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I always feel this deep ache for our Afghan Shia brothers. Seeing the constant fear and hardships they have to live through everyday honestly breaks my heart. I was hoping someone could help me understand their actual situation a bit better. Does anyone know what the realistic numbers are for the Shia population over there right now? Also, I always thought the Hazara people were strictly Shia, but recently I heard there’s actually a pretty big Sunni minority among them too—is that true? If any Afghan brothers here could clear that up and share some insight, I’d really appreciate it.

Assalamu Alaykum,

I am still confused on whether the Fadila [Best] time of Asr is right after Dhuhr prayer, or is it at Asr time? I have an app "Taqalyn" show me that Fadila time of Asr ends before Asr time? Is it a mistake or not? I've seen some say that the best time for Asr is after Dhur, and some say that the best time is at Asr time, and I am still confused by this!

I also am not sure whether you can pray the Nafila of Asr, right after praying Dhuhr? Or do you need for Asr time to have come?

What about Isha? Is the best time after maghrib prayer or is the best time at Isha time? And what about Isha nafila [That you pray sitting], does it need to be performed after Isha time has come, or can you pray it after pray Isha time even though Isha time hasn't come yet?

'Arafa day is coming, and I don't know if it's best to pray Dhuhr and Asr one after one, or is it better to pray each one at their specific time!

Salam walikum everyone

I was wondering what are some deeds and “أعمال” to do on the day to get more hasanat. Like what Surah to read and what prayer to do. All I know from looking at this subreddit is that you should fast on the day.
But please let me know what else is there to be done
I’m trying to become a better person and raise the baraka in my household

Thank you in advance

I always wanted a baby ever since I was a little girl. I finally after a terrible marriage and a terrible divorce found a good man and we got married and I’m now pregnant. It’s been the worst pregnancy like alhamdullilah but I’ve been so horribly sick throughout it all and constantly in the hospital. On loads of medication that makes me feel even more ill. Have had Hyperemisis Gravidarium for 9 months aka vomiting daily for 9 months I’m in so much pain I’m miserable and on top of that we are having some of the worst family drama and worst financial problems ever. I have no idea how I will buy groceries or pay rent in the near future. I am taking things day by day hour by hour but I am crumbling. I am at my breaking point. Like alhamdullilah for everything but I am really hating life right now which sucks because this baby is like a huge answer to my duaas of a life time and stuff but honestly I don’t want anything anymore I just wanna dissapear.

I finally got to finishing this entire playlist and it felt like I was sitting in a class where people on every level of Islamic knowledge would completely understand every topic discussed. It delve in to our classical scholars and their works and views and approaches. Very very beginner level on Shia Rijal. It discussed some of the most important hadith in regards to Sharia and what goes in the mind of a Shia jurist when deriving Hadith.

https://al-islam.org/media/meaning-ijtihad-shariah-path-salvation-17

If you do not have the time at least watch videos 4, 5 & 6. And yes the quality isnt HD but its still great.

MashAllah. May Allah swt bless Maulana Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi. I wish we had access to all of his class lectures in those years would be so beneficial! Shia Toronto community is blessed.

My desires for this world, specifically the desire for a romantic relationship is currently overwhelming. It’s genuinely holding me back both mentally and spiritually. Living in the west has definitely played a role in this- just today I found myself acting COMPLETELY differently just to impress a girl who for some reason has so much influence on me whenever I see her around college (I’ve never even spoken to her 😭) As I’m writing this I appreciate how cringy it sounds but I don’t know what to do. The biggest challenge I’m struggling with is Lust. No Matter what I do I end up sinning privately and find my heart yearning for more Haram which influences how I interact socially with the opposite gender. I really want to attain true love for Allah so I can reform myself and become pious but I don’t know what I should do to achieve this, any advice is appreciated.

Salam, I’m a revert of almost two years now Alhamdulilah. I used to be Sunni but upon researching Shiism I started to have a deep connection with ahlul bayt which lead me to wanting to become Shia. The main things I’ve been having a hard time fully submitting to belief wise are the infallibility of the imams and intercession. I’m aware of the Hadith of the cloak and the Quran ayat that talks about purifying the ahlul bayt, but the thing that confuses me is in the Hadith of the cloak prophet muhammed doesn’t specify the 12 imams. These two main things made me more interested in zaydi because their beliefs align closest with my views on the issues I’m a bit stuck on. However, the majority of Shias are twelevers and I know there has to be something I’m missing here to confirm their beliefs. Does anyone have any more information that give me some more confirmation on the infallibility of the imams by any chance? And also another thing I got stuck on was the idea of praying g on turbah, I found a lot of Hadith where prophet muhammed would come back from prayer with mud on his face or pray on pebbles but the contest shows that It was raining and it was hot and that’s why he would shake pebbles and pray on those. I promise btw I’m not trying to be disrespectful at all I have much love for all sects of Islam but I just want some clarity on these things because it’s left me confused:/

I want to start this off by saying, this isn't an insult or to call anyone out. I want this to be a dialogue. I want us to speak and work together.

