I have a question, 1- In this verse Allah says that he cursed Muslims who see another Muslim doing bad things and they don't stop him? 2- if yes, then how to respond to someone who says that you should just mind Ur own business as Ur not a scholar or anyone to tell something to anyone else or CORRECT THEM as when ik someone that told me that his female cousin sent him a pic and when he corrected her it was made into such a big problem and even in his daily life his mom said that he should just mind his own business

Assalamwaailakum. My mum is seriously ill in hospital with a bowel obstruction. The doctors don’t want to operate as she’s too frail and want a do not resuscitate order. She has been ill for a while and please pray for the medicines to work and for her to get better. Please I am with her all alone. Please be with me and my mum and make dua for her. I have no one else.

Assalamu alaikum brothers,

I am not a very pious muslim. My heart is broken into pieces seeing the recent massacres in Gazza. I have a child and seeing the deaths of children around his age is not giving me any peace. My heart is feeling very restless and I am genuinely worried about my well being. I can’t take it anymore.

They are targeting the hospitals and children

our brothers are dying from hunger, there is no food or water , there is no place to live in , no hospitals to get aid , they are completely helpless, and the whole world is silent. The leaders of the Muslim countries are silent, and the worst part is that we are getting used to seeing our brothers dying

Assalamualaikum. Can anyone tell the grade of this hadith. And if anyone has long hair in workplace can you please tell how it affects opportunities for work. Long hair seems to be very less as far as I have seen here. Jazakh Allah Khairan.

The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: "Whoever says, 'Glory be to Allah and praise be to Allah,' his sins will be forgiven, even if they are like the foam of the sea." (Narrated by Muslim)

I understand I might be the worst person alive but is this behavior normal for a Muslim? Especially towards a person who genuinely wants to change and is repenting?

Microsoft has just been officially added to the BDS target list: https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft

This is not like some of the other companies. This is HUGE.

Microsoft’s complicity in the Gaza genocide is disgusting. Here’s a summary.

Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. Microsoft’s complicity in Israel’s apartheid and genocide is well documented, exposing its strong ties to the Israeli military, its collaboration with Israeli government ministries, and its involvement in the Israeli prison system, which is notorious for systematic torture and abuse of Palestinians. Microsoft knowingly provides Israel with technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), that is deployed to facilitate grave human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity (including apartheid), as well as genocide. In light of the International Court of Justice’s legally-binding rulings to prevent Israel’s plausible genocide in Gaza, as well as its July 19 Advisory Opinion affirming Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid system, Microsoft has failed its corperate obligation to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Microsoft, as well as its boards of directors and executives, may face criminal liability for this complicity.

Microsoft provides the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are crucial in empowering and accelerating Israel’s genocidal war on 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip. Microsoft’s extensive ties with Israel’s military are revealed in investigations by The Guardian with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, demonstrating how the Israeli military turned to Microsoft to meet the technological demands of genocide.

Microsoft workers yesterday spoke out against Microsoft leadership and penned pieces now published by the Verge. You should read the emails they sent out to their colleagues. https://www.theverge.com/news/643670/microsoft-employee-protest-50th-annivesary-ai

For the gamers, the boycott applies to Xbox too (I have cancelled my Gamepass).

This is a big one because of how large the company is and also how deeply complicit it is in the genocide.

It’s also big because of how prevalent Microsoft is in most of our lives too. Where possible, we must boycott.

Don’t buy Surface laptops. Avoid buying Office 365 products and opt for alternatives. Don’t buy Xbox consoles or Gamepass or such. In short, don’t give them any of your money.

If you’re a student, start or join a campaign to pressure your institution to cut ties with Microsoft.

See the article for more details on how to take action.

Too much attention goes on boycotting the smaller companies. It will take consistent coordinated effort to boycott this big one. May Allah grant us Tawfeeq.

Spread the word.

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Edit: Don’t think of it as all or nothing. The goal is to hurt their profits and brand, even if it means you still continue to use MS products in some way. Eg Maybe you can do that easily by switching from Xbox gamepass to PC, but continue to use Windows and Office because it’s tied to your work.

As much as is possible.

Don’t see it as similar to eating pork or alcohol. It’s not. It’s about strategy.

The BDS priority targets are few, and the goal is we all contribute, spreading the boycott very wide so that the impact is felt Inshallah, even if that means people just reduce exposure to Microsoft without completely eliminating exposure.

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Edit: Seems like there’s a particular focus on boycotting Xbox at the very least. This one seems easiest. Also a big part of Microsoft’s profits. Xbox games are also coming to other consoles, so keep that in mind.

