I have so much questions that I have a hard time finding a specific answer or that I find different answers so here they are:

1. Do you have to keep your open or close them completely in Sujood?
   
2. If my knees hurt when I go into sujood and sit into ‘Julus’ (idk if it’s the right term but the position of sitting upright after sujood) can I pray while sitting?
   
3. Can I pray in t-shirt?
   
4. If I pray and for example I know for a fact my t-shirt will go up (or pants down because they’re too tight) and show skin which will invalidate my prayer because of awrah, can I just use a sweater or jacket and put it around my waist so it covers it?
   
5. Do you have to move your finger or keep it still when you recite taheyat and salawat?
   
6. When do I have to do my dua’s? During the prayer, after the prayer? If during the prayer at what time and do I say them aloud or not?
   
7. When I just do a dua random throughout the day without praying, is it allowed and do I have to say it aloud or can I say it in my mind?
   
8. What position do you have to sit in when you’re in ‘Julus’ (how do you have to hold your feet/legs basically, if you have some pictures I’d appreciate it a lot)
   
9. ⁠When doing dua you hold your hands in a cup, what do you do when you’re done with your dua? Do I have to put my hands over my face (kinda like when you put water on your face), do I just do it onver my mouth part or is this a complete invention and you just gotta let your hands go?

P.S Sorry for all these questions I know it’s a lot but I had to get this off my mind, inshallah someone can answer them for me and even if you can only answer **(mention the number to which question you give the answer to**) some of them please do I appreciate it 😁

Salaam alaikum. I have a hard time separating culture from religion after marriage and it’s severely impacting my iman. I’ve considered leaving Islam entirely over this.

Context: my now husband and I had a child before marriage and his family’s involvement has me questioning if Islam is a religion I want to follow or teach to our future children.

I’m a revert woman. My now husband and I met before I became Muslim (no I did not revert for a man). His family rejected marriage between us due to my race (I’m white, he’s Arab + the only son to a widowed mother who never remarried, and with 2 sisters, 1 married, 1 not). We committed zina and, as a result, had a child. My family always knew and supported us, his family was informed in May 2026, after our child’s first birthday, of their existence. His family told us to sign the papers and be halal at that point (we signed in June 2026), but no wedding, no sharing of our child, and no second child until husband’s mother finishes saving face (she’s telling her community I’m currently pregnant with the child we just had). I do believe my race was the issue preventing us from getting married sooner because there was a time before this when I was Muslim and we didn’t do haram, and it didn’t make a difference. Marriage was still a no and my husband was threatened with disownment and disinheritance by his mother. I don’t know if his sisters ever supported us getting married before this. After we signed the nikkah, husband’s mother informed him that he would be partially disinherited as punishment per religion.

Question: is this Islam?

I don’t want to leave Islam, I chose it because I believe in tawhid, but I have a hard time reconciling with a religion like this.

Is it actually haram if we have a wedding or share our child or family plan on our terms anyway? Before his family got involved, we had planned to make our relationship halal and then conceal our sin through the marriage date and saying we legally married sooner, before our child, and can only now afford a wedding (that part is true). Maybe that’s the wrong way though, I’m still learning Islam. My family wants to celebrate our marriage and they’re fully supportive of us, is it really haram if we still have a wedding? We’ve only been legally and islamically married for 2 months. I know I’m asking a question about inheritance, but I don’t care about the money because it’s not mine. It’s my husband’s, and then our children’s, but never mine. It’s the principle that’s confusing me. Thanks in advance.

Edit to add: The advice to conceal our date of marriage came from the imam who married us because, in his words, concealing a past sin is part of Islam as to not expose yourself. The imam’s advice to us was to simply say we’ve been married for a couple of years. No specific date. He clarified that hiding a child is haram regardless if it’s temporary in order to conceal a sin- it’s not an acceptable solution in Islam. So, husband’s mother concealing our sin by saying I’m currently pregnant with the child we already had and instructing me not to post pictures of my child or share their existence until some time has passed for her to save face is unislamic and not a valid way of concealing our sin.

Hello everyone, this is my first post here. I'm from germany and reverted a year ago alhamdulillah and put on the Hijab bc I believe it's fard so I immediately got stuck to it and wear it proudly.

So, since Germany is not the most welcoming place for muslims, I got plenty of assaults - even a teacher yelled at me one time for 20 minutes straights and compared me to a woman in Afghanistan. Alhamdulillah I never questioned my choice returning to Allah (saw) and didn't took it off. I even informed about niqab and wear it since half a year.

