Dear Fatima

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Being in love with an agnostic

So i like a guy thinking he was muslim (he is born in a muslim family) and then realized he is not religious. He only revealed that when i asked him to marry me, and i was already in love. He is one of my close friends. But he promised me that our children will ... Read More

am i a disbeliever for my views on lgbt?

salamalaikum, i am a young woman who was raised in the us and adopted very liberal beliefs as i grew up, including supporting lgbt rights. i thought it didnt matter how nonmuslims lived since they are nonmuslim anyway, though of course i understand that muslims have to follow shariah and i don’t reject that. lately ... Read More

Lost in disguise

17 year old , girl, Pakistani, college student. am 17 year old, fighting through suicidal thoughts all the time. I have planned many suicide attempts since childhood but was never that serious and committed on doing it. Some days ago , I really gave up , wrote goodbye letters to my closest ones, offered salat ... Read More

Finding Love?

I am 21 and I’m a girl. The thing that I want most is to find love. To have a partner who I can just enjoy time with and laugh with and feel connected to. I want to do things the right way, the Islamic way, but I feel lost. I don’t know how to ... Read More

How to deal with an exhausting family member?

I am 17 female living with my parents and siblings. For basically my whole life my father has been mentally chipping away at me, calling me names, invalidating my mental health issues, he yells often, and he is stubborn in that he refuses to apologize or take any accountability for what he does. Recently I’ve ... Read More

Should I get married even though I don’t want to?

Hi I’m 20 years old and my parents are trying to force me to marry my cousin who’s 31 years old. According to my parents he prays 5 times a day and he’s just overall a good person but I just do not want to marry right now especially him. I grew up abroad and ... Read More

parents relationship

assalamu alaykum, im a female, 17 yo (18 in july), and a couple days ago i found out that my mom cheats on my dad, through text. what hurts the most is that when she was texting that bastard she called me to log out of her account since it was opened on my laptop, ... Read More

I really want the Islamic ruling on this situation I’m going through

Asalamualakium I had this problem with my dad basically I’m in his care well in his custody I’m only 15 years so one I can’t travel alone and I’m a muslimah so I have to have a Muhram and i told him I wanted to see my mom because he took me away from her ... Read More

Marriage phobia due to CPTSD

I am struggling with CPTSD due to childhood emotional neglect and sexual abuse. It remained repressed for my adulthood and I recovered my memories only a few years back. My whole world has turned upside down. Before diagnosis, I had a career path in my mind and hoped to eventually get married some day. But ... Read More

Fasting and mental health/Abusive toxic mother

“Assalamualaikum 21F I’m not fasting during Ramadan this year. I never thought I’d reach a point where my mental health would stop me from observing it. I struggle with depression and CPTSD, and I’ve been struggling since I was 12. I managed to fast for the first five days, but on the sixth, I had ... Read More

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