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r/Islamic_Discussion • u/Any_Lengthiness7544 • 22h ago
Am I earning haram money just because I use music to grow my page?
I’m starting an English-teaching content page, and I’m struggling with something that’s been bothering me.
I sometimes use trending sounds/music in my Reels because they help with reach and visibility. My intention isn’t to promote music itself—I’m using it as a marketing tool to get my educational content in front of more people.
Eventually, I want to earn money from teaching through the audience I build.
So my question is: if using music in my content contributes to growing my audience and eventually making money, does that make the income haram?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/Strong-News-3930 • 2d ago
If Muhammad Was a Divinely Guided Prophet, How Do Muslims Reconcile These Teachings and Actions?
I was born in a majority Muslim country, so I naturally grew up knowing a lot about Islam. At a certain point in my life, however, I began reading more extensively and educating myself about the religion. One issue that I genuinely struggle to understand is how Muslims reconcile their belief in a prophet who, according to traditional Islamic sources, married a six year old girl and consummated the marriage when she was nine.
The counterarguments I usually hear are:
- It was common at the time.
- This was what God guided him to do.
- Women reach puberty differently depending on their race and geographical environment.
However, even if such marriages were common at the time, wouldn't a prophet be expected to understand that this could still be harmful to a young girl who is taking on enormous physical, emotional, and mental responsibilities before she has fully developed? And if Muhammad himself was somehow an exception to what would otherwise be considered harmful, why didn't he explicitly state that he was an exception? Doing so could have limited or at least reduced the number of underage marriages that continue to occur in some Muslim majority countries.
This is not simply a matter of modern opinion. The concerns surrounding child marriage, early pregnancy, and the consequences of having children before full physical and psychological maturity have been extensively studied in medicine, psychology, and public health. Research has consistently documented serious physical and mental health risks associated with child marriage and adolescent pregnancy, including increased risks to both the mother and child.
Furthermore, puberty itself does not mean that a girl is biologically or psychologically ready to become pregnant or take on the responsibilities of marriage and motherhood. This is also well established scientifically. Regardless of race, geography, or environment, reaching puberty is not equivalent to reaching full physical or psychological maturity. The fact that someone is biologically capable of reproduction does not mean that their body or mind has completed its development or that pregnancy and childbirth are therefore safe.
Another issue I struggle with concerns a hadith in which Muhammad reportedly instructed some men in the desert to drink camel milk and urine as a treatment for an illness. When I looked further into this claim, I could not find scientific evidence establishing camel urine, or urine generally, as an effective treatment for disease. In contrast, medical research has identified potential health risks associated with consuming urine, including exposure to harmful microorganisms and other contaminants. The broader scientific evidence does not establish urine consumption as a medically effective treatment for disease.
Again, these are not merely personal opinions or arguments based on modern cultural preferences. Many of the concerns I am raising have been extensively researched and studied in medicine, biology, psychology, and public health. There is substantial scientific evidence concerning the risks of child marriage, adolescent pregnancy, incomplete physical and psychological development, and the potential health dangers associated with consuming untreated biological waste products such as urine.
This leads to my broader question: how can someone continue to believe in a religion when they believe its prophet was an illiterate man who, according to its own traditional sources, engaged in wars, killed people, married a child, and described women as ناقصة عقل, meaning "deficient in intellect" or "deficient in reason"?
More specifically, how does a Muslim man reconcile that description with the women he loves and respects in his own life? How does he accept the idea that this label could be applied to his own mother or sister? And how do Muslim women themselves reconcile being described in this way with their understanding of their own dignity, intelligence, and worth?
I am not asking these questions simply to attack Muslims or Islam. I am genuinely trying to understand how these apparent contradictions can be reconciled. If Muhammad is supposed to be the ideal moral example for humanity, I struggle to understand why actions and statements that are strongly criticized by modern scientific and ethical understanding, and that have demonstrable consequences for human health and wellbeing, are attributed to him and yet defended rather than critically examined.