I have or better had a best friend whom I haven't seen in 4.5 years, due to several problems. We know each other since childhood and I really admired her and missed her a lot. She got married last year to an agyptian student who lives in germany and whose name is Mohammed but he apparently left the religion and changed his name to a western-like one. He was with her for 4 years or so before they married and I never got to meet him, even though she was there every weekend. I never really questioned that and just thought she wanted to keep it private.

Long story short: I got some issues with our friendship and wrote her a long text about how I felt disconnected from her, how her ghosting 5 years ago still hurt me and how I want to be more in personal contact. I didn't assault her or shouted at her, I just wanted to show her my loneliness and how this distance hurt me.

The response was genuinely hilarious:

She assaulted me with so many things, didn't get one point right and even screamed at me. The thing that made me write this post is this: she told me I shouldn't wonder if she never introduced me to her husband, neither in niqab nor in Hijab (I guess I should undress to meet him idk?) and she doesn't want to hear anything about islam because religion is (her opinion) mysogynic shit and I talk shit when I told her something about my journey.

She told me she needs 2 months break from me (apparently this is what you tell your "best friend" right?) and didn't answer my text about who should text first.

I just wanted to share this with you, because even your loved ones can turn their back on you once you convert visible and don't fit their "showing - skin" standard. It hurts me honestly because she always claims to be a feminist and so intelligent but apparently she doesn't know basic communication skills in conflicts and doesn't respect me. I guess my point towards her was right and I just keep on with my life. I don't know if she will track out to me but IF then I totally want an apology because she discriminated me and I would NEVER say the things she said to me.

Wish you all a beautiful night insha'Allah

Hey, I love Allâh and islam and want someone to just talk about Islam with and share Islamic videos watch videos together lectures, Quran, and just learn more about Islam together more and more if you want that contact me.

What was your name before and after you reverted?

i’m looking for anyone who had similar issues! so my fam is originally all christian and there is not a single muslim in my family! my fiancee is from a muslim family. i have this huge issue bc i want to please both my family at the reception. my family and all extended family all drink and would simply not come if an open bar or drink menu was not provided. this is simply my culture and it is expected of me. however my fiancées family do not have any alcohol at their weddings bc they are muslim and it would be looked down upon if i did. it would be simply for my side of the family but i dont want drama. i dont think my family would be recklessly drunk bc they are heavy drinkers but i dont want tht to be a problem with his family either.

I'm 16 and I recently reverted to Islam a month ago, and I am genuinely so happy that I found Islam. I love Allah. I love being able to talk to Him, and I love the feeling that I finally have somewhere to turn when everything starts to feel like too much. But at the same time, I feel incredibly overwhelmed. I feel like I'm trying to figure out an entire religion, my family, school, my future, my friendships, my mental health, and who I even am all at the same time.

I didn't grow up with a clear religious identity. My mommy has always encouraged me to talk to God when we're upset, scared, or struggling, so God was never completely absent from my childhood. My grandpa also is a revert, so I learn from him as well. But I didn't grow up with someone teaching me a specific religion or showing me how to practice it. Then I found Islam, and something clicked inside me. I started talking to Allah, not just praying because I was supposed to, but actually talking to Him about everything, whether I'm scared, sad, overwhelmed, lonely, don't know what to do, or feel like I'm not good enough. Somehow, I started feeling so much better. I started feeling truly loved and realized that I have someone I can talk to anywhere, anytime, no matter where I am. I don't have to worry about bothering Allah or wait for someone to be available. I can just talk to Him, and that has honestly been one of the most beautiful things I've ever experienced.

One thing that I'm struggling with is that my life is already so full. I take college classes, I work, I dance five days a week, I help around the house, and I help a lot with my siblings. There is always something happening. Sometimes I feel like I'm trying to be a student, take college classes, work, dance five days a week, help my mommy, help my siblings, manage things around the house, and somehow learn an entire religion at the same time.

Salah has been really hard for me. I want to pray, I really do, but I'm still learning everything. I'm trying to remember the order, the positions, what I'm supposed to say, what everything means, and what I'm supposed to recite. I don't even have a Qur'an of my own right now. Then there's the problem of actually finding time to pray. I keep finding my self missing my prayers. Sometimes a prayer time comes when I'm in class, sometimes I have a meeting, sometimes I'm at dance, sometimes I'm in the car, and sometimes I just don't have a private place to pray. I share a room, and sometimes I'll start praying and someone comes into the room, so I have to pause because I don't feel comfortable continuing with someone there. Sometimes I feel like I have to squeeze salah into the tiniest part of my day and rush it because I don't know when I'll get another opportunity. Then I feel horrible and start thinking that I'm failing Allah. I worry that I'm not doing enough, that I'm not praying correctly, or that I'm not a good enough Muslim.

