better Muslim.

I genuinely am trying. But despite all of that, my heart still feels so heavy and it makes me feel like a hypocrite for needing Him despite failing when I couldn’t handle my mental health issues.

Life has been really difficult lately, and I honestly don’t know how to put everything I’m feeling into words. I’m sorry if this post ends up being confusing or all over the place. I just don’t know how else to express what I’m going through.

One thing I’ve noticed is that whenever I break down, I end up ruminating afterward. I keep thinking about myself, my faith, and why I still feel this way despite everything I’ve been trying to do. I question whether I’m doing something wrong or whether I’m simply not doing enough.

I really want to get better so I can love Allah more and strengthen my relationship with Him. But sometimes, it feels as though my mental health has become so bad that it gets in the way of my worship. There are times when I genuinely don’t want to do anything at all. Even when I do pray or try to worship, I sometimes don’t feel much while doing it. I end up just wanting to finish rather than feeling present or finding comfort in it.

And that makes me feel guilty.

Should I follow my mother’s advice to get myself checked? Is it normal to feel heavy despite doing worshipping or should I try harder in my worship?

Is there an islamic opinion or hadith or surah or anything regarding the past repeating itself? I have been in a situation with a person where I thought I lost the person but things are getting way too complicated to be a coincidence, so last on a specific day I had a break with that person and didnt see them for a couple of months, this year on that same exact day I had a fight with them and I havent seen them since, its been 7 months and at first i was questioned about the date of the fight and i was saying maybe god is leading us somewhere but then I eventually believed that it was all a coincidence, today I was outside on the road and I saw them around on a traffic, and I got kinda sad because I thought I lost them and stuff like that until I just went up my phone pictures and I realized that two years ago on this exact date I saw that person outside coincidentally, is there an opinion in islam about why things like this happen? Why does the past repeating itself? If god separates two people do their road still collide even if they’re not meant to be? Like we are very different me and that person in everything life style included but somehow we cant seem to break apart.

I reverted about a year and some ago and haven't really taken my hifdh seriously. I know it is not necessary, and I could probably dedicate time to better Islamic ventures, like finishing the Quran or reading the Seerah, but I figured I could do it casually.

I've made it to Surah at-Tariq so far, with other passages from the sunnah that I've also memorized. But I keep running into a problem: every time I get home from school, I end up being too tired to memorize or revise. I end up forgetting about it entirely.

However, and this is an equally pressing thing, my method is too unstructured. I do not know how to effectively do hifdh or when I should do it.

Does anyone have any tips?