I'm not married currently. I don't ask these questions to be rude. I'm just genuinely curious. So, for any brothers out there who have two wives or more...

● How have you managed to stay sane? Because having one wife requires a lot of effort already.

● How do you make sure all of your wives are happy and satisfied?

● What made you decide to marry again?

● Do your wives have different qualities you appreciate in a complimentary sense?

● What are the positives and negatives of polygamy compared to monogamy?

Hello guys please help me , I feel stressed .

So idk proper years for this incidence
But , I will say the story in university years ( semesters )

Now since I started praying , I was so religious , every time I fall in a trouble I go back to god and ask him to pull me out of it ,

And if I am sad I would pray and ask him to make me happy

I loved god so much

I read Quran
Did nawafel
Loved ahlul al bait
And everything about my religion

But when I got in to the fourth semester here is where the problem started .

I use to study so much , but one professor would cut my marks for no reason.
So I would cry to god and tell god that “ why are u not blessing me anymore , despite my hard work and constant praying , why does that proff keep cutting my marks . “

I used to study and prepare hard for that subject but idk what’s wrong with the proff
I donot like to close marks cause it affects gpa that’s all , this is why I cried , and I studied so hard , so losing marks was hard for me , especially when I prepared hard .

So day by day I started giving up on the idea that prayers will change anything

I started saying stuff like
I am an atheists
Religion is bad
Etc etc
Saying bad stuff about god and everything
Including saying bad stuff for both Sunni and Shia things and even Christianity

I became an atheist by thoughts

Despite all this

I never stopped praying for one day

I prayed everyday , on time .
Despite the faith being zero

Anyways after few months I realized that what am saying is wrong

So started repenting

For 3-4 months now I am repenting on all the things I said on religion .

I never spoke again , even when angry , I shut my mouth .

Now as I am in fifth semester .

ZERO blessings .
ZERO

I study so hard
Prepare notes
Answer properly . (We have mostly oral exams )
I donot do a single mistake while answering
And never look at my notes or phone while answering

Despite all of this

The professors keep cutting my marks .

For four weeks now , ( it’s the fourth week in fifth semester ) i realized that i am not blessed cause of my previous months actions .

But I was lying to my self saying that no, maybe it’s my fault I didnot prepare properly

But I opened my eyes
My preparation is good

It’s that god is not blessing me anymore

لقد طردني من رحمته؟
Is this true

Will god never forgive me ?

Even I repent again

Salam Alakum brothers and sisters, I hope you’re doing well.
There is this video on YouTube that I would use to help pray salat al layl, when I went to my playlist as usual today, I was that the videos have been unlisted.

This is what the animation looked like, some another Chanel called Noor Education have also posted them but they’re in English and I’m looking specifically for the Arabic version, and the Chanel was Arabic and it had an animated man praying instead.

If someone can help me find the video or the channel I will be very grateful.

Jazakum Allah Khair

Salam fellow Muslims,

I conducted a marriage-related istikhara and Surah Al-Ahzab, Verse 52 was the outcome. I would appreciate any answers on if it's a good or bad istikhara, plus any commentary on why that might be the case. JazakAllah Khair!

Hello ive came across certain narrations on Instagram. Al-Kāfī, volume 5, page 481. titled "“Chapter on a man who marries his female slave to his male slave, then desires her.” And they look to be authentic so i was wondering whats up here

[باللغة العربية]

من أهم وظائف المنتظرين في عصر الغيبة الدعاء بالثبات على الدين.

عن الإمام الصادق (عليه السلام) لزرارة:

«يا زُرارَةُ، إن أدرَكتَ ذلِكَ الزَّمانَ فَادعُ بِهذَا الدُّعاءِ: اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفني نَفسَكَ؛ فَإِنَّكَ إن لَم تُعَرِّفني نَفسَكَ لَم أعرِف نَبِيَّكَ، اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفني رَسولَكَ؛ فَإِنَّكَ إن لَم تُعَرِّفني رَسولَكَ لَم أعرِف حُجَّتَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ عَرِّفني حُجَّتَكَ؛ فَإِنَّكَ إن لَم تُعَرِّفني حُجَّتَكَ ضَلَلتُ عَن ديني».

لمصدر: الكافي، ج ١، ص ٣٣٧

[English Translation]

One of the most important duties of the waiting believers during the Occultation is praying for steadfastness in faith.

Imam Al-Sadiq (as) said to Zurarah:

"O Zurarah, if you reach that time, then supplicate with this prayer:

'O Allah, make me know Yourself, for if You do not make me know Yourself, I will not know Your Prophet. O Allah, make me know Your Messenger, for if You do not make me know Your Messenger, I will not know Your Proof. O Allah, make me know Your Proof, for if You do not make me know Your Proof, I will deviate from my religion.'"

Source: Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Page 337

Note: Translation assisted by AI and verified by the poster. Please gently correct me if there are any unintended errors.

Aslam alaykum, some important background regarding me is that I am a Pakistani Shia, and why that’s relevant to being up is because we always hear about the story of another daughter of Imam Hussain (as) — Bibi Fatima Sughra (sa) who was too unwell to travel along her father’s caravan to Kufa. Generally the eulogies or nohay about her focus on this relationship of her not being with her family in Karbala. One noha I always listen to is Akbar Veeran Nanay De Rozay Jaa K. So you can probably imagine my surprise, during my Hadith understanding journey, when I read online from either Twelver Shia communities the claim there is no narrations regarding her and that she’s a made-up character Astagfirullah. Even an Ammar Nakshawani blog affirmed he could not find any information regarding her, but was still nuanced in his take.

I could not believe that she could not exist for many reasons: firstly, not everything has been accurately preserved to the detail despite us having most of the knowledge, secondly, where there are lapses in our known knowledgeable we can use objective reasoning as laid out by our faith, and, thirdly, the plethora of consistent emotional traditions especially in the subcontinent community for someone that couldn’t exist seems impossible to me. I refused to believe she couldn’t exist and left it up to Allah (swt) knowing my intentions were good.

However, as I was reading through posts on Al-Islam, I came across a blog post asking about “Lady Fatima Al-Aleela (sa).” I was perplexed because I’ve never heard such a name nor title before. Then, putting two and two together I realized this was another title in which we referred to Bibi Fatima al-Sughra (sa). Following the post in mind and the reply to it by Sayed Shobayri, it turns out yes there are existence of narrations regarding her, and it can be found. The narrations about her originate to Al-Khwarizimi’s Maqtal Imam Hussain (as) by way of Muffadal bin Umar to Imam Zayn al Abideen (as). Al-Khwarzimi’s maqtal has been invaluable to Shia scholars as he was a Sunni scholar penning a Maqtal (naturally a task a Shia scholar does in this case) and it’s one of the oldest ones that holds acceptable chains in the Shia rijal.

That is to say I am not stating all narrations are authentic or immediately judging rijal, no, that is not my place, but merely to show my surprise that, yes, even with doubt Allah (swt) guides us to an answer. Even if I did not see these narrations before, my faith was still strong, but having that historical foundation established easily made me deter from any sort of “noo this story is hearsay” and only served to answer my doubts. Do not judge hadiths absolutely and dismiss something unless you’re somehow proficient in it (which wouldn’t be possible to the average common people like us), listen to what the scholars have said about it, and come to a rational conclusion.