Dear Fatima

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Anxiety, Depression

I have been married for the past 5 years, moved in with my husband 4 years ago. We have been living with his parents since the beginning. I was very young when I got married and wanted to do everything to make my husband happy. I still want to do that but I am struggling ... Read More

How to move on from sexual assault experienced during childhood

This is something difficult to talk about but I need to get it off my chest. I’ll get straight to it; about a year ago I came to the full realization and had accepted that I might have been sexually assaulted during my childhood. It still doesn’t exactly make sense to me because you would ... Read More

How to live as a Muslim Teenager

Dear Fatima, Assalamu alaikum. I’m a muslim teenager who suffers with serious anxiety. Recently I’ve been going through anxiety about death and have been asking dua for me to live a long life in which i can worship Allah(swt) and die a Muslim. However, the more rewards i try to gain by constant Zikr and rememberance ... Read More

I need Du’a from my fellow Muslim brothers and sisters

Dear Fatima, Salam Alaykum, I massively need Du’a from my fellow brothers and sisters. I’ve been trying to abstain from porn for almost a year now but I always find myself falling back. I pray my five daily prayers and I always seek Allah’s help. The longest streak I was able to achieve was 21 ... Read More

Really struggling with Salat and wudu, think i have ocd.

Salam. so I’m a 19 year old girl and am in my first year of university. I haven’t prayed consistently since I was about 16 or 17 years.old and I am shamed. When I was around 16 ish I somehow developed ocd like symptoms regarding wudu. I would constantly repeat it over and over thinking ... Read More

I don’t know what I’m doing with my life and I don’t know when it’s going to get better

Dear Fatima, For the past month, I have been trying to get closer to Allah. I have been through an immense amount of emotional pain. I feel like no one wants to be around me and I’m just too annoying. I have been praying day and night for weeks hoping that things will get better, ... Read More

Struggling with everyday tasks

Hello! To whoever is reading this, I hope you’re well. For the past two months, I’ve been experiencing quite a terrible depressive episode. The first month was extremely unpleasant. I couldn’t do anything at all. I couldn’t bring myself to get out of bed, to eat, to study, or even do something I enjoy like ... Read More

I’ve made horrible mistakes and wronged others

Ok I guess I start by introducing myself. I’m male and I’m 21 years approaching 22. I’m not even sure if I’m making this the correct post type etc. Anyhow, my story is very messed up and it’s possible it will trigger many people but I need advice now. I guess I should tell you ... Read More

Starting to wear hijab for the wrong reasons?

Salam Fatima I’m really hoping you read this email and offer me some sort of advice. I’m a 25 year old female living in the United States. I’m going to try to keep this email as short as possible, while still telling you all the important information. So to begin, I’m a Muslim American living ... Read More

Am the biggest Muslim sinner

Am born a muslim… i have commited this sin for almost for years now let say every week once (zina) But that never stop me from praying my daily prayers and fasting during ramadan… I have called out to Allah all the time to protect me from it… but anytime i pray for forgiveness and ... Read More

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