The world is changing, there are more of us now.

There aren't many Shia spaces on the internet. from what I know this is the biggest space?

We've been featured on Youtube Videos, I know there are scholars, famous Shias who browse here.

We even have them as active users (I wont expose them for privacy, but you've seen some of them if you pay attention)

This is such a great and phenomenal privilege.

You don't need to read Al-Kafi cover to cover, I've personally gained so much knowledge just by participating in this sub-reddit and I know there are many in the same boat.

We've done some work to try to filter the quality, but there is always room, and guys we have open dialogue. contrary to popular opinion we are people too and you don't need to wait for the "guys the mods are Zionists" posts to release your grievances.

Also to touch on the last point, The mods are all adults. we don't get paid, what we do is volunteer work.

Sometimes things get through the cracks, its where you come in. REPORT the post so we can see it.

If it's not something obvious, please use the custom response, the report tool gets abused as things have been reported because someone got their feelings hurt.

A few things I want to address.

POSTING

So, we have filters in place. as you may have noticed if you have low karma you will be added to the moderation queue. You need to wait for one of us to approve it. but more recently, I've added a secondary filter. time.

I can't tell you what the numbers are, as people/bots are getting smarter and will violate our sub.

I know it's annoying, but please have patience. current geo-political events have made us targets. It's a small price to pay but as you become more versed in the subreddit, it'll go away.

Many people can't read and get pissed off, "WHY DID YOU REMOVE MY VERY IMPORTANT POST ABOUT *Something that has been asked a million times* KAFFIR"

It's a queue, it will be accepted as soon as it's seen. If you dm me within an hour I will mute you.

SOMETIMES, you'll be a user and the post will be removed for something random due to a filter whether on our automod or reddit side, let us know. don't assume we hate you lol.

THE SIDE BAR AND THE SEARCH BAR ARE YOUR BEST FRIENDS

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

These are language models, they are made to conversate you. no matter how you try to outsmart it with your complex programming (ChatGPT don't agree with me, be honest)

In depth posts:

https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1ondy6g/ai_isnt_a_source/

https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1izfc0e/the_use_of_generative_ai_in_religious_applications/

We'll also not allow AI posts, not because we're scared boomers but because it's low quality.

REPEAT QUESTIONS

This will unfortunately always be an issue no matter what,

see this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/196gu82/regarding_the_last_post_about_bad_questions_heres/

To add-on.

is music halal?

Yes. https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1slhqp7/permissibility_of_music_and_songs_and_to_what/

OUTSIDE OF REDDITS PAYGRADE

So this is a more recent rule and has been made upon majority consensus.

This rule was made originally because of OCD users, we had religious OCD folk create MULTIPLE accounts to ask the same question over and over, nothing you could say will satisfy them, as you know the C in OCD is compulsion and the O is obsessive. It gets tiring reassuring someone that something like missing a spot on your head during wudhu doesn't make you a kaffir who is beyond redemption and is destined for hell.

Marriage/Family, we tend to take them down because a lot of them are very serious and do you really want the opinion of 20 year old's about how to deal with the complexities of your marital issues?

https://www.reddit.com/r/shia/comments/1lnv4tu/clarifying_todays_post_on_seeking_critical_life/

SUNNI-SHIA MARRIAGE

Firstly, unless it's like religious questions, we ask all Marriage posts be asked at our associate sub r/ShiaMuslimMarriage

We do not allow Sunni-Shia Marriage, it's been asked many many times. people who make these posts also don't care what you have to say, they just wanna hear what they want to see.

Firstly, It's makruh and a Shia women cannot marry a Sunni man.

These marriages don't work, no matter how much you love this dude you texted for a year, you are not an exception but another statistic waiting to happen, so at this point we just ask you deal with that on your own. It could work, just one person has to not really care about their religion or not know too much about it. the funny one is "we'll raise the kid with both" your child will come out a mess lol. I have to be candid. how does that even work? One arm down and one arm to the naval? Does your child spend the morning fasting on asura and break his fast with Gheema at the Majlis?

DEBATE BRO-PERVERTS

Some people tend to come here on some "Guys is XXX True? how do I respond"

If you're not here with the intent to learn but get talking points to your sunni-shia tiktok argument, you can do that elsewhere

NOT LIKING A RULING/WHAT SOMEONE SAID

Some people get REALLY nasty, They'll ask something and when they get a ruling or response they don't like it'll go down to personal attacks.

THE DOWNVOTES

It doesn't mean you're wrong, it just means you said something and someone didn't like it, I wish we could share our thoughts on why we didn't like that comment/post but that might be asking too much 😄

TREATING OTHERS WITH RESPECT

This is a non-negotiable. don't attack people or create your little groups to jump someone cause you don't like them.

