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.

Reciter: Sheikh Ahmed Muhammad Tahir/الشيخ أحمد محمد طاهر

(Famous Sudanese Quran Reciter)

Surah Ibrahim

Verse 38

رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ تَعْلَمُ مَا نُخْفِى وَمَا نُعْلِنُ ۗ وَمَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ٣٨

Our Lord! You certainly know what we conceal and what we reveal. Nothing on earth or in heaven is hidden from Allah.

Verse 39

ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى وَهَبَ لِى عَلَى ٱلْكِبَرِ إِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ ۚ إِنَّ رَبِّى لَسَمِيعُ ٱلدُّعَآءِ ٣٩

All praise is for Allah who has blessed me with Ishmael and Isaac in my old age. My Lord is indeed the Hearer of ˹all˺ prayers.

Verse 40

رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْنِى مُقِيمَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِى ۚ رَبَّنَا وَتَقَبَّلْ دُعَآءِ ٤٠

My Lord! Make me and those ˹believers˺ of my descendants keep up prayer. Our Lord! Accept my prayers.

Verse 41 رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ ٤١

Our Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and the believers on the Day when the judgment will come to pass.”

I saw a post on here and it is so similar to what i’m going through except my boss is mad at me. I work at a cafe and we have popular options, recently we got a new supplier for some cookies, and i had to read the allergy advice and I had seen that some weren’t halal, most had gelatine in them and one had cochineal, correct me if i’m wrong but i’ve heard from my muslim friends this is haram but i’m not sure. Anyway we had some customers, i could tell they were muslim as the sister was wearing a hijab, so i informed them that the cookies aren’t halal and they just thanked me and left with a coffee. My boss witnessed this and got mad at me because he said I shouldn’t deter customers away, and if they really cared they would’ve asked, and that I was just embarrassing them. I’m so confused, i told them as there are no ingredients on the packaging as it comes from the supplier in a big box not individually wrapped and we put it in the front display, and if customers want it we put it in a plate or a little bag for a take away.

Anyway, I just wanna know from some muslims is it truly a thing where I’ve just embarrassed these customers or should I continue to tell customers. Also, I’m not sure if the variety of gelatine matters, is beef gelatine not haram and regular gelatine haram or is it both? Thanks! Sorry for my ignorance.

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?

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.

This is something I have to get off my chest.

My father passed away 2 months ago ever since then I feel empty and depressed.

I am slowly getting my life in order but there are things that are bothering me.

Whenever I mention how I am feeling to any adult, they keep repeating to pray and do dhikr and nothing else. I know that I have to pray and I am doing it, I am not stupid.

I feel like they say this to quickly get out of the conversation, I feel like they don't want to understand or sympathize but they pretend they do.

I am sure there are many who try to understand and I also know that praying and dhikr is the right thing to do and I 100% agree with it, but we should try to sympathize more.

I am a woman and I am wanna become a Muslim I don’t know where to start and I wanna be modest like wear the hijab

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.

Hey I am not a Muslim but I am very seriously considering converting.

Something holding me back is the pre Islamic origin story's. These things are not "Islamic" questions directly but Islam does rely on them being true as in my understanding Islam believes these things to be correct history.

1. I simply cant believe the story of Noah and the ark. Unless the Islamic version is different I just cant understand the whole every animal on a boat and they spread out across the earth later on story.

2. Moses and wandering the desert. No one outside of Abrahamic religion believes this happened. There is zero evidence, nothing has ever turned up in the desert. Its also logistically impossible with the amount of people claimed. There is also no evidence from the Egyptian side of any of the story of Moses ever happening and they documented everything in details. It seems to be a Jewish myth.

3. The Jewish God myth of "Yahweh". Archaeological evidence shows he was once an Canaanite idol and considered the child of "El" and his wife and it evolved into the monotheistic God "Yahweh". Are we to believe this evolved into Allah?

These are 3 very serous things holding me back from becoming Muslim. I hope my lack of understanding of Islam and its connection to these things is the issue and it can be explained. If I can wrap my had around them I think I would be able to convert as Islam its self seems so perfect but if the back history is false or unreliable then it throws off the whole thing to me as a massive doubt.

Help me here to understand this. Thanks a lot

Assalamu alaikum, it’s my first ever post on reddit because it’s literally the last thing occurred to me out of frustration. I’m sorry if I have grammatical mistakes, english is my 3rd language.

I was raised in abusing, controlling family. I moved abroad and the only possible way to escape from family to me was study. They pay for my university, but Alhamdullilah I’m working and paying for my own place, bills etc. As well as they are in the cult, where they pay money all the time for “spiritual cleaning” and going to different witches. Because of it, they literally told me that all of my accomplishments are not mine and due to their cult rituals and stuff.

They call themselves muslims, yet we have indian gods statues, they do paganism traditions they believe in Allah and Spirits. They are aware it’s haram, but choose not to believe in it and that they have their own version of Islam.

I found out last year that everything i have been taught about religion is a big lie. Because of how much they tried to force their false version of Islam and their paganism rituals, magic onto me, I wanted to leave Islam (Astaghfirullah) because I thought that Islam is what i was raised in (they are in cult since i was a kid). After year of research and learning, I started to pray this year during Ramadan, and i told this to them as a good news because I thought they would support me. First thing they said is “I hope you won’t wear niqab”. They prohibit me to pray, and told me “Live your life” and started throwing at me the most Islamophobic speeches. Yet, when my brother started to pray he received nothing but support and they brag about it to relatives (I’m a girl). Even when I did a charity and shared about it with them, they criticised it and said “don’t do it too much, don’t bring negativity and poverty around yourself”
They want me to practice only the version of Islam that is being practiced in our country and by them as well (my father prays, but in some different way).

Wallahi Azeem, I’m so tired of current situation with family and deal with them everyday, while maintaining studies, works and payments. If you have any knowledge or any advice for me I would love to hear it. Jazaak Allah Khair for listening to me and your answers.

Assalaamu Alaikum,

Just wanted to share this as I thought it was amazing, maybe I am just overanalysing but

I have been learning to recite and memorise the Quran with my Quran teacher for around 1.5 months now

And my Surah this week to learn was Az-Zalzalah. I managed to learn it about 2 days ago.

I went to the masjid to pray maghrib today after not doing so last few days and the first Surah the Imam recites is Surah Az-Zalzalah

As soon as he recited it I had chills. Maybe I’m just reading too deep into it but out of all the surahs to recite

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?

Salam. I am a new muslim and I am still learning how to pray. I find it so difficult to memorize the process of praying and I want to memorize it before I start praying. What are some tips you applied for memorising surahs and all the procedure or praying?

I also want to know If there is any easier way to pray, like a shortened way, to pray while I am still learning. I dont know arabic at all but I've memorised half of Surah Al-Fatiha.

Thank you all, Allah ma'akum❤️

Don't give up on life whether you are down spiritually, mentally or nothing working out for you. Allah always has a plan for you. I can give my example, after my O levels which I thought I did absolutely terrible and had to repeat a year or might not get readmission. Before my results had released, an hour before the results it started to heavily rain and I started to make dua since there is hadiths about making dua during rain. I just heavily started making dua and then results released and It was trillion times better than what i expected, never give up on Allah. Ibn taymiyyah rahimullah also talks about Allah having the entire picture whereas we only see the pixel of that picture.

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!

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?