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Greetings fellow redditors,

My name is André Moreira and I come from Portugal a catholic country. My upbringing was Christian oriented and I was baptized and learned how to pray the Christian way. I am not much of a believer in the supernatural and I struggle having faith. I have been to prison once in my life for a month in Austria as I was caught by the police sleeping under a tree without my documents. This happened because I has lost my documents like my ID card in the Czech Republic. When I was in prison I had seven roommates and most of them were from Arab countries like Sudan, Egypt and Syria. They prayed everyday on a praying rug and finally they told me to pray with them. I did what they told me to do and I prayed like three times. I remember feeling high after praying like I had been purified or something like that. It was an unbelievable sensation and I had not taken any drugs whatsoever. I have tried praying alone but I have not achieved the same state of mind. Do you also feel high after praying the salah? I am asking this because I find Islam interesting and this experience I had was one of a kind thing that I do not recall having previously. It was like magic. It felt so good I wanted to pray with them again.

Thank you for reading and have a nice one!

Excuse my bad English, but I don’t think I can do this anymore.

I have been having problems with my health for the past five years and nothing is working.

Every doctor I go to tells me that it’s minor but I feel pain everyday 24/7.

I make dua every single day that I gag cured but I also make dua to hopefully die soon.

I don’t know what to do any more and my resources are limited.

Please make dua and pray that I get cured soon because I feel like a walking corpse.

Thank you.

I seen a x post where the boys charecter call a person as prophet brohammed. They are mocking our prophet Mohammed.

Hello! I'm an outsider. I'm sure you could tell by my post's title. I was raised in a secular home, and I recently found God. I had been looking into faith for a long time, and I was always interested in learning both about Islam and about Christianity. I follow Christian teachings and the Christian God, but that might be because the people around me are mostly Christians. They're the only spiritual guidance I've known. I know almost nothing about Islam, so if anyone is willing to give me a crash course, I'd be happy to learn! I am open to listening. I'll start with some questions I have and rumors I've heard, in case anyone is willing to explain:

I know you believe in Jesus and His word, but to what extent? Is he just another prophet/messiah, or is he part of God and is God part of him?

I've heard Muslim women aren't supposed to pray while menstruating. Is this true, and if it is, what is behind this belief?

Do Muslim men tend to have multiple wives, or is that just a myth?

What does everyday life look and feel like for a Muslim woman? (I don't ask because of any prejudice, I ask because I, as a woman, would like to know what it would be like to follow Allah).

Is it true that 'Allah' is just the Arabic word for 'God'? If so, why do English-speaking Muslims use the Arabic word?

I also heard that Muslims believe God transcends gender, so you often change the pronouns from time to time when speaking of Him (Her?). Is this true?

Also, just for fun, If you could tell non-believers one thing about your faith, what would it be?

A few months ago, I was doing some research on the circadian rhythm. I discovered that Islamic prayers (even though I am non-practicing myself) synchronize perfectly with specific moments of the day: a sort of 'zeitgeber' (literally a 'time giver'). 5 prayers, 5 crucial anchoring points for the circadian rhythm.

The first prayer of the day starts between 1h and 1h30 before sunrise. It’s a pretty magical moment having experienced it myself over the last few months a peaceful, crisp time, suspended outside of the usual rush and commotion. This specific moment allowed me to get back into writing. Then comes the sunrise, marking the end of Fajr, which begins a wide arc stretching all the way to the second prayer (Dohr). This prayer perfectly pinpoints the middle of the day, the solar noon, where the sun reaches its highest point in the sky and begins its descent toward the west. Next is the third prayer (Asr), where the sun's descent becomes very pronounced: casting long shadows in a softer, golden light. This moment concludes when the shadows completely vanish while the air remains bright, leading up to the sunset, where the sky is still clear but gradually darkens. This brings us to the fourth prayer (Maghrib), a fairly short window as well, lasting a little over an hour just like the first dawn prayer. It’s the exact moment when the body begins secreting melatonin to prepare itself for sleep. And finally, it ends with the fifth prayer which heralds the total night, the time of Isha, the last prayer of the day a moment to disconnect one last time from the hustle and bustle of life, and go to sleep.

This discovery motivated me to build a tool a memo and notepad for these moments of light. Since then, I haven't missed a single Fajr (and I used to be a complete night owl...) and I can truly feel my circadian rhythm syncing up with the natural light.

salaaaaat sundial

Im not sure if its possibly the parts of reddit and the internet I am on. But it genuinely feels as if a lot of posts even on the most random of subreddits have begun finding ways to attack or degrade Islam.

A lot of the stereotyping and criticisms also come from issues within the countries own law and enforcement rather than the faith but its tiring to see how extensive islamaphobia has gotten even on non political subreddits.

Assalamualaikum, my father just past away on the 18th due to sudden heart attack. He was the only one i had in my life. Alhamdulillah, i was there with him throughout. He was a very kind hearted man. Life in this world will never ever be the same again for me. May allah help me to overcome this grieve. I am requesting for your doa. May allah bless him with jannatul firdaus.

So back in middle school i was in a strict islamic school it was an obligation to wear the hijab, long sleeves long skirt, memorize the quran everyday, you get the deal. So every 2 weeks on exactly friday the girls would be led to the bathroom to do a "period inspection" so the deal is, the teachers would hand us a tissue one by one, and we would enter the bathroom, rub it on our private area and shows it to teacher to prove that we are on our period. As to why there has to be an inspection is because while everyone is praying the girls who has their period would just sit on the back so thats why some might lie i guess. I told my mom recently about it after i changed schools and she got silent and told me i shouldve told her sooner. Back then i dindt see a problem with it but now i felt weird thinking about it now. It makes me uncomfortable.

Are all islamic schools like this? If so then maybe im just overreacting and turns out this ritual is normal.

Assalamualaikum, I just wanted to share my experience and perhaps gain an opinion or two on how to manage my situation. And before I say anything I really hope that everything I say does not expose any of my sins and I will try to filter as much as possible.

I’ve been dealing with an ongoing medical condition ever since 2023/2024. And It was managable, but not to the point that it was comfortable for me to live, sleep or work with full focus.

Ever since I finished going to my islamic school (12/13yrs old) up until just before this ramadhan (20) I wasn’t a practicing muslim, and I even commited a major sin which still makes me depressed and feel unforgivable, but I still try my best to have hope in the mercy of Allah SWT.

During Ramadhan, I tried to change my ways. Stop bad habits, and im still trying to get off tht major sin. Right after I started changing myself, by Allah’s Decree my medical condition got much much worse. I can barely eat without hurting, can barely move, rarely go outside, and have to use tayammum, things like that.

Its been about 2 months since Ive been dealing with this, and I had so much planned to try and make it up to Allah in hopes that he forgives me for these sins like going to the masjid everyday or organizing charity, but now due to my condition those plans are now 10x harder to do. Ive gotten to the point where Im having suicidal thoughts ( Im not sure if having these thoughts is forbidden, if so please tell me )

Im just wondering, am I being punished for the things I have done? I repent and repent, and things get worse. how can I try to pass by each day with more strength, how do I have more tawakkul in Allah, when everyday it gets worse and worse?