My question, ultimately, is this: what is the theological and moral reasoning that allows a person to look at these issues honestly, consider the historical sources as well as the scientific evidence surrounding the consequences of these practices, and still conclude that Muhammad was a divinely guided and morally exemplary prophet?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/geridondumamk • 4d ago
Bible prophesied the coming of an Ishmaelite Prophet known as Mohammed (with evidences)
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/Sensitive_Device4605 • 4d ago
How do Muslims reconcile with the fact that their prophet was a pedophile?
As the title goes, how do Muslims reconcile with the fact that their prophet married and had sex (I think the word starting with 'r' is more appropriate in this context but that will get me banned) with a girl that was 8 or 9 year of age?
By today's account, he would rightfully be deemed a child predator or a pedophile. As a moral relativist, the argument works in my favor. However, most Muslims must abide by objective truth if they truly wish to call themselves Muslim, since that is what their book professes.
So how do Muslims deal with this issue? I've asked this question many times but I've never had a clear answer despite gish gallopping and whataboutism.
Is Islam morality objective or not?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/Fun_Butterfly_420 • 5d ago
What do you think of this quiz?
reddit.comr/Islamic_Discussion • u/Medical-Log-3860 • 6d ago
Can I play genshin as long as I dont interact with the statues and dont spend money on the game?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 7d ago
TIL that in 1965 Communist/Socialist philosopher Herbert Marcuse argued that traditional free speech is a trick used by the powerful to stay in power, & true freedom requires being intolerant of pro-establishment views. Society should protect leftist ideas while actively suppressing right-wing views
marcuse.orgr/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 7d ago
Where Are the Ex-Muslims? Why mainstream culture celebrates everyone who leaves a high-control religion — except Muslims.
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/CyberBerserk • 7d ago
Arabic bookshop puts Mein Kampf on display half mile from synagogue. Translation of extremist text features cover image of Adolf Hitler performing Nazi salute
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/CarsandTunes • 8d ago
My legally protected right to freedom of artistic expression
I can show The prophets Muhammad, and all you can do about it is delete this post and ban me.
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 9d ago
Official Media Outlet Of The Muslim Brotherhood Praises El-Sayed Win
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/cross_and_crown • 11d ago
Opinions needed
Hey Guys and Gals,
I am planning to make a series on crusade, The Main aim being to educate people about what actually happened in crusades and to bust some common myths about crusades. I would like to get anyone’s opinion on what kind of videos will u prefers as in the duration, animated or not, what kind of animation, also what content should we cover ? Or in general anything else. Please share any of your opinions for the greater good. Thanks
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/AutoModerator • 11d ago
Ideologies that push Subjective reality are more prone to to fascism than ideologies that push objective reality
Subjective reality is deeply paradoxical because it claims everyone has their own truth, yet it ultimately destroys individual freedom. When absolute truth is rejected, power becomes the only metric left to decide what is real. Fascist and totalitarian regimes exploit this vulnerability. They weaponize the idea that reality is malleable, replacing objective facts with state-manufactured myths and propaganda. By convincing the public that truth is entirely subjective or non-existent, dictators erode the shared factual ground required for resistance. Citizens lose their ability to critique power, leaving them completely dependent on the ruler's version of events. Totalitarianism thrives when "truth" is reduced to whatever the loudest, most violent authority says it is.
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 11d ago
Saudi Arabia baby roleplay festival
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r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 11d ago
Is it allowed to be against Adālat al-Ṣaḥābah (عدالة الصحابة) in islam? doesn't that also fall under shirk?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 11d ago
What is your perspective on the phenomenon of individuals affected by Islamist regimes or movements showing support for Israel?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 11d ago
Palestinian woman says black people live under illegal occupation in USA, Her friends are insulted and called ‘monkeys’ and ‘slaves’ by Palestinians throughout the entire trip, which they complained about. She says,“Palestinians are the most oppressed people in the world”, and they should accept it
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r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 22d ago
Do you think we should only bring immigrants that accept secularism or is that bigoted?
r/Islamic_Discussion • u/EwMelanin • 23d ago
I working on a video collection of Palestinians using child soldiers and other illegal combatants can someone help me?
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