Dear Fatima

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Women in Islam

I am an 18 year old Shia Muslim girl. I am having many doubts about Islam and monotheistic religions. I have read that a Muslim wife must obey her husband and that is the key to paradise for a woman. My mom says that the obedience only refers to the wife making herself sexually available ... Read More

Troubles with Wudu and Salah

I am an 18-year-old girl who has trouble with wudu and prayer. I have posted before but I am having trouble again. I feel that I am doing all of my wudus and salahs wrong. With that, I feel that I will not succeed in my studies unless I do the wudu and salah right. ... Read More

Marrying young and having kids later

I am a young woman who is interested in getting married in the near-future, but I wish to continue my education and develop a career. Therefore, I wish to have kids in my late 20s or early 30s. I am worried if there are any religious Muslim men who have the same way if thought; ... Read More

Tired and in huge need of help

Dear Fatima, I am a 17 year old girl struggling with family relationships. I never understood my low self-confidence but now I’m certain that the source of it must be my father. I absolutely abhor him at this point and am trying to repair myself but the more I tell myself to let him fight ... Read More

Unibrows on Men

I am an 18-year-old Iranian girl. This is a trivial matter, but I really do not like unibrows on men. My mother told me that no religious, Iranian man would ever remove his unibrow, but I don’t understand why. I know that different cultures have different customs, but why is it associated with religiosity? Did ... Read More

Issues with my Mother

I am a high school senior and I am sometimes lazy with my homework. I procrastinate so much and get distracted on the internet. My mother complains a lot and she does not stop when she starts. I have seen a lot of physical abuse in my family and although it deeply upsets me, I ... Read More

Romance and Marriage

I am an 18 year old girl and I think of myself as a romantic. I watch television shows and read books about romance, but from my knowledge, watching kissing scenes is haram. I truly want to marry as soon as the right opportunity comes. I do not have many requirements for a husband, such ... Read More

I don’t want to have any biological children

I am an 18 year old female and although I know my decisions can change in the future, I don’t want any biological children. I want to foster children instead; there are so many poor children out there, such as many Chinese abandoned baby girls. Some Muslims have told me that I should still have ... Read More

verge of suicide/permanent panic attack mode because of my CARELESS family

Dear Fatima, in the simplest words, I have a careless family. Well, I have to say that my little brother is loving for the most part but my sister is horrifyingly rude and she is so crappy that she ignores me all the time, thinking she is cool. And whenever I am in the middle ... Read More

Heartbroken

Dear Fatima, I am a senior in high school, turning 18 in a few days, and I still think about a college sophomore boy whom I had very deep feelings for when I was a sophomore in high school. I know now that we were never supposed to be friends because he is a non-mahram ... Read More

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