Questions Answered

Q: How do I navigate Islam as a female convert/revert that has been married to a Non Muslim man for a longer time than being Muslim? It seems pointless to be Muslim when I am being told I should leave the only man that has ever allowed and encouraged me to practice Islam and that […]

Q: What is dua in Islam? Is Allah’s name ‘Love’? A: Dua means to call out and beg for something earnestly. Whenever you want something, you make dua. I like to think of dua as simple prayer. Simply raise your hands, and ask Allah (swt) earnestly for what you want in life. Every religion makes

Q: Is there any benefit in listening to the Quran without understanding it? A: Yes. There is a parable: Listening or reading the Qur’an without understanding the meaning is like trying to take water using a woven basket. Although you won’t be able to take any water with it, you clean the basket in the

Q: I am losing my faith in Allah and I started having doubts in Allah, and I get thoughts about Kure and shirk. I feel like I am committing shirk of belief, and I am afraid of Allah that I will go to hell forever, which kills me from inside, and I have a long

Q: Assalam Alaykum, I am a Muslim teen and have always believed in Islam. However, I have been wondering how we know that we’re following the right religion. I am not going against Islam and promise to stay a Muslim my whole life. I have 2 reasons for asking this question, the first reason is

Q: I find it more comfortable to pray alone, so when my brother walked by today, I felt shy and decided to pause and pray later. Would this invalidate my prayers? A: Of course it does not invalidate your prayers. Allah (swt) knows that you are trying to pray and that is the most important

Q: I know that a person may be held accountable for leading others to sin or harm. I am trying to be different than how I was in the past, but I don’t know if Allah will forgive me for those things, especially if some people might still be doing it, maybe even some people

Q: I am engaged to my cousin. Recently, I came to know that she is having an affair with another cousin of ours. She accepted her mistake, and she was sorry for that, but she still wants to marry me. I am pretty sure that she had an intimate relationship with him, but she denied

Q: I’m a revert, and my coworker is not well off. I bought their kids a fair bit of presents around the end of November, and they are using them as Christmas presents. I was wondering if this is considered haram or not if I do it next year. A:  That is beyond kind of

Q: Do I have to sever ties of kinship with my non muslim family? There are many other verses too that pertain to this matter. But my situation is that my Father is not a Muslim and he is a civil servant in the air force, and my Wife’s Father is a polytheist (a Christian)