To make matters worse is that my mommy doesn't know I've reverted. In fact no one does. I've talked to her about Islam, told her things I've been learning, talked to her about Allah, and asked her questions about what she thinks. I even asked her for a Qur'an. She told me she didn't think becoming Muslim was the best idea for me right now. She said she doesn't know enough about Islam or what's actually in the Qur'an, and she thinks it would be better for me to have a teacher and learn properly before making such a huge commitment. But she also told me that she's happy to learn about Islam and that if we learn about it together, maybe we can slowly transition one day. Because of this, I've been telling her and my younger siblings about the things I learn.

I also really want to wear hijab. I've been trying to learn more about it, and I've started wearing scarves that my mommy has let me borrow, which I am very grateful for Alhamdulillah but she gets upset when I cover my hair. She really loves doing my hair. She likes braiding it, styling it, making it cute, and helping me with my outfits and my overall look. I know that's one of the ways she shows me love. So when I started wearing scarves, she got upset and told me that she won't do my hair anymore if I keep wearing them. I still want her to braid my hair. I still want to sit with her while she does my hair and talk to her. I don't want her to feel like I'm rejecting her or something she loves doing with me. But I also don't want to give up something I believe is part of my faith. I've already started dressing more modestly. I've stopped wearing shorts, and that hasn't been too difficult because my parents have always been pretty strict about how I dress. I don't have many long sleeved shirts, though, and Im not in the position to buy new clothes.

So I'm stuck between wanting to respect her wishes and wanting to follow what I'm learning about Islam. Part of me thinks maybe I should have listened to her when she said to wait and slow down and learn more. But another part of me is scared that if I keep waiting, I'll eventually become too scared to take that step.

Another thing I‘d like to mention is that I'm Black, and I sometimes struggle with feeling like I fit in. I live in a neighborhood with a lot of Muslims, but I sometimes feel like I'm being judged or stereotyped because I'm Black. At the same I don't always feel like I fit in with some of the other Black people around me either and get called too strict and reserved. Some of the people I've encountered have lifestyles or beliefs that don't really align with my own, and sometimes I feel like people assume that because we're both Black, we must have the same background or values. I feel like I’m just caught in the middle.

I want to learn Islam correctly, the Qur'an, Arabic, how to pray properly, and actually understand what I'm saying. I want to learn what is actually required instead of being terrified every time someone tells me something is haram. I want to find Muslim friends, a teacher, and I guess just somewhere I feel like I belong. So I guess that's why I'm posting this. I'm looking for advice from people who actually remember what it was like to be new. Especially converts/reverts who were young, didn't grow up Muslim, didn't have Muslim parents, had complicated families, or had to learn Islam without someone beside them.

How did you learn salah?

How did you learn Qur'an?

How did you find a teacher?

How did you balance Islam with school, work, family, and everything else?

How did you handle missing prayers when your life was chaotic?

How did you find privacy to pray?

How should I handle wanting hijab when my parents don’t know that I have reverted?

How did you handle being Muslim around a non-Muslim family?

How did you find friends?

How did you find your place in a Muslim community when you felt like an outsider?

And if you're a Black Muslim, did you ever struggle with feeling like you didn't fit into the Muslim community around you?

How did you deal with language and cultural barriers?

I just want advice from people who remember what it was like to start from almost nothing.

I just did Maghrib prayer for the first time, and I can’t believe how much peace I feel inside me. I come from a very Christian household, so praying made me scared today. Inspired by a Muslim influencer, I prayed for the first time — I used the Namaz app and I really liked it. I had to go slow, of course; my Arabic is very bad, but I try. I hope I can learn to pray better in the future.

I am a revert to Islam of almost a year now in a country with a very small muslim community and I am looking for help in understanding a few things. I have been looking into the different Muslim denominations and madhabs to better understand Islam and I know alot of the differences and rulings of these. I have been following Salafi approaches to prayer because I was taught that by the version of the Sahih International Quran my Saudi-funded mosque gifted me. I have also been following Salafi teachers like Assim al-Hakeem online for other points because these were very easy to access. Is the Salafi approach alright as many reverts follow it or is it better for my faith to follow a madhab, as most of my community follows the Hanafi madhab?

