Dear Fatima, I am a 18 year old male about to head to college. Since reaching my teenage years, masturbation has been a struggle for me. Until now it had been a normal, daily thing. Recently I have learned that it is a terrible sin. It has also affected me physically, leading to abdominal pains. ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m a 19 year old girl in the U.S. I’m having a very hard time controlling and stopping my jealousy. The prophet Muhammad S.A.W even said that jealousy burns good deeds as fire burns wood. I do not want my good deeds to go away Fatima. Please help me. I have been so ... Read More
I have three issues I would like to resolve, or at least receive some input on: I am a twenty-one year old Muslima who was born to a Hispanic mother, but raised by an Arab mother whom I consider my mom, and my father is Arab as well. My family life has always been amazing ... Read More
I been going through different things in life the past years. My confidents issue, my anxiety, the panic attack that I get sometimes being around people which makes me start acting wired and it make my heart sad and think to myself why can I not be like those other girls act normal with confidents or have ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’m a 19 year old girl. I want to make Allah my best friend so this Ramadan and even now i’m really striving to keep myself close to Him. However, I cannot stop thinking about how crazy my life is right now with zero friends. First of all, my friends group that I ... Read More
Salam, I am almost 16 and I struggle with 2 things. Masturbation and my sexual identity. When it first happened I only did it every once in a while now it has gotten to the point where I am doing it 2-3 every single month. I know this is haram but I can’t stop myself. I ... Read More
As Salam aleikum. I am female – 30 years old. I got married six years ago and have two beautiful kids. In these six years, I moved to the US from the middle east about three years ago while my husband stayed in the Middle East. I moved because of my job ( I am ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I am a 24 year old heterosexual single Muslim female. I have suffered from binge eating disorder since I was 15 years old. I don’t purge and I don’t take laxatives. My eating disorder therapist told me that fasting may not be the best for me because it’s not good for an eating ... Read More
I am 22 year old Sunni girl and I am in love with Ismaili Muslim boy. I fell in love with him last year. We started dating and soon I had sex with him. I was a virgin girl before and I really regretted after that. I cried for nights and asked for forgiveness but ... Read More
Aa Fatima, I’m not sure why I decided to post here.. I’ve been on this site countless of times and even leave comments from time to time. But I’ve never shared anything of my own. I’m a 23 year old hijabi who will be graduating from college this year, and soon to be married as ... Read More