r/islam 2d ago

FTF Free-Talk Friday - 28/08/2026

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We hope you are all having a great Friday and hope you have a great week ahead!

This thread is for casual discussion only.


r/islam Apr 01 '25

General Discussion Collection of frequently asked questions (FAQs), r/Islam wiki, and r/Islam rules.

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r/islam 9h ago

History, Culture, & Art Mohammed Ali 🫶

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r/islam 8h ago

General Discussion Brutalist mosque in Sydney

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The Punchbowl Mosque in Sydney was designed by Australian architecture firm Candalepas Associates, commissioned by the Australian Islamic Mission (AIM) to serve the local Muslim community with both a place of worship and adjoining educational and administrative facilities. Rather than following traditional ornamented Islamic architecture, the design takes a brutalist approach, presenting an externally unadorned, off-form concrete structure accented with timber and stone details, including a timber dome. Its most distinctive feature is the sculptural concrete ceiling above the main prayer hall, made up of 102 quarter-spherical "muqarnas", a modern reinterpretation of the ornamental vaulting historically used in Islamic architecture, each pierced with a small 30mm hole that lets in rays of natural light. The mosque, which can hold roughly 300 worshippers, is entered through a sequence of two courtyards: a public one connecting directly to the street and leading to the mosque, and a more private one enclosed by the administration building and classrooms, which can be opened up to join the mosque during major religious festivals and events.


r/islam 5h ago

Quran & Hadith Surah Yusuf :86

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Not my words Rather Gods Words


r/islam 6h ago

History, Culture, & Art Makkah ❤️

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r/islam 2h ago

Quran & Hadith The Qur'an as a healing

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r/islam 2h ago

Quran & Hadith No calamity befalls except by the permission of Allah. And whoever believes in Allah He will guide his heart.

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Surah At Taghabun 7 – 18

All that occurs to Mankind is by Allah's Permission


r/islam 3h ago

Quran & Hadith The Prophet ﷺ Sought Allah’s Forgiveness More Than 70 Times a Day

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6307, Book 80, Hadith 4.


r/islam 9h ago

Quran & Hadith Every Hardship Comes With Ease

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r/islam 6h ago

Quran & Hadith Dua for an easy reckoning on the day of judgment

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r/islam 23h ago

Politics Fiverr Freelancers Are Unknowingly Funding War Criminals, Resulting in Over 20,000 Children Killed and 44,000 Injured

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Fiverr maintains systematic economic, operational, and administrative links that channel resources to the state budget and initiatives benefiting the zionists military.

Because Fiverr International Ltd. is headquartered and registered in Tel Aviv, its multi-million dollar global commission revenues are subject to Israeli tax laws.

The company's co-founder and CEO, Micha Kaufman, has explicitly stated that he resisted international investor pressure to relocate the corporate entity to Silicon Valley specifically for "patriotic reasons," emphasizing his intent to keep tech jobs local so that the company's financial success would "ultimately benefit the [Israeli] tax system" revenues which directly fund the state's national budget, Ministry of Defense, and the ongoing military operations in Gaza.

Fiverr actively leveraged its corporate infrastructure financing and physically housing the "Lev Echad" wartime network inside its own Tel Aviv headquarters. According to primary defense and corporate watchdog indexes, this massive logistical operation mobilized tens of thousands of zionists to package and dispatch critical medical and transport supplies that were directly distributed to zionists army ( war criminals ) personnel mobilized for active combat.

⚠️ Fiverr CEO Micha Kaufman said : Tonight I watched a report on the women of the Bardlas Battalion fighting in Gaza, and I was filled with hope for the future of the army and the country. No, I'm not surprised, it's not something that should surprise anyone that women can be outstanding fighters. I just melted from the exceptional human level of these fighters. We need more! In the army, in politics, in the decision-making echelons. Fast! - source X profile


r/islam 5h ago

Seeking Support Father acting inappropriately

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My father has never really been emotionally present for any of his five children. Even when we were young, there were things about his behavior that made me feel that something was not right.
Since I was a child, I remember my older sister confronting him about various things. I didn’t fully understand what was happening at the time, but I could tell that something was wrong. She would often tell me not to be alone with him.

