u/zainomer

Yaar I’ve been listening to sufi spell “Maikada” by Samie Muhammad heavily these past couple days. But a few days ago I had a pretty long dream.

Quick context: a person came to me in the dream and said “Don’t listen to Maikada, it’s shirk… and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent me to tell you this.

Now I already know, if the Prophet ﷺ doesn’t appear himself and some third party is relaying the message, it’s not binding. Shetan can’t take the Prophet’s ﷺ actual form, but he can send a messenger in a dream. So technically the dream alone isn’t daleel.

But then I actually looked at the lyrics…

“Maula-e-Kainaat (A.S) aur awaz de mujhe Ay Jibrail (A.S) quwwat-e-parvaaz de mujhe”

This is a direct appeal to Jibrail A.S. asking him to grant something. Du’a is ibadah we all know this. So how is this not shirk in du’a?

I get that Samie Muhammad uses metaphors, but when the structure of the line itself is a sincere appeal… that’s not really a metaphor anymore is it?

I haven’t listened to it since that day. Mind is genuinely unsettled.

Is my concern valid or am I overthinking? Would love to hear from people with actual Islamic knowledge, not just “bro it’s just poetry relax.”

I’m currently 308 lbs and I really want to be in shape. The biggest challenge is that I’m a freelancer, so I spend most of my day sitting in my room working.

Back in 2023, I committed to walking 10,000 steps every day, along with going to the gym. I started at 297 lbs and got all the way down to 255 lbs. 🥲

But one mistake completely broke my consistency, and I never got back into the routine.

Now I’m trying to start again, but I’m wondering:
Can walking alone help me to back in the shape? And at my current (308 lbs), how many steps per day would be enough to see real progress?

I’d really appreciate advice from anyone who’s been in a similar situation.

Am I overthinking?

I did it once. I believe I can do it again.