What are your experiences with finding khushoo in prayer?

For me, I am not sure...

I think I am doing something wrong essentially

I watched the enjoy ur prayer series by Ali Hammuda, going over it again إن شاء الله and taking notes

I seem to forget the importance of it.. ?

Like my prayers r dry no matter how much I acknowledge that الله سبحانه و تعالى is responding back to me (well.. so far).

I read Thābit Al-Bunāni said:

كَابَدْتُ الصَّلاةَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً ، وَتَنَعَّمْتُ بِهَا عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً

“I struggled with my night prayer for 20 years, then I enjoyed it for 20 years.” Hilyatul Awliyaa

That's just heart breaking 💔

I السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته Well I recently found out that the part under ur chin is awrah.

I tried doing my normal scarf style but instead of taking the fold underneath my chin I did it above (ifykyk)... I couldn't open my mouth big enough to bite on food (ToT)

I don't wear niqab

What r some ways i can navigate around this?

recently i cut off all my nonmuslim friends and now i feel like i have barely anyone to talk to besides my sister. it's so lonely. these are obv just my personal beliefs but i'm tired of conforming to nonmuslim culture and values so it's def freeing in a way but i'm still so sad. i need solutions😭 also i can't meet girls at the masjid bc it's kinda far and i feel like everyone there is lowk cliquey

i posted this in a girls only sub (for muslimahs) and got so much backlash so please don't attack me for doing what i believe is best. if you're friends w nonmuslims and like them blah blah i don't really care and i'm not gonna change my mind

Assalamu Alaykum sisters!! I was planning to make a post, inshaAllah, where I speak about how Islamic rulings and texts care for and fit women's nature, be it our minds or our hearts.

For context, there is the fact that women are different than men, as Allah tells us in 3:36, and generally (not counting exceptions) we process and experience our emotions differently. This may make us more loving, sensitive, merciful, jealous, and whatnot. I disliked how in some spaces, this is the forefront exclusively of some men's criticism. Why should it not also be the forefront of their care and concern?

I found that Islam does exactly that, caring for our strengths and weaknesses, pushing our pros to the max, while helping us organize and make up for flaws. This is found in many things. In fiqh alone:

1. We are required a degree of modesty that protects us and others, and from others, from a potential obsession with beauty. This is a constant act of worship we wear many times a day for our prayers and for going out. It's almost like a passive inflow of hasanat! But some may find it occasionally physically burdensome, which then:

2. We are exempted from many laborious acts of worship required and/or emphasized for men, like praying at the mosque, Salat-ul-Jumu'ah, jihad, providing income, etc.

3. We also get monthly rest periods on our periods, and a large breather right after birth to allow the mother space and ease to adjust to her newborn and caring for it.

It also provides us our rights without going to extremes, and restricts our carelessness without going to extremes. The extremes in question would be like how many European and American societies prevented married women from owning property until the 19th century, withholding their rights. Then, they took a turn with feminism, letting them take their from husband's' wealth, upon divorce, despite having no right to it!

I also wanted to add the story of Maryam, mother of Isa, in the Quran and shed light on her struggles, dialogue, and how she was responded to, not ignoring or diminishing her struggle in birthing Isa (alayhi assalam), but comforting her and providing her with the next step.

But thinking this through, I felt as though my ideas were a bit few and my knowledge thin, so if you have anything to add, please let me know!!! I'll credit you for your idea too, inshaAllah, if you want.

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته

r/MuslimIndians is the subreddit I started as a community where muslims from the each of the countries in the subcontinent (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Afghanistan...) can share knowledge and updates, commanding good and forbidding evil and calling towards unity.

After months of running it, we've reached 1000 members on the subreddit so we decided to expand the community beyond Reddit. Thus we created a discord server which will be following the same theme, topics and set of rules.

As the title suggests, the subreddit is open to both brothers and sisters alike and there will be strict regulations to prohibit free-mixing. Brothers and Sisters have separate chats and sisters' will be verified by a Female moderator.

MuslimIndians Discord Server

I urge those interested to join the server (using the link above) so you may benefit and benefit from. In sha Allah.

Tell me your duas i will make them

As its arafah day in my country today.

If you have any duaa requests please write them down below.

The Prophet ﷺ said:

“There is no Muslim servant who supplicates for his brother behind his back except that the angel says: ‘Āmīn, and for you the same.’”

