Dear Fatima

What’s your struggle? What stones has life thrown your way? Everyone has them- problems that constantly linger on your mind and you just don’t know what to do about them. At Stones to Bridges, we believe that everyone should have a place to unwind and address what’s on their mind. It's time to take those stones and build your bridge.

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Should I Take a Leap?

Dear Fatima, I am an eighteen year old college freshman. I have gone astray from the path of Allah SWT in my high school years by dating and having relationships with men outside of my faith. I can’t exactly place why I did this. Maybe because I wanted and felt the need to be loved. ... Read More

Senior prom

I an 18 and male. Okay so senior prom is coming up, and I really am tempted to ask this muslim girl I like. I’ve known her for 3 years and I feel that we’ve developed a really good friendship. The knly thing about asking her to prom is Im pretty sure its against Islam ... Read More

How to help youth in my community

Dear Fatima, I’ve recently realized (both through people directly telling me about their problems and through my observation of people’s behaviors) that a lot of the youth in my community seem to be struggling with depression and/or low self esteem. While there are likely some underlying problems in their lives that has led them to this ... Read More

Torturous feelings

Assalamualaykum Dear Fatima, I am the girl who posted last 2 years here in “Against Nature”. For quite some times I live peacefully without having romantic feelings to the same gender… I try so hard to avoid it but it happen again. I swear I don’t expect this and I don’t intend it to happen. This is killing ... Read More

Thinking so hard about it that it hurts

Dear Fatima, I’m an 18 year old girl. I have posted before i’m still struggling with my cousin. She is 4 years older, came to the country a year ago from India. She keeps telling me to set boundaries and so we have; for the sake of damage control. I don’t text her/call when she ... Read More

No Interest

I am a female in my mid twenties. I want to like knowledge and activities. I have no interest in anything really.. Even if it’s as simple as reading an article. I don’t do anything. I always feel very fatigued to do anything so I feel like a potato always. Don’t really know what help ... Read More

Respecting and obeying parents

Dear Fatima, I’m an 18 year old girl and feel like i’m a very bad person. I’m extremely sad right now because of this. My parents yell at me for something every single day. They are never happy with me and it reflects back on me, so i’m not happy with myself. Then as a ... Read More

Struggling with envy and materialism

Dear Fatima, I have a huge problem. I have been trying my best to keep busy with things. I have been trying to keep myself busy with anything I can from writing activities to signing up for volunteering position over this winter break. But the ONLY thing that keeps crossing my mind is how many ... Read More

Just a bad person

Dear Fatima, I don’t know how to put it more simply than saying I feel depressed. I don’t know why but I am becoming a very bitter person day by day. I have posted on here before, I was going through a lot of pain until people reached out and helped Alhamdulillah. However, with all ... Read More

Marriage Proposal

I am almost 19 years old, and a freshman in college. A few months ago, I had a marriage proposal, and the man is still interested. I have told him many items that I am not ready for marriage, but I wonder whether I am making a mistake by not giving the opportunity a chance. ... Read More

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