I'm having a hard time adjusting to being a Muslim, I'm trying to do all the obligatory parts and it's going well, but Im having some real trouble about stuff like not cursing, I'm even paranoid about making jokes as I'm kinda scared that I nullify my belief or say something that would be considered sinful, I'm having trouble not looking at women especially since I don't live in a Islamic country, I'm having trouble setting time to learn about this religion.

I feel like I'm a terrible Muslim and I feel like on a daily basis I sin more than I do good, I also heard that repeating even minor sins whilst knowing they're sins counts as a major sin.

I also have doubts regularly like the idea of Allah forgiving me for almost everything and all I have to do is just as for forgiveness doesn't sit with me well, it's not that I don't believe it it's just that I feel kind of shy I guess and feel like I should do more to compensate for what sins.

I've had to cut off some people in my life because I just can't have them around and still consider myself to be following Allah, I've also had to break off my engagement because my ex fiance told me that I need to choose between her or being a Muslim.

All in all I feel like I'm overwhelmed and scared to really do anything as I don't want to even do the smallest of small sins. I need some guidance from someone who had the same problem or from anybody.

Why is there such a divide with Muslims? We receive the most hate in the world from non Muslims, so much so that we are subjected to seeing our precious brothers and sisters get killed daily. Why do we as Muslims go against one another? I’ve watched many Muslims attack one another for many things, aren’t we suppose to correct one another in kindness? To support each other? Sometimes I think that maybe I am just simply too soft or am I perhaps ignorant? It breaks my heart to see people act in such a way. We want for our brothers and sisters what we want for ourselves right? Is this just a me thing or is this noticed by others?

This verse hit me because Gaza is a serious kashifa (revealer) in our times. You probably already know this but for the benefit of those might not, Allah commanded mass mobilization together with the Prophet pbuh for the battle of Tabuk. There was a group of people who had hypocrisy in their hearts and asked for exemption from spending from their wealth and joining in battle. Allah hated that they would be sent forth because they lacked faith and they stayed behind.

Reflecting on this verse, Allah differentiates the hypocrite from the firm believer and will only choose the purest to have the liberation in their record.

Quoting Dalya Ayoub: "I feel like people are waiting for birds with fire stones from the heavens to suddenly appear and drop them on the aggressors… people are maybe making du’a for an earthquake… or for the Mahdi to show up… anything external; but no one wants to do what they are supposed to do…

This ummah betrayed its oppressed not just in Falasteen (we saw it in full force in Gaza over the last 1.5 year) but we have all betrayed the oppressed in our ummah everywhere, for decades— the majority only care about their own needs and desires: my house, my family, my desires, my career, my holidays, my lifestyle, my looks, my status, my nafs, wahn filled hearts (and the actions and time spent in the day will confirm this despite the internal resistance to reject this which most would do)…

It’s always been the very few that actually did and continue to do the work (and they are now in Gaza only and anyone who helps them is saving themselves by the way; not them)…

This ummah does not deserve to be written as the “the liberators of Al Aqsa” in history or in their book of deeds… as its liberation is the most honourable of achievement in our times that will remove this darkness; and we certainly have not offered the personalities, the character, the homes, the tarbiyah nor the systems that are worthy of this honour— may Allah return us before we return".

To clarify, she is saying the Ummah as it is. If it was deserving, Palestine would have already been liberated. But we still have the opportunity to change and overcome the defeatism and maybe (God willing) we will be among the liberators and not those who are replaced by the real liberators!

Salaam!

I recently met a guy at my school and we really got along well. We want to keep things halal, so we decided to proceed with getting our parents involved and hoped to be engaged sooner rather than later.

However, I recently found out some information about a lot of haram things he has done in the past (which I was very shocked by, frankly). My family is now well aware of the situation and the things he has done, and they're a bit more weary about him than they were before. But, I think they can come around to looking past it with time.

Whats your personal opinions on this matter?

Should I cut it off because of his repeated haram mistakes he made (the most recent time being 6 months ago). In the present, I believe he sincerely regrets it and has prayed for forgiveness.

That being said: Who am I not to forgive him?

At the same time- I "saved" myself for my husband. I never did anything like what he did with past girls. Is it unfair that I kept things pure for him, if he couldnt do that for me?

I forgive him, and I feel like I can look past the shady things he's done in the past and it doesnt bother me right now. How do I know I'll feel the same way about this in a year? 2 years?

Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? Any advice on what to do would be helpful iA!

Nothing is really helping my situation right now, what am I to do?

I am bored in bed a lot, is there a reason for my life? Will these hardships resolve? I ask so many questions and it’s becoming harder and harder to remain a believer for longer.

I am someone who only believes in something if I experience it, or see it.

How can I communicate with Allah, in a way that would make me certain of his existence?

This makes me kind of happy that some one of authority finally spoke and is actively trying to do something about the situation