Dear Fatima, I found myself writing to you after scrolling through my facebook list, and my phonebook feeling as if I have no one to reach out to about my problems. This is just a desperate plea because I really don’t know who to turn to. When I was a child, I was sexually abused ... Read More
You don’t yet know what wonderful gifts you have to give. All those people around you that look so together are not. You have only begun life as an adult with the power to choose. We all make bad choices on occasion. Sometimes even in the name of faith. The pain of feeling like you ... Read More
Asalamu alaikum Fatima, I am a student in college top grades, family, and many good things happening to me. I have just converted a few years ago to Islam and now I am very close to leaving it. I see so much good in this religion and none in me, people just feel sorry for ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I just found out that a cousin of mine who is 16 years old and lives overseas (in South Asia) has been going a little out of control, and I honestly don’t think she’s just going through a ‘teenage rebellion.’ Not only is she failing classes (as she has been doing for years), ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I have a friend who is an amazing person. She is extremely talented, intelligent, caring, compassionate, and kind. She has been a good friend of mine for a few years now and in all the time that I have known her, I have only known her to be a kind-hearted person. While this ... Read More
Hello All, I really needed to vent so here it is. I’m 18 and a hijabi, and while some Muslims my age date, I have always had a firm stance to not partake in it. However, now that I’m in college it has become increasingly difficult. Who doesn’t love attention? And constantly being complimented? And ... Read More
Loving one person and being loved by that person is the most important thing for your happiness, or even life. We hear this everyday. We see this everywhere, so regularly that the thought begins to come to us without our even being aware of it. And it’s so hard to escape this concept when you’re ... Read More
Dear Fatima, It says in the Qur’an that “Impure women are for impure men, and impure men are for impure women; pure women are for pure men, and pure men are for pure women.” [24:25] Does that mean that for those of us who have committed wrongdoings, such as dating, will not receive righteous pure ... Read More
Dear Fatima, I’ve always known to take the high road in life but for the past 2 years; that hasn’t been the case with me. Growing up in Texas i had very strong opinions about things and never gave in to any sort of peer pressure in all my high school years. I never drank ... Read More
Since I was a child, I’ve always been one to ask questions. Now I think I might have asked too many. When I was a young boy, I came across some anti-Islamic material. Needless to say, these things shocked me with their slander of our deen and our prophet (saws). Since then, my life has ... Read More