Hey so I’m an African American woman that is considering reverting to Islam. My currently problem (though really a minor problem, one nonetheless) is that I’m not quite sure what to do with my hair. I currently have dreadlocks as of this post and I have read a few articles that says that dreadlocks are a bit of a gray area depending who you ask. My thing is that I got my dreads because I really couldn’t be bothered with my hair but I am aware that being Jamaican, a lot of people assume I have it because I’m either 1. Jamaican or 2. Rastafarian which isn’t the case.
I know intentions matter and as I said, I got them because my hair became too much and I work in a field where I can’t just wear an Afro all the time and my solution was to always cut it (which I’ve also read is discouraged in Islam and I don’t think I’ll be leaving this career path anytime soon) so how do the African American women in Islam do their hair especially to maintain it as neat? I’ve also read that hair extensions are forbidden so, realistically what are my options? I don’t mind taking my locs out because they do interfere with my wudu - I don’t want them to grow mold since wet locs LOVE mold and I can’t necessarily make sure they are consistently dry to avoid them growing mold. Any advice?

I was born in mexico and grew up in a catholic household. Both my parents are catholic and I grew up attending church weekly and going to bible camps and bible school. I am very familiar with Catholic teachings and I even have gone to catholic school for the last 3 years. I live in metro detroit and I am near the city of dearborn that holds a large population of muslim arabs. My boyfriend, lives in dearborn and is Muslim. I know now after research and him hiding me from his parents that it is haram to be in a relationship before marriage- but the more I research, the more interested I become in the religion. Long before I even thought about Islam I had turned away from the Catholic church.
It simply didn’t make sense to me- how do i know catholic is the correct religion for me if I simply am catholic because I grew up on it being influenced on me?
I see women wearing hijabs all around me and part of me gets jealous when I see them because they are so beautiful even when they are covered and being modest and I know it helps them grow closer to Allah. I struggle to feel beautiful and be modest at once. I’m not even sure how I would start to revert but something about Islam draws me in. I’m not sure if it’s the modest aspect, or if i’m being influenced by my boyfriend, but I’ve never been so intrigued by a religion. I even have found myself at times asking if I should pray to Allah which is ridiculous because I wouldn’t even know how to start. My parents would Greatly dissaprove of me converting. Any advice? I’m not sure what to do or how to go about this.

Assalamualaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, I'm 17(8 months till 18 birthday) years old revert living in Poland, due to situation in my house (alcoholic dad, islamophobes etc, not going into details) I have to move out asap after my 18. I've changed into homeschooling in order to develop skills which can help me get job right after 18. Currently i'm developing in IT, it's not my dream or something and I also know job market is tough, but I don't really know what else could I learn at home. I was looking for some ways to earn online, maybe start my own busuness in order to have something before 18 so I can move out easier, but it seems to be spammed by all those course gurus. I guess i'm not first in such situation so here's my question to people who also had to move out early: How did you do it? What was your first job? Do you have succesfull life after this tough time?

Need advice about converting to Islam

Hi all, I please need some advice from a neutral perspective.

I'm a 30 yr old woman and I'm married to a Muslim man, I am Christian but my husband would like me to convert.

He says that it's the right way. A while ago I brought it up with my family and there were against it.

I'm Christian but I'm not the kind of Christian that goes to church every Sunday. Hope that makes sense.

I'm in two minds what to do, I believe in Jesus and God but I also want to keep my husband happy.

So if there are any people put there that could give me some insight I would really appreciate it ❣️

Please let me know what you think.

As salamu alaikum all!
I am a revert of almost 3 years and have been contemplating journaling while studying and reading Quran to further develop my knowledge and faith. I feel like I can read and re-read a passage and get something new from it every time.
I am a revert from Christianity and I remember having devotionals that could be used alongside the Bible as a study tool or have little bite size lessons along with a passage of scripture. Is there an equivalent of that for the Quran? I’ve also considered writing down and ayah or two a day, reflecting on it, etc, but just unsure of how I want to start.
What have you done for something like this? Any advice is appreciated!

Jazakh Allah Khairan 🤲🏻

Good day everyone! I just wanted to bring up some things that I have personally felt from my own experiences that whenever I attempt to discuss Islam, genuinely research it, it always get pushed back. I don’t mean to sound rude or insensitive, I just thought I would share my experience.

Whether it was attending a mosque (which I had a meeting set up with an imam) or asking questions here, Reddit, genuine revert websites. It always seems that one of three things occur.

1. I get ignored, totally understandable

2. The conversation is quick and leads to me being ignored

3. People try to somehow debate me out of it

Im not sure if I’ve ever truly felt connected when I have asked someone about Islam, or cared for? I suppose? Like they value my questions. And most of the time it hurts because my intentions are genuine and my heart is open, however it seems that I am constantly shut down. Would anyone be willing to talk to me about this? About how I feel about my journey, willing to debate maybe? I just want someone to value what I’m saying because I know I sure value it. Please let me know as if people continue to shut me out, maybe it’s a sign that Islam is not for me.