USER BEHAVIOUR

Guys I really don't like banning people, but some of you can't back down. take the hints please 😄

RULINGS MUTAH/TATBIR

I've had to ban people for this one unfortunately, Keep your opinion to yourself stop arguing with religious rulings by #girlbossing it. If you want to call something haram provide the ruling or it'll be removed. stop trying to appease to people/groups who already don't like us whether we do it or not. If you don't like it keep it moving and don't participate in it 😄

To avoid further conflict, we just decided to completely ban Mutah posts as it's been answered there's not much else to say that hasn't been said. I'll wait for Muharam for the new and never been discussed tatbir posts.

RAMBLE ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK

It's not productive, it just causes a lot of fights. It's boring. write a blog.

MEN ONLY/WOMEN ONLY POSTS

NoFap has been done to death, MANY dedicated subreddits. and for the Sisters, its for your own sake to not do it here because men will respond anyway and not every girl here is a girl, we've caught many girls being men. r/shiasisters if that's still a thing, could we make it more private?

MEMES

Let's try to keep those posts at r/ShiaMemes

LOW EFFORT POSTS

"THOUGHTS" will get removed, it's boring ask a question. "IS THIS TRUE" why not do .5 seconds of research?

DO I HAVE TO LIKE OR SUPPORT THIS COUNTRY

No, It's not a condition of being a muslim. just think outside the box and not your uncles political rants. If this country is standing up for the region and protecting us why would you oppose them?

IS *SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED* A SIGN OF A THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT?

No it's not, this thing has happened for the last 1400 years.

REDDIT SITE RULES AND TERMS OF SERVICES

Stop being bait, stop going on rants about topics that are protected on this site, Freedom of Speech isn't a thing when you agreed to a site's rules when you signed up

IS VOTING HARAM?

It's crazy you can vote tbh, and why its equal to mine (jokes)

IS ___ HARAM?

What do you think?

SHIRK BIDAH SHIRK BIDAH

Stop listening to salafis on tiktok, if you aren't attributing something to Allah it's not Shirk.

CAN I POST MY GOFUNDME? I NEED HELP

Unfortunately most people are liars so we can't take the risk, we will make dua for you.

CAN I POST MY APP CAN YOU PROMOTE ME

If we don't know you, and you're not an active sub we won't promote you, I've actually been debating on banning these posts. we have no idea who you are or how you'll use that data.

DMS

I can't moderate the dms, there are people who lie about being Shia and will try to build relations with you, and use you for something. it's best to just ignore them. there have been so many incidents that I outright don't accept dms unless I know you

RELYING ON USERS/THIS SUB AS MARJA

This is a double edged sword, Ethics isn't a mod, and doesn't get special privilege's. he is not a marja but some people overly rely on him and take his words as Law, no offence to him, but he can't handle that responsibility. Have you also noticed he gets his info from links and sites? he read just like you can. expand your knowledge literacy is dangerously low.

BLACK MAGIC AND THE MYSTIC ARTS

Idk bro, just go ask your auntie, see a shaman exorcist or mental health professional idk man

It's getting late, I'm tired leave your comments below. let;'s talk or forever hold your peace or wait till the next "THE MODS ARE ZIONISTS" posts.

Salam, I have been meaning to ask: how many of you read the third shahada in namaz? Is this a common practice? If so, what evidence is there to support reading the third shahada during namaz? Is this more of a cultural practice, especially in Pakistan? I’ve done quite a bit of research myself, but I would like to hear different perspectives, as I had never come across this before until recently.

Thank you.

What to do for my impossible dua to be accepted. Plz tell everything I will do it.

Assalamu Alaikum my brothers and sisters, I have been in hospital for almost a month now and I need to perform ghusl for after haydh but due to the fact I have had surgery I have 3 waterproof dressings on my abdomen that is covering the surgical scars and I am unable to take them off right now. If I do ghusl will it be valid or do I have to wait until the dressings are off in order to do ghusl and resume prayers? Ayatollah Khamenei (Allah Yerhamo) is my Marja. Jzk

If there is a chance of cross contamination of halal chicken with haram. Can you still have it?

Assalamu Aleikum
Six months ago, alhamdulillah, I embraced Islam. What I've learned has been within Sunni Islam, from the Hamafi school. I've spent time at the madrasa learning all I can, but I've been curious all my life, and lately I've been reading a lot about Shi'ism. I'd like to learn more, especially if you have any resources in Spanish or know of any. Here in Latin America, it's difficult to learn, and even more so about Shi'ism.

My aunts dying I’m going to be 27 I’m autistic I’m a virgin I don’t want to marry for at least 10 years and I have to be in Pakistan for over week insufferable weeks

I know people will bring their daughters to try and marry me so they can get a green card, me and my brother.

So Islamically speaking can I just be rude and or ignore the women there ?

I don’t care about them, apart from my dying aunt

(Question above)

If you dislike something, that is 100% your opinion and that is fine.

Whether the topic is Mutah or Matam people tend to go crazy and everyone is reporting eachother and go crazy and despite popular belief I really don’t like banning people. ((Its only really happened when someone refuses to back down and calls something haram when its not))

Unless outright prohibited in the quran, a hadith or our Marja, lets not make rulings Also, alot of these things are cultural.