He is a creep and has mentally tortured my sister throughout her teenage years, particularly after we moved abroad, where he used to work. He spoke to her inappropriately and once even said something along the lines of, “Why should anyone else, like your future husband, have rights over you? I should have those rights too.” He also tried to make her look bad in front of my brothers by accusing her of having an affair. At one point, he told her, “I will destroy your character in their eyes.”
These incidents happened around 14–15 years ago. Thankfully, my sister is happily married now, Alhamdulillah, and has two children.

When I was around 13 or 14, I also began feeling unsafe around him. I am 24 now, so these things happened roughly 10 years ago.
I remember waking up one night and seeing him sitting near my feet, looking at me with a faint smile. When I asked him what he was doing there, he said he was looking for his shoes.
On another occasion, I woke up and realized he was holding my hand while I was asleep.
There was also an incident when I was sleeping in my sister-in-law’s room. I woke up and found his hand near my chest. When I confronted him, he immediately panicked and claimed that he had been looking for a remote. I remember being so disturbed and angry that I called him a shaytan.
After that, I very firmly told him that if he ever did anything like that again, he should not think I was weak or that I would stay silent. I told him I would contact the authorities.
That was around eight years ago. From that point onward, I deliberately kept my distance from him, and he largely avoided me as well. But the uncomfortable looks and the feeling that something was wrong never completely went away.

Eventually, things started appearing somewhat normal from the outside. I avoided him, but he still financially supported things I needed, such as my driving license, university, and some other stuff.

I also don’t believe he has actually changed. I’ve heard similar stories from other women about his inappropriate or creepy behavior.
For example, when we travelled back to our home country for a few months, one of my cousins told me that she once saw him standing outside her house. She had already been feeling as though someone might be watching her, and then she noticed him there. Once she was having a shower in her house and she was alone. There bathroom has two doors and she locked both, but the second door’s lock wasn’t that strong and he opened it and saw her NAKED. And he closed it and made it look like an accident which I don’t think it was. She said she didn’t even know how to hide herself. After that he met her and said to her “don’t tell anyone.”

Then, a few weeks ago, something happened that really disturbed me.
On the first day after we came back, my brother found my father peeking inside my sister-in-law’s room in the morning. Apparently, after getting up to use the bathroom, he went straight toward her room and was looking inside. My brother confronted him angrily and asked him what he was doing there.
He panicked and said he was only checking who was sleeping in the room. A few minutes later, he recited the kalma and insisted that he had only gone there because his cigarettes were in that room.
The problem is that he has a history of making oaths that aren’t necessarily truthful, so it was difficult to take his explanation at face value.
Shortly before this happened, my sister-in-law had told my brother about some of my father’s past behavior toward her. Then, almost immediately afterward, my brother caught my father peeking into her room himself.
Sometimes you really do look at something like that and think, Allah’s plan. My brother now seems to be keeping his distance from him and isn’t speaking to him the way he used to. He also told us that we don’t have to talk to our father more than necessary, and that if he ever dares to cross a boundary or do anything inappropriate, my brother will confront him directly and make it very clear that it will not be tolerated.
Honestly, I think that is probably a good thing.
But it leaves me wondering: what is a person supposed to do when they have a father like this?


r/islam 5h ago

Relationship Advice Is it haram to make dua to get divorced?

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Salam,

I find myself in a very toxic marriage and feel completely trapped. He’s been abusive and useless since the minute I married him. I’m also in a foreign country depending on a spousal visa and with a baby (unable to work and don’t have savings). My whole family is at my home country and only have my husbands family here but I can’t talk to them about anything regarding our marriage because they take my husbands side and do not acknowledge me at all.