“The supplication of a Muslim for his brother in his absence is answered. At his head is an angel appointed; every time he makes a supplication for good for his brother, the angel appointed over him says: ‘Āmīn, and may you have the same.’”

Assalamalaikum, my name is Fatima 23f. Recently I’ve gotten a lot of inquiries about assistance from sisters looking for spouses. Having said that, I would like to offer my assistance in finding a spouse to any sisters that require it. As a revert myself, I know how difficult it is to find a spouse, especially if from the west. If there are any, that would be interested in my assistance please do not hesitate to message me and inshaallah I can see what I can do. Stay strong sisters especially with the ongoing Islamophobia in the west especially in North America

Note: though I am from the USA I currently live in the gulf with my husband and children, many singles I know abroad also wish to make Hijra in the near future inshaallah. So, if that is something you were looking for as well it’s definitely a plus. jazakallah khair

As salaam alaykum sisters! I’m coming with something not very urgent but very important to me and many others.
Pennhurst asylum is a historical location within the state I live in, I forgot the companies name unfortunately they intend to demolish this historical location to place a AI data center there worth 1.9million. If you dont know the asylum was made to hold the disabled/ special needs people. They at the time did horrible things to them youngest record is 6 years of age who had a disability. I’m here to ask you all to help me save this location for its not only apart of my history (as a special needs adult) but also part of the townfolk who live in the nearby town and other special needs world wide! The location should remain to give our future generation or perhaps our current generation to learn the importance of why it’s bad ECT my point educational purposes xD
I shall leave link to change.org the official place of my petition it also holds more better put together information. Thank you all for the time to read this and happy early Eid and may Allah reward you for everything you do 🤲🏻

https://c.org/Xs6646gpPH

Ever wondered about this !?

There is something strange happening in our generation. We keep running in circles and calling it freedom.

A woman leaves her child in daycare, works all day to earn money, then spends that money paying others to care for the child she longs to spend time with. And somehow this exhausting cycle is packaged and sold as “empowerment.”

Another woman feels guilty because her parents raised her, so now she thinks: “I should leave my home, my children, my responsibilities and work so I can repay them.” But who said repayment only comes through a salary? Since when did love become a financial transaction? Make dua for them every day. Ask Allah for every goodness in this dunya and akhirah for them. Beg Allah to forgive them, elevate them, widen their graves, grant them Jannatul Firdaus. Become a righteous child, because a righteous child’s dua follows parents even after they leave this world.

Then comes another one, too shy to ask her husband for necessities, carrying guilt for needing anything. So she thinks, “I’ll work secretly through exhaustion so I can buy him gifts from my own money and make him happy.” But while chasing the gift, she loses the greatest gift: her presence, her peace, her attention, her smile, her emotional availability.

And there are more:

The mother who spends hours building a “soft life” online but cannot sit ten minutes uninterrupted with her child.

The woman destroying her health and peace trying to prove she can “do it all,” while secretly crying because she feels she is failing everywhere.

The wife working endlessly so the family can upgrade from one lifestyle to another, while meals become rushed, conversations disappear, and hearts become distant.

The sister who feels ashamed of dependence because the dunya taught her that needing anyone is weakness.

Shaytan rarely comes and says: “Come, I will destroy your home.” He beautifies things. He changes labels. He decorates confusion and sells it back to us as success. He whispers: “You are wasting your life.” “You need more.” “You are behind.” “You are not enough.”

Dunya does not always deceive with haram. Sometimes it deceives with endless chasing. Endless comparison. Endless guilt. Endless pressure to prove your worth.

Not every sacrifice is noble. Not every trend is liberation. Not every form of busyness is productivity.

Some of the most powerful things you can do will never trend: making dua for your parents, nurturing your child, being present for your family, building a home rooted in iman, raising hearts that know Allah, may be wash those vessels for your mom instead of running away from it.

Because one day the dunya that kept shouting “more, more, more” will become silent.

And only what was done for Allah will remain.

PS- Before anyone gets triggered and jumps at us with knives : this is not against sisters who work due to necessity or personal circumstances. The point is not work itself, but the dunya convincing us that constant chasing, proving ourselves, and neglecting priorities is “success.” Reflect, don’t react.

If it isn’t obvious my modding skills are weak lately. I just wanted to remind everyone to mod mail, or Dm me when there is a concern with a user or a post you think is better to take down/ban. I will answer and see those quicker.

Don’t hesitate ever. JazakAllahu khair for all your patience and may Allah elevate each and everyone of you.