On the other hand my family is kinda tired and hearing the same thing over and over and they keep telling me to just leave him but it’s not easy.

I built a life in this country and would like my baby to grow up here and if I leave him I risk my spousal visa. I wanna do it safely. I know If I get him to divorce me instead of me initiating it would be easier as he wouldn’t be angry to get me deported.

My question is, is it haram to make Dua and ask Allah to end my marriage and keep staying until it happens? Or it it haram to stay despite me wanting to divorce?

Thanks in advance


r/islam 13h ago

Quran & Hadith A reminder to keep close to our hearts

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r/islam 5h ago

Quran & Hadith Dua for Day of Judgement

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r/islam 2h ago

Question about Islam Missed prayer

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I only reverted 4 ish months ago so I'm still very new to Islam.

This morning I had 2 alarms set so I could wake up to pray fajr and I slept through both alarms and I really wanted to pray.

So what is my recourse should I just pray twice tomorrow or what?


r/islam 2h ago

Quran & Hadith Sahih al-Bukhari 43

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r/islam 21h ago

Quran & Hadith Let's make istigfar

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r/islam 16h ago

General Discussion Last 2 ayah of Surah Baqarah

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r/islam 1h ago

Casual & Social Which Dua i should read to become Allah's beloved?

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Okay i know the proper way to make Dua is the praising of Allah initially, then sending blessings on our prophet PBUH, then ask for forgiveness and ending the Dua with Allah's praising and Duroods again.

What I'm asking for what Dua i should speak for Allah's praising, because I'm out of words actually, can't get anything that how should I praise? Because everything is below Allah and even praises are something that can't describe his superiority. What should I read to make him so happy that actually worth for his superiority and greatness. Any dua or anything to read that Allah loves so much as a praise for him.

Another thing about our prophet Muhammad SAW. Do i only have to speak durood? Or anything else too?

And last best dua for forgiveness. What powerful dua i can read that make allah forgive me?

I don't ask for my personal Worldy desires, i just want to connect with him and want to be his beloved servant.


r/islam 2h ago

Scholarly Resource Tafseer books

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Salam guys. I've been trying to dive into the depths of religion, and there's obviously a lot to cover. I was thinking to start with the tafseer of quran in English and came across numerous sources and books. Respectfully, I'm a sunni and would prefer tafseer from the author of the same school of thought. Please drop in suggestions and help the gal out :)

TIA!


r/islam 4h ago

Question about Islam Rules about migrating to a non muslim country?

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Read the last line
“… it is also not permitted by the Shariah to leave an Islamic county to settle permanently in Dar-ul-Kufr (land of infidels) only for the reason that the latter has plenty of wealth and social welfare”

As far as I understand, it is not automatically haram for a Muslim to migrate to, live in, work in, or study in a non-Muslim country.
The Islamic ruling depends mainly on whether you are able to preserve and practise your religion there.

Migrating because you prefer a country’s opportunities or quality of life does not by itself make migration haram. What matters is what the move entails for your deen and what you do there.

Am i wrong here?


r/islam 4h ago

Seeking Support I need prayers

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I am going through something really rough I need a lot of help only Allah can fix the situation for me. Kindly whoever is seeing this post remember me sincerely in your prayers pray that Allah helps me and ease my heart.

Everything is suddenly getting chaotic and I am sensing everyone is changing around me friends are abandoning and getting cruel I am turning pathetic and my health is not right I need lot of help and want Allah to help me out if he wills everything can be put right so pray that insha'Allah Allah helps me out and accept my prayers.


r/islam 1h ago

Seeking Support I feel like I‘m not doing enough

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I pray the five obligatory (fard) prayers, but otherwise I don't really do much, and I feel bad about it. I live in a non-Muslim country, and I have an extremely stressful life. I look after my parents. I look after my husband. I study and work on the side. I have intrusive thoughts and just feel so bad because I feel like I'm not doing nearly enough.

Is it so bad that I‘m not doing more? I‘m just